Non-Fiction Print Resources

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Samuels, C. (2010). Timeline of the Renaissance. New York: Gareth Stevens

940.21 SAM 

Look for the chapter on “Copernicus and the Universe”

 

 Tiner, J. H. (2000). 100 scientists who shapes world history. San Mateo, California: Bluewood.

509.2 TIN

This book gives a really good summary of Copernicus on one page.

Pierre, M. (1989). The Renaissance. London: Hamilton.

940.21 PIE

This book gives a good summary of Nicolaus Copernicus.

 

The 1500s. (2001). California: Greenhaven Press.

909.5 FIF

This book provides information about the effect Copernicus had on the field of Astronomy during the Renaissance. It is quite difficult to read.

eBooks

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Online Databases

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Britannica Encyclopedia has three different reading levels. Pick the one that suits you best.

Websites

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• How to make a model solar system. (2015). Retrieved September 7, 2016, from http://blog.hobbycraft.co.uk/how-to-make-a-model-solar-system/

This may give you an idea for a museum piece.

• Ideas about the solar system. (2014). Retrieved September 7, 2016, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/edexcel/visiblelight_solarsystem/ideas_solar_systemrev1.shtml

This gives a good explanation of how people thought the solar system worked before Copernicus.

• Nicolaus Copernicus. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2016, from http://www.famousscientists.org/nicolaus-copernicus/

• Nicolaus Copernicus. (2016). Retrieved September 7, 2016, from http://www.biography.com/people/nicolaus-copernicus-9256984
• O’Connor, J.J., & Robertson, E.F. (2002). Nicolaus Copernicus. Retrieved Sepetmber 7, 2016, from http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Copernicus.html

Videos

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Thomas Gigiano. (2013, January 18). 5 The universe Nicolaus Copernicus [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fbCIQK977Y