[中学联盟]江苏省江阴市成化高级中学高中英语必修5教案：Unit3 Science and nature .docVIP

Unit3 Science and nature 主备： 第1 课时 总10课时 Welcome to the unit Teaching objectives: 1. To arouse students’ interest in the unit topic 2. To help students kwon more about cloning technology 3. To encourage students to participate in the discussion relevant to cloning Teaching focus and difficulties: 1. Make sure that students can have the basic knowledge about cloning. 2. Make sure that each student can hold their own opinions towards cloning. Teaching aids:The multimedia Brief teaching procedures: Step1 Brainstorming 1. Show a picture of the first cloned mammal, Dolly. Give some introduction about the creation of Dolly. 2. Lead students to learn the unit while thinking about the relationship between the title of the unit Science and nature and cloning technology. Step2 Sharing information 1.Show the following three pictures one by one, each of which shows a successfully cloned animal. As to the three pictures, we conduct the following activities. (Picture2) The five little pigs’ names are Noel, Angel, Star, Joy and Mary. (Picture3) Tell students that the kitten in the picture is called Cc. Its name is from ‘Copycat’. Scientists in the USA created it with a cell taken from its mother, Rainbow. It was born in December 2002. (Picture4) The name of the cloned monkey is ANDi. It is from ‘inserted DNA’ spelt backwards. It is the first genetically modified monkey. The technology is different from that used for Dolly. 2. Get students to form groups of four or six to discuss the further questions: (1) From just these pictures, can you identify the differences between the cloned animals and normal ones? (1) In your opinion, what might be the differences between these cloned animals and normal ones? 3. Have students hold a debate about whether it would be a good idea to clone humans some day. Divide students into two groups. One group represents anti-cloning views while the other represents pro-cloning views. Encourage students to provide as man