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This website provides computer simulations and curricular materials for teaching the history of planetary astronomy from Ancient Greece to Isaac Newton. The site includes worksheets that guide students through the developments that culminated in the Copernican Revolution. Many of the activities involve using free software also available on the site.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=11412">Timberlake, Todd. Finding Our Place in the Solar System: The Scientific Story of the Copernican Revolution. January 1, 2021.</a>
T. Timberlake, Finding Our Place in the Solar System: The Scientific Story of the Copernican Revolution (2021), <https://sites.berry.edu/ttimberlake/teaching/copernican-revolution/>.
Timberlake, T. (2021, January 1). Finding Our Place in the Solar System: The Scientific Story of the Copernican Revolution. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://sites.berry.edu/ttimberlake/teaching/copernican-revolution/
Timberlake, Todd. Finding Our Place in the Solar System: The Scientific Story of the Copernican Revolution. January 1, 2021. https://sites.berry.edu/ttimberlake/teaching/copernican-revolution/ (accessed 10 October 2026).
Timberlake, Todd. Finding Our Place in the Solar System: The Scientific Story of the Copernican Revolution. 2021. 1 Jan. 2021. 10 Oct. 2026 <https://sites.berry.edu/ttimberlake/teaching/copernican-revolution/>.
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