Module 4 Great Scientists 教学设计.docx

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Module4GreatScientists教学设计

Module4GreatScientists

教学设计

CULTURALCORNER—Rockets

■Goals

Toreadaboutrockets

■Procedures

Step1:

Beforeyouread

Pleasegooverthewordlistforthismodule,payingattentiontothepronunciationoftheword,therelationshipbetweenitspronunciationanditsspelling.

Step2:

Whileyouread

Cut/thesentencesintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicates,underlinetheusefulexpressionsanddarkentheconnectives.

Step3:

Afteryouread

CopyalltheusefulexpressionsintoyourExpressionBook.Youmaymakesentenceswiththeseexpressions.

UsefulexpressionsfromRockets

advancedmachines,sendastronautsintospace,beusedinfireworkdisplays,celebrategreatevents,theendoftheOlympicGames,thebeginningofthenewmillennium,byaccident,makeexplosions,duringfestivals,jumpoutofthefire,escapefromthetube,lift…intotheair,thefirstmilitaryuseofrockets,atwarwith…,duringthebattleof…,shot“arrowsofflyingfire”,beattachedtoalongstick,keeptherocketmovinginastraightdirection,makerockets,introduced…toEurope,betweenthe13thand15thcenturies,beusedformilitarypurposes,traveloverthesurfaceofwater,hitanenemyship,userocketsinbattles,aChinesegovernmentofficial,inventaflyingchair,attachtwobigkitestothechair,ahugeexplosion,cloudsofthicksmoke,dieintheexplosion,becarriedmilesintospace,becometheworld’sfirstastronaut

Step4:

Talkingaboutrockets

A:

Wouldtellmewhatarocketis?

B:

Arocketisavehicle,missileoraircraftwhichobtainsthrustbythereactiontotheejectionoffastmovingexhaustgasfromwithinarocketengine.

C:

Andoftenthetermrocketisalsousedtomeanarocketengine.

E:

Todayrocketsareveryadvancedmachineswhichwecanusetosendastronautsintospace.

B:

Youareright.Theyarealsousedinfireworkdisplaystocelebrategreatevents.

C:

SuchastheendoftheOlympicGamesorthebeginningofthenewmillenniumintheyear2000.

A:

Howandwhenwererocketsinvented?

B:

Rocketswereprobablyinventedbyaccidentabout2,000yearsago.

A:

Whoinventedthem?

B:

TheChinesehadaformofgunpowderwhichwasputinbambootubesandthrownintofirestomakeexplosionsduringfestivals.

D:

Itisbelievedperhapssomeofthetubesjumpedoutofthefireinsteadofexplodinginit.

B:

SotheChinesediscoveredthatthegasescapingfromthetubecouldliftitintotheair.

A:

Isee.Theideaoftherocketwasborn.That’sgreat!

E:

Whenwasrocketfirstusedinwars?

C:

Thefirstmilitaryuseofrocketswasin1232.

B:

That’stheSongDynasty.

E:

IthinktheSongDynastywasatwarwiththeMongols.

B:

Yes,youaregoodathistory.

D:

DuringthebattleofKaifeng,theSongarmyshot“arrowsofflyingfire”.

C:

Thetubeswereattachedtoalongstickwhichhelpedkeeptherocketmovinginastraightdirection.

B:

SoontheMongolslearnedhowtomakerocketsthemselvesanditispossiblethattheyintroducedthemtoEurope.

C:

Andbetweenthe13thand15thcenturiesthereweremanyrocketexperimentsinEngland,FranceandItaly.

A:

Weretheyusedformilitarypurposes?

B:

Yes,theywere.OneItalianscientisteveninventedarocketwhichcouldtraveloverthesurfaceofwaterandhitanenemyship.

D:

Idon’tthinkthateverybodywantedtouserocketsinbattles.B:

No,theydon’t.TherewasaWanHu,aChinesegovernmentofficial,whoinventedaflyingchair.

C:

Ihaveseentheillustrations.Theyshowheattachedtwobigkitestothechair,and47rocketstothekites.

A:

Ihavereadaboutthat.

B:

Therocketswerelit;therewasahugeexplosionandcloudsofthicksmoke.WhenthesmokeclearedWanHuandhischairhaddisappeared.

A:

Andnooneknowswhathappened.

E:

IthinkWanHudidn’tdieintheexplosion.Hemusthavebeencarriedmilesintospace,becomingtheworld’sfirstastronaut.

Reading—TheStudentWhoAskedQuestions

■Goals

●

Tolearntoreadpassageswiththepassivevoiceandby+-ingaboutgreatscientists

●Tolearntoreadwithstrategies

■Procedures

Step1:

Warmingupbydefiningsciences

Biochemistry:

Abranchofchemistrystudyingthechemicalbehaviorinlivingbeings.Biochemistryisnotonlyinterestedintheindividualchemicalcomponentsbutalsotheirvitalinterplay.

Biology:

thesciencethatdealswithlivingthings.Itisbroadlydividedintozoology,thestudyofanimallife,andbotany,thestudyofplantlife.Subdivisionsofeachofthesesciencesincludecytology（thestudyofcells）,histology（thestudyoftissues）,anatomyormorphology,physiology,andembryology（thestudyoftheembryonicdevelopmentofanindividualanimalorplant）.Alsoincludedinbiologicalstudiesarethesciencesofgenetics,evolution,paleontology,andtaxonomyorsystematic,thestudyofclassification.

Botany:

thescientificstudyofplantlife.Asabranchofbiology,itisalsosometimesreferredtoasplantscience（s）orplantbiology.Botanycoversawiderangeofscientificdisciplinesthatstudythegrowth,reproduction,metabolism,development,diseases,andevolutionofplants.

Genetics:

scientificstudyofthemechanismofheredity.WhileGregorMendelfirstpresentedhisfindingsonthestatisticallawsgoverningthetransmissionofcertaintraitsfromgenerationtogenerationin1856,itwasnotuntilthediscoveryanddetailedstudyofthechromosome andthegeneinthe20thcentthatscientistsfoundthephysicalbasisofhereditarycharacteristics.

Zoology:

Theoriginalbranchesofzoologyestablishedinthelate19thcentury suchaszoo-physics,bionomicshavelargelybeensubsumedintomorebroadareasofbiologywhichincludestudiesofmechanismscommontobothplantsandanimals.

Chemistry:

thescienceofmatteranditsinteractionswithenergyanditself（seephysics,biology）.Becauseofthediversityofmatter,whichismostlyintheformofatoms,chemistsoftenstudyhowatomsinteracttoformmoleculesandhowmolecules（分子）interactwitheachother.

Physics:

thescienceofNatureinthebroadestsense.Physicistsstudythebehaviorandpropertiesofmatterinawidevarietyofcontexts,rangingfromthesub-nuclearparticlesfromwhichallordinarymatterismade（particlephysics）tothebehaviorofthematerialUniverseasawhole（cosmology宇宙论）.

Step2:

Beforeyouread

Pleasegooverthewordlistforthismodule,payingattentiontothepronunciationoftheword,therelationshipbetweenitspronunciationanditsspelling.

Step3:

Whileyouread

1.TypeofwritingandsummariesofTheStudentWhoAskedQuestions

Typeofwriting

Anarration

Ideaof1stpara.

Intherice-growingworld,theChinesescientist,YuanLongping,isaleadingfigure.

Ideaof2ndpara.

AsaboyYuanLongpingwasgiventhenickname,“thestudentwhoasksquestions”.

Ideaof3rdpara.

Fromanearlyagehewasinterestedinplants.

Ideaof4thpara.

FirstYuanLongpingexperimentedwithdifferenttypesofrice.

Ideaof5thpara.

AsaresultofYuanLongping’sdiscoveriesChinesericeproductionroseby47.5percentinthe1990’s.

Ideaof6thpara.

Pakistan’newhybridricehasbeendevelopedbytheYuanLongpingHigh-techAgriculturalCompanyofChina.

2.AdiagramofTheStudentWhoAskedQuestions

interestedinplantspara.3

3.Completethearticlewithonewordineachblank

TheChinesescientist,YuanLongping,isa_1_figureintherice-growingworld.Whenhewaseducatedinschoolhewasgiventhe_2_,“thestudentwhoasksquestions”.Fromanearlyagehewassointerestedinplantsthathe_3_agricultureincollege.Asayoungteacherhebeganexperimentingincropbreeding.FirstYuanLongping_4_withdifferenttypesofrice.TheresultsbecameknowninChinain1966.Thenhe_5_hissearchforaspecialtypeofriceplant.Ithadtobemale.Ithadtobesterile.Finally,in1970a_6_sterilemalericeplantwasdiscovered.Thiswasthebreakthrough.Asa_7_ofYuanLongping’sdiscoveriesChinesericeproductionroseby47.5percentinthe1990’s.Therewereother_8_,too.50thousandsquarekilometersofricefieldswereconvertedtogrowing_9_andothercashcrops.Followingthis,YuanLongping’sricewasexportedtoother_10_,suchasPakistanandthePhilippines.

Keys:

1leading2nickname3studied4experimented5began

6naturally7result8advantages9vegetables10countries

4.Answerthereadingcomprehensionquestionsaccordingtothetext

1.Whatdoes“staple”meanin“InahungryworldriceisastaplefoodandChinaistheworld’slargestproducer”?

A.chieforprominentamongtheproductsexportedorproducedbyacountryordistrict;chieflyorlargelydealtinorconsumed.

B.basic,chief,orprincipal:

stapleindustries.

C.principallyused:

staplesubjectsofconversation.

D.importantandoutstanding

2.Hestudiedagricultureincollegeandasayoungteacherhebeganexperimentsin_____.

A.cropbreedingB.feedingpeopleC.sterilemalericeD.withdifferenttypesofrice

3.Hethoughtthatthekeytohavemorericewasby_____.

A.experimentingwithdifferenttypesofriceB.askingquestions

C.crossingdifferentspeciesofriceplantD.searchingforaspecialtypeofriceplant

4.Finally,in1970a_____wasdiscovered.Thiswasthebreakthrough.

A.staplefoodB.newplantwhichcouldgiveahigheryield

C.naturallysterilemalericeplantD.leadingfigure

Keys:

1-4AACC

Step4:

Afteryouread

1.CopyalltheusefulexpressionsintoyourExpressionBook.

UsefulexpressionsfromTheStudentWhoAskedQuestions

ina…world,astaplefood,inthe…-growingworld,aleadingfigure,bebornandbroughtupin…,beeducatedin…schoolsandwasgiventhenickname,anearlyage,beinterestedin…,thekeyto,cross…,giveahigheryield,