Unit 1 Great Scientists reading教学设计07

Unit1Great ScientistsPeriod1-2Warming upReadingTeaching Aims:

1.Get toknow somenew words and expressions.

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2.Know some great scientists and their achievements.

3.Analyse thecommon qualitiesthese scientistsshare andrevise howto describepeoplescharacteristics.

4.Train thereading skillsand theability offinding relativeinformation.

5.Know howto provea newidea inscientific researchby abidingby the7stages.

6.Be encouragedto find out resultsby examiningand analyzing.Difficult andImportant Points:1Make out the outlineof the text.2Find outwhat John Snow didin the7stages,and find outthecause of cholera afterreadingthetext.3Find outwhat qualitiesJohn Snowwere equippedwith.Teaching Methods:

1.Analysing

2.IndividualPair work

3.Teams matchTeachingProceduresStep1Leading inIntroducesome famousscientistsandtheirachievements,and thendo thequiz.

1.Can youremember themStephen HawkingYuan LongpingHavea revisionof theexpressions:theory,black holes,super hybridrice.

2.Play aguessing game.Show sentencesone byone aboutscientists9contributions,andlet Ssguess whothey are.Ss shouldcompete toanswer assoon aspossible.Then sharesomefamous sayingsby thegreat scientists,to inspireSs tolearn from them.Each studentrepresentshis/her teamand gainspoints forhis/her team.Step2Warming up

1.Try thisquiz andfind outwho knowsthe most.Pair workto finishthe QuizQuestionson Pl.Give Ssenough timeto understandthe questionsin thequiz,and theyare allowedtodiscuss with their partners.T walksaround togive help.

2.Check theanswers withthe wholeclass.Then askSs about these scientists.If theydontknow,show thefurther introductionto these10scientists.

1.Archimedes anancient Greekmathematicianphysicist

2.Charles DarwinBritish,author ofThe Originof Species

3.Thomas NewcomenBritish,improved thefirst steampump and turned it into asteamengine fortaking waterout ofmines in

1712.James Wattimproved itandturneditintothefirst modernsteam engineused onthe railways.

4.Gregor MendelCzech

5.Marie CuriePolish andFrench,won twoNobel Prizes

6.Thomas Edisonan Americaninventor

7.Leonardo daVinci afamous Italianartist

8.Sir HumphryDavy British

9.Zhang HengChinese,invented seismograph

10.Stephen Hawkinga Britishastronomer

3.There aresomegreatscientific achievementsthat have changed the world.Can younamesome of them Whatkind ofrole dothey playin thefield ofscience Dotheseachievements haveanything incommon Matchthe inventionswiththeirinventors belowbeforeyou answerall thesequestions.electricityAlexander BelltheFirst telephoneThomasEdisonthe electricLampLaite Brothersblackholes inUniverseMadame CurieTheory of GravityFranklintheFirst PlaneStevenHawkingRadiumElbert EinsteintheTheoryofRelativityIsaac NewtonStep3Pre-readingGreat achievementshavechangedtheworlda lot,but itis noteasy todosuch aresearch.In fact,to provea newidea inscientific research,they followsevenstages.Read theseven stagesand putthem inorder.Step4SkimmingscanningWho isJohn SnowWhat happenedbetween heand QueenVictoriaGive abrief introductionto itssymptoms andsome figuresabout deaths.Then askSs aboutotherinfectious diseases.What doesking meanDoyou knowwhat didthis mapwas usedfor in1854Step5Fast-reading

1.Put the7stages inright orderaccording tothe passage.

2.Match eachparagraph witheach stagein examininga newidea.draw aconclusion thinkof amethod collectresults makeup aquestion finda problemanalysethe resultsfind supportingevidencerepeat ifnecessaryStep6Careful readingPara

11.What ischolera

2.How tocontrol cholera,in John Snows opinionPara2He putforward theoriesexplaining thecause ofcholeraIdea1Cholera wasspread byin theair toattack people.Idea2Cholera wasspread bywith whichpeople absorbedthis diseaseinto theirbodies.Which isrightPara

31.What didJohn Snowdo whenanother outbreakhit Londonin1854and spreadquickly

2.Where didhe gatherthe informationPara4Many deathshappened here.No deathhappened here.The waterfrom thepump was to blame.Para

51.The watercame from.A.the riverthat hadbeen dirtiedby peoplefrom LondonB.the lakethat hadbeen pollutedby localpeopleC.the riverthat hadbeen dirtiedby waterfrom LondonD.the lakethat hadbeen pollutedby waterfrom London

2.What didDr.Snow advisethe peoplein Broad Street todo Andwhat wasthe resultPara6Read the6th Para and tryto catchthe mainidea ofthis paragraph.Para7To preventthe cholerafrom spreadingagain,what didJohn SnowdoStep6post reading

1.Find outthe relativeinformation aboutthese numbers.16,37,38and40These numbersin Broad Street nearthe waterpump hadmany ofthedeaths20,21;8,920and21BroadStreetand8and9Cambridge Streethad nodeaths....They didntdrinkthe waterfromtheBroadStreetpump.7These familiesworked inthe pubat7Cambridge Street.They didntdrink the water fromthepump.

2.Fill inthe blanksJohn Snow wasa doctorin London.There wasthe mostdeadly disease（）called KingCholera ofhis day.Every timethere wasaan,many peopledied ofdisease.JohnSnowwanted touse hisknowledge tohelp solvethis problem.He knewit wouldneverbe untilits causewas found.At thattime,therewere twotheories aboutcholera.The firstsuggested thatcholera intheair withoutreason.The secondsuggested thatpeople thisdisease intotheirbodies withtheir meals.JohnSnowdetermined tofindoutwhy.He believedin thesecondtheory butneeded toprove hewas correct.So hedata totest thetwotheories.He ona mapwhere allthe deadpeople hadlived andthe mapgavea clueaboutthecause ofthe disease.It seemedthewaterwasto.Next,JohnSnowlooked intothe sourceofthewater forthese streets.With enoughevidence,he announcedwith thatpolluted watercarriedthe diseaseofcholera.Step7Discussion

1.To setout anew scientificidea througha scientificresearch,what qualitiesdo youthinkare thethree mostimportant onesthat theresearcher shouldbe equippedwith Andgive yourreasons inbrief（急躁的）hard-working lazypatient edgysympatheticwise devotedselfish honestreliable calmstubborn generousresponsible meticulous（缜密的）handsome carefulWhatSpirit canwe findin Johndetermined

2.Snow Asa student,what shouldwe learnfrom himclever/talented strictpatient creativedeterminedpositivehonest intelligenthard-working ambitiouscareful co-operative confidentbrave Step8Homework

1.Surf theinternet tofindout:What shouldwe payattention toin ourdaily lifeto preventourselvesfrom gettinginfected withall theseinfectious diseases

2.Write downthe importantwordsandphrases inyour exercisebooks.

3.Underline thedifficult sentencesthat youcannot understand。