教案book5 unit 1Great Scientists Period 1.doc

Period 12 Warming Up, Pre-reading, Reading Comprehending Teaching Goals: 1.To learn about John Snow. 2.To develop some basic reading skills. 3.To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about the sprits of scientists. Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Warming Up Purpose: To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about scientists. To ask Ss to prepare something for the great scientists ahead of time and share them with others. Pair work Ask Ss to tell their partners their answers to the following question and show some to the whole class. What do you know about great scientists? Group work Ss are divided into 3 groups to do the quiz and try to find out which knows the most. Quiz Questions Answer (1) Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float? (2)Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed? (3) Who invented the first steam engine? (4) Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed form parents to their children? (5) Who discovered radium? (6) Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities? (7) Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people? (8) Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground? (9) Who invented the earliest instrument to tell people where earthquakes happened? (10) Who put forward a theory about black holes? Suggested answers: (1) Archimedes (2) Charles Darwin (3) Thomas Newcomen (4) Gregor Mendel (5) Marie Curie (6) Thomas Edison (7) Leonardo da Vinci (8) Sir Humphry Davy (9) Zhang Heng (10) Stephen Hawking Step 2. Pre-reading Purpose: To get Ss to learn about the stages in a scientific experiment Group work (1) Get Ss into groups of four and discuss what kind of experiment they have experienced and the stages of them. Ask some groups to show their views. (2) Ask Ss to put the following stages into proper order. Draw a conclusion Think