Articles tagged Jonathan Bartlett

Taxonomy - A Scientific Discipline You Were Created For

Revisiting Some Archived Articles that Have Not Been Lost, but May Have Been Forgotten and Are Worth a Fresh Read
Original Post Date: August 26, 2011
Sometimes the term "science" seems overwhelming. We picture people in white lab coats, equipment that costs tens or...

Spirituality in Physics

Revisiting Some Archived Articles that Have Not Been Lost, but May Have Been Forgotten and Are Worth a Fresh Read
Original Post Date: May 19, 2011
My son is a big fan of Benjamin Franklin, because he invented and discovered so many things. Last year, it seemed like...

The Many Lessons of Chemistry in Classical Education

Revisiting Some Archived Articles that Have Not Been Lost, but May Have Been Forgotten and Are Worth a Fresh Read
Original Post Date: July 8, 2013
I find that I am better able to learn topics when I can connect them to something I already love or already understand....

Baby Steps to Science (Part 3): Collecting Observations

by Jonathan
Thursday, 28 May, 2015
categories: Articles, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Thursday, 28 May, 2015
categories: Articles, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Revisiting Some Archived Articles that Have Not Been Lost, but May Have Been Forgotten and Are Worth a Fresh Read
Original Post Date: May 8, 2012
So far in this series, we have discussed counting and drawing as ways of engaging in science. In this article we are...

Is Doubt the Engine of Science?

by Jonathan
Monday, 18 May, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
Monday, 18 May, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
There is a growing trend in the modern era to view doubt as the core value of science. The narrative goes like this: science proceeds by taking everything we think we know and hold dear and doubting it; this doubt is what allows the progress of knowledge. Christopher...