选修三 unit4 Astronomy the science of the star 知识点 vivi 第一版.docVIP

Step 1 Warming up lead in Talk about science subjects T: Good morning/afternoon, everyone. What class do you have today? S1: Maths, English, Chinese, physics, history, and geology. T: What other subjects do you have in school? S2: Computer, chemistry, biology, music, PE, and politics. T: Which is your favourite? Why? S3: My favourite one is …because it’s very interesting/exciting/instructive/… S4: I like …best because … T: Which ones are science subjects? S5: Physics, chemistry, biology, geology and mathematics. T: All these subjects play an important role in the study of science. What subjects are part of astronomy? What subjects are used to study medicine? How about biochemistry? What about geophysics? S6: … S7: … S8: … S9: … T: What does astronomy deal with? S10: Astronomy is the scientific study of the universe and the heaven bodies (such as the sun, moon, and stars), gas, and dust within it. T: What do we call people who study astronomy? S11: Astronomer. Talk about universe and solar system T: Let’s follow this astronomer to learn about universe. How did the universe come into being? S12: After the “Big Bang”, the universe came into being. T: Do you know the solar system in the universe? What is it made up of? S13: The solar system contains eight planets and many comets and other objects. (Note：According to the present day scientific study, there are only eight planets, with the Pluto excluded.) T: Can you name the eight planets? S14: The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas (方便学生记忆词汇) 图片： （1）Mercury Venus（水星：一天是三个月，极昼极夜严寒酷热，地球表面与月球相似。太阳6个大，热度3倍 ；金星：一天是八个月，太阳西方升起，东方落下，唯一一个反向自传的星球。 ） （2） Mars火星是除地球外唯一具有四季变化的行星，表面特征在一年中发生明显变化，在天文望远镜里清晰可见，曾经给人们无限联想，以为找到了表兄弟火星人。火星和地球一样拥有多样的地形，有高山、平原和峡谷，奇妙的是，由于重力较小，地形尺寸远比地球大，这里有太阳系最高的山脉奥林匹斯火山，底盘大小等于加州大小，高度27000米，三倍于珠穆朗玛峰。火星的土壤中含有铁质，被氧化后变成红色的铁锈。所以火星看起来是红色的。火星大气稀薄，但大气活动剧烈，每年都会发生全球性大风暴，细细的红色沙粒漫天飞舞，覆盖大半个星球，持续几个月，整个天空都是红褐色，比较单调。不过