Unit3Scienceandnature-Welcome教案（牛津版必修5）.doc

高考资源网（ ），您身边的高考专家 欢迎广大教师踊跃来稿，稿酬丰厚。 高考资源网（ ），您身边的高考专家 欢迎广大教师踊跃来稿，稿酬丰厚。 Unit 3 Science and nature简案 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. Ask students to read the title of the unit Science versus nature. Draw students’ attention to the word ‘versus’. Tell them that ‘versus’ is usually used when discussing sports competitions or the law, which means that two teams or sides are against each other. Encourage students to think why ‘versus’ is used here. Ask students the following questions: Do you think there is conflict between science and nature? What might the conflict be? 2. Show a picture of the first cloned mammal, Dolly. Give some introduction about the creation of Dolly. Tell students this new technology is called ‘cloning’, which produces an exact copy of an animal or a plant from its own cells. 3. Lead students to learn the unit while thinking about the relationship between the title of the unit Science versus nature and cloning technology. Step2 Sharing information 1. Show the following five pictures one by one, each of which shows a successfully cloned animal. As to the five pictures, we conduct the following activities. (Picture2) Tell students that the mule in the picture is the world’s first cloned mule. It was born on 4 May 2003. His name is Idaho Gem and his brother, Taz, was a racing mule that has won many competitions. (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