伽利略的望远镜.pptVIP

Unit 3;1.Do you know some famous inventors and their inventions? Try to make a list of them.; What are the important inventions of the 20th century? Which do you think is the most important one?;Year ;1928;1945;Warming up; Thomas Edison invented the electric bulb.;Did Edison invent electricity? Can electricity be invented? Is electricity an invention or discovery? Why? ;2. Which of this pictures show inventions? Does any of them show discoverers?;Stephenson’s “Rocket”;An amphibious car;DNA;伽利略的望远镜;谷腾堡发明的印刷机;3. Work out rules that will help you decide what is discovery and what is an invention?;(2) An invention is something that created by human being, such as the lighting rod. ;Discoveries;Discoveries;Discoveries;4. Now in pairs discuss any modern inventions you know. Describe them to your partner and how useful they are in life today.;; Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved? Here give you some similar stages used in research, please out them in the suitable order.; Applying for a patent 2. Finding a problem 3. Doing research 4. Testing the solution 5. Thinking of a creative solution 6. Deciding on the invention ; As you read the following passage, check the order you wrote above to see whether it follows the correct stages in producing an invention.; The text narrates the problem of the snakes and presents the procedures of catching them and applying for a patent, from which we have got a better understanding of how to do scientific researches and how to apply for a;patent. After learning, we know that it usually costs some time and continuous efforts in order to solve some practical problems in a scientific way.; The writer wants to inform us of the scientific methods to solve present problem so that we students can not only broaden the horizons but become more skilled in discovering and considering carefully the problems in daily life. ;We are also encouraged by the write