This is a 6th grade informational text about the scientific revolution that began in the seventeenth century, bringing new advances and experiments in many fields. While reading, students should cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Students should also determine a central idea of the text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments (License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).