必修5 UNIT1The 1st Period教学设计.doc

BOOK 5 Unit1 Great Scientists The 1st PeriodTeaching Aims: 1. Learn some new words and expressions.2. Know some great scientists and their achievements.3. Know some important qualities a scientist should have and the stages in examining a new scientific idea.Difficult and Important Points:1)Word study2)Discuss in groups the stages in examining a new scientific idea.Teaching Methods:1. Inductive method2. Pair work & group work3. Word Study according to the situations given (Do exercises)Teaching Procedures:Step I Warming up1. What do you know about great scientists? Try this quiz and find out who knows the most.(Pair work to finish the Quiz Questions on P1.) 2.Check the answers with the whole class. 1).Archimedes (an ancient Greek mathematician & physicist)2).Charles Darwin (British, author of The Origin of Species )3).Thomas Newcomen (British, improved the first steam pump and turned it into a steam engine for taking water out of mines in 1712 .James Watt improved it and turned it into the first modern steam engine used on the railways. )4).Gregor Mendel (Czech)5).Marie Curie (Polish and French, won two Nobel Prizes)6).Thomas Edison (an American inventor)7).Leonardo da Vinci (a famous Italian artist)8).Sir Humphry Davy (British)9).Zhang Heng (Chinese, invented seismograph)10).Stephen Hawking (a British astronomer)Step II. Word Study1.Read the new words after the tape.2.Choose the correct words to complete the following sentences.1) John Snow devoted himself to _(science, scientific) research.2) He worked hard until he drew a _(conclude, conclusion) in 1854.3) The boy needs one more stamp to make his collection _ (complete, completely)4) _(Apart from, Except) that 10 dollars, I have another ten given by my mother.5) Cholera was a _disease. Many people _ of it. (dead, die , death, deadly)6) People who had drunk the _ (polluting, polluted) water were dead.7) I will tell him the good news _ I see him. (immediate, immediately)8) I suggest _(to have, having) a rest after working for such a longtime. 3. Choose the correct words or expressions to fill in the blanks. Each word or expression may be used only once.put forward infectious announce conclusion handle control severe in addition to1.Who _ a theory about black holes?2.What _ did you draw?3.The car went out of _ and crashed.4.SARS is a terrible _ disease.5.He _ a difficult argument skillfully.6.The cholera outbreak was so _ that more than 500 people had died in 10 days.7. Everyone was silent as he _ the winner of the match.8._ visiting the zoo, we went to the museum.Step III. Practice (using inductive method)Use the correct form of the words to fill in the blanks.n.v.adj.Infection examination=examXScience /scientistConcludeXAnalysisXDefeatXValueannouncement /announcerXInstructionXCalculateXcontribution /contributorcontributiveInstructor/instructionXMoveMovableRejectionXXCreateCompletionPersuaderPersuaden. adj.adv.Certaincertainlyco-operation XRevolutionXPrivacy隐私；隐居PrivateXbackwardEnthusiasmenthusiasticallyLogiclogicallyStep IV. Pre-reading Discussion:1.What five most important qualities do you think a scientist should have? Give the reasons.generous clever strict patient creative strong-willed serious intelligent honest ambitious talented careful2. Do you know how to prove a new idea in scientific research? Discuss in groups the stages in examining a new scientific idea. What order would you put them in?Draw a conclusion Think of a method Collect results Make up a question Find a problem Analyze the results Repeat if necessaryl After reading the following passage, put the correct stages into the reading abo