Galileo’s Starry Night Vocab

Fiddling🎻

Ex: Galileo kept fiddling with his telescope to make it work better.

Moving or touching something over and over again

What do you like to fiddle with when you’re curious?

Mathematician✖➕➖🟰

Ex. Galileo was a mathematician who lived to use numbers to explain how things move.

A person who studies or works with numbers and math

Ex. How do you use math everyday?

Revolve💞

Ex. The earth revolves around the sun once every year

To move in a circle around something.

What are something’s that revolve?

Insisted

Ex. Galileo insisted the earth orbits the sun

To say something very strongly because you believe it’s true

when have you ever insisted on something you knew was right?

Skeptics

Ex. Some people were skeptics who didn’t believe Galileo’s ideas about space.

People who don’t believe something right away

Why do some people need proof before they believe something?

Adjustments

Ex. Galileo made adjustments to his telescope so he could see the stars more clearly.

Small changes made to make something work better.

What kind of adjustments can you make to improve your work?

Entranced😳😱

Ex. Galileo was entranced by the bright stars he saw through the telescope.

So amazed or interested that you can’t look away

What’s something that makes you feel entranced?

Spheres

What are some things around you that are shaped like spheres?

Round shapes like balls⚽🏀🥎

Ex. The planets are spheres that move through space.

Fogged

Ex. The telescope fogged up when Galileo breathed on it.

When something becomes blurry or hard to see because of moisture or steam

What happens when windows get fogged?

Lenses 👓🔭

Ex. The telescope has special lenses that helped galileo see the moons craters.

Clear, curved pieces of glass that make things look bigger or clearer.

Where else do we see lenses to see better?

Big thinking question:🤔🧐

How did Galileo’s curiosity and careful observation help people understand space in a new way?