高一英语Unit16 Scientists At Work课件 新课标 人教版.ppt

Teaching aims:1.Read the passage and learn how the scientist Franklin found lightning and electricity are the same.2.Improve the students’ reading ability through reading activities. Main points: Train the students to improve their reading comprehension. Difficult points: How to help the students understand the passage better. Revision Make sentences according to the passage you prepared. 1.conduct 2.charge 3.condenser 4.electric 5.electricity 6.fasten Pre-reading Look at the pictures. Who are they? Are they famous? What are they famous for? Benjamin.Franklin ?and his sayings Time is money. Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. If you would be loved, love and be lovable. Skipping Why did Benjamin Franklin do this experiment with the kite? Summary:Finish the following experiment report Demonstration Make a kite which was used in the experiment according to the instruction. Instruction ① A small cross of two pieces of light wood. ② Tie the corners of a handkerchief to the points of the cross. ③ Add a tail to the frame. ④ Tie a long string to the cross. ⑤ Fix a sharp piece of metal to the top of the longer stick of the cross. ⑥ Fasten a key to the end of the long string. ⑦ Tie a silk ribbon to the string. a sharp piece of metal one foot or more Long string cross tail Silk ribbon key Experiment Tips for Safety Stand inside a door, or under some cover. Don’t let the string touch the wall or door. Must not get the silk ribbon wet. True or False : In 1752 scientists already knew what electricity is . Franklin was helped by a friend to do the experiment . 3. Franklin made the kite of silk because wet silk does not conduct electricity . T F F Post-reading his son will not tear so soon in weather with rain and winds 4. A condenser was used in the experiment to store electricity. T 5.The key tied t