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Book 3 Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars 说课稿 Teaching arrangement 1st Period Warming-up Pre-reading, New words, 2nd Period Reading 1 3rd 4th Period Language study 5th Period Grammar 6th Period Using language 7th Period writing 8th Period Revision Period 1 Warming-up Pre-reading, New words Teaching aims: 1 Get the Ss to learn useful new words and expressions in this Unit. 2 Let them learn about solar system and some legends 3 Enable Ss to know about the development of the earth from different religious view. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Warming up Today, we’re going to learn Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars 1. Q1.What’s the meaning of the word “Astronomy”? The scientific(科学的) study of stars and planets. Q2.What is an Astronomer ? A scientist(科学家)who studies on Astronomy. Q3.What words will you think of when we talk about this topic? star, planet, the sun / moon / earth, solar system 恒星 行星 太阳 月球 地球 太阳系 Q4.How many planets are in the solar system? What are they? (My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas 1) 水星 Mercury 2) 金星 Venus 3) 地球 Earth 4) 火星 Mars 5) 木星 Jupiter 6) 土星 Saturn 7) 天王星 Uranus 8) 海王星 Neptune But, scientists now think Pluto is too small to be called a planet. Why？ Q5.Do you know the correct order of their distance to the sun? Which is the nearest or the furthest to the sun? Put them in correct order on P25. 2. Among these 8 planets, which one is special? 八大行星都处于一个稳定的宇宙环境中，而我们地球的外部条使地球成为一个有生命并特殊的星球。（the earth） How much do you know about the earth? Let’s play a quiz game. 1. How old is the earth? A. About 3.5 billion years B. About 4.5 billion years C. About 5.5 billion years D. About 6.5 billion years 2. ______ of the earth surface is covered by water. A.