Unit1_Great_Scientists 课件9(人教版必修5）.pptVIP

Homework: Read the words and preview the reading. * What do you know about great scientists? Try the quiz . Warming up 1.Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float? Archimedes an ancient Greek mathematician physicist 2.Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed? Charles Darwin British author of The Origin of Species 3.Who invented the first steam engine? Thomas Newcomen British, improved the first steam pump and turned it into a steam engine for taking water out of m