Friday, September 28, 2007

How did the Enlightenment thinkers influence the French Revolution?

New views about power and authority in government were spreading among the Third Estate.
The people began questioning long-standing notions about the structure of society and usingwords like equality, liberty, and democracy.

What really triggered the revolution, what happened on July 14, 1789?

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Scientific Method

They experimented over and over again to prove or disprove an idea. They didn’t just accept an idea or a theory; they conducted experiments and reached their own conclusions. Isaac Newton was one of these scientists. He explained the laws of gravity and paved the way for our modern understanding of physics.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Evolution vs. Creation

Evolution

Theory of Evolution is the widely held notion that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor: the birds and the bananas, the fishes and the flowers -- all related.

Creation

Its the belif that humans and animals were created by God.