辽宁抚顺市第十二中学高中英语 Unit 4 Astronomy导学案1（无答案）新人教版必修3.docVIP

Unit 4 Astronomy Pre-reading .1. The origin of life on earth is a question that interests astronomers. What do you know about it? ? How old is the universe? (several billion years ago) ? How old is the Earth? (between 4.5 and 3.8 million years ago) ? Which were the first creatures or plants on Earth 2. Each religion and culture has its own ideas about how life began on earth. What do you know? In China, we all know that Pangu separates the sky from the earth. Questions: 1. What do we mean when we say we are studying a subject scientifically? Or what’s the correct attitude towards science? We should be objective, not superstitious. 2. What’s the correct way to prove a scientific idea? We should design experiments to test it for several times. Then we can analyze the results and draw a conclusion at last. 3. What are the most important skills we need to be real scientists? Careful, objective and logical, draw conclusions from the experiments and not impose conclusions on the data. (impose…on… 把…强加于…) Reading I. Read the passage carefully and analyse its structure. Write down the main idea for each paragraph. Para1 A widely accepted theory about the formation of the universe Para2 The formation of the earth Para3 The importance of water for life Para4 The development of plants and animals on the earth Para5 The arrival of humans and their impact on the earth II. Read the text and fill in the blanks in the following form. Time What happened Big Bang ______ began to form and combine to create stars and other bodies. Between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago ●Dust settled into a solid and ______ globe. ●The earth exploded to produce its___________ .●The continued ________ of water allowed the earth to dissolve harmful gases and _____ into the oceans and seas. Many millions of years later ●The first small plants on the surface of the water produced_______ . ●Early _______ and all sort