I taught this course before in a program for high school students at UC San Diego. I have a PhD in philosophy and a B.A. in philosophy and the history of math and science.

Homework Offered
Homework will be optional, and will include some reading and some hands-on activities, such as drawing one's observations of relevant phenomena.
0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Assessments based on class participation and optional final project. Additional assessments available upon request.
Grades Offered
Grades offered on request.

1. Geocentric Model
Primary: Ptolemy's "Almagest" (espousing geocentric theory)
Secondary: "The Copernican Revolution" by Thomas S. Kuhn

2. Lamarckian Evolution
Primary: "Zoological Philosophy" by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (espousing Lamarckian evolution)
Secondary: "Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution" by Alpheus S. Packard

3. Phlogiston Theory
Primary: "Essays Physical and Chemical" by Johann Joachim Becher (introducing phlogiston theory)
Secondary: "The Chemical Revolution" by Arthur Donovan (Ed.)

4. Spontaneous Generation
Primary: "Historia Animalium" by Aristotle (discussing spontaneous generation)
Secondary: "The Life of Pasteur" by René Vallery-Radot

5. Miasma Theory of Disease
Primary: "On Airs, Waters, and Places" by Hippocrates (espousing miasma theory)
Secondary: "The Ghost Map" by Steven Johnson

6. Alchemy
Primary: "The Book of Alchemy" by George Ripley (classic alchemical text)
Secondary: "Alchemy Tried in the Fire: Starkey, Boyle, and the Fate of Helmontian Chymistry" by William R. Newman

7. The Expanding Earth
Primary: "The Expanding Earth" by S. Warren Carey (espousing expanding Earth theory)
Secondary: "Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth" edited by Naomi Oreskes

8. The Martian Canals
Primary: "Mars and Its Canals" by Percival Lowell (espousing Martian canals theory)
Secondary: "Mars: The Lure of the Red Planet" by William Sheehan and Stephen James O'Meara