Unit1GreatScientists课件2(新人教版必修5).pptVIP

Answer the questions 1.What did Qian Xuesen study first? 2.What experience did he get in America that was very useful for China? Qian Xuesen first studied to be an engineer. In America he began to work on space rockets so that he was able to develop a space programme when he came back to China. 3.What was Qian Xuesens achievement when he returned to China from America? When Qian Xuesen returned to China he set up a Space Institute to begin training people in how to design and build rockets. 4. How has he been honored in China? In China he has been honored as “the father of the space programme”. 5. How would Steve honor him? Steve Smith suggested putting QianXuesens picture on Mars when the first Chinese astronaut lands there. Period 4 Reading ,writing and learning tips Copernicus Pre-reading We know the first scientist is Copernicus. He was one of the first scientists to use mathematical observations to collect information. He believed the sun is the center of the universe and the earth and other planets went around it. The chart on P.7 shows his theory. Copernicus’ Revolutionary Theory Birth: February 19, 1473 Death: May 24, 1543 Place of Birth: Toruń, Poland Career: 1491-1494 Studied mathematics at Kraków Academy 1496 Went to Italy to study astronomy and law at the University of Bologna 1497 Began observations of the Sun, Moon, and planets 1514 Wrote Commentariolus, an outline of his astronomical ideas, but did not circulate it widely 1543 Published De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial) Read the passage and find the experiences of Copernicus: Read through the passage, and tell whether the following statements are true or false. At Copernicus’ time, Christian Church was in charge of many western countries. 2. Copernicus noticed that observed from the earth, some planets appears in front of or behind the earth. 3. Copernicus didn’t show his new theory to his friends until he