Module4GreatScientists第1课时学案外研版必修4.doc

PAGE  PAGE - 5 - Module 4 Great Scientists 第1课时 学案 外研版必修4 Teaching goals Teaching Procedures: Step 1: Lead in Introduction Brainstorm: Question: What great scientists do you know? ( free speaking ) Make students say something about those four great scientists Qian Xuesen, Marie Curie, Archimedes, Albert Einstein. Name Nationality Major Invention/Discovery Time of the discoveryQian XuesenChina Physics, MathematicsChinese atom bombIn 1964Marie CuriePoland PhysicsRadioactivityIn 1898ArchimedesSicily in Italy  Physics, mathematicsbuoyancyAbout 240 BCAlbert EinsteinGermany / AmericaMathematical PhysicsrelativityIn 1905Make students learn some words of different fields in science. SubjectsChinese meaning The person who research the subjectsBiochemistry生化学Biochemist Biology生物学Biologist Botany植物学BotanistChemistry化学ChemistGenetics遗传学GeneticistPhysics物理学PhysicistZoology动物学Zoologist Make students finish exercise 2 on page 31 individually. The answers: 1. zoology 2. botany 3. biology 4. physics 5. biochemistry 6. chemistry 7. genetics Step 2: Reading and Vocabulary From the title “The Student Who Asked Questions”, guess what the passage is about? Who is the student? Question: What do you know about Yuan Longping? 2. Make students find the topic sentence of each paragraph. Para1: Yuan Longping is a leading figure in the rice-growing world. Para2: As a boy, he was called “the student who asked questions”. Para3: As a young teacher, he began experiments in crop breeding. Para4: He discovered a special type of rice plant. Para5：His discoveries increased Chinese rice production. Para6：The yield of the new hybrid rice is much greater than that of other types grown in Pakistan. 3. Make students skim the passage and find the answers to the following questions. What kind of student was Yuan Longping when he was young? What way did he think to produce rice more quickly? What