Unit1Greatscientists--period3教案

Unit 1 Great scientist Period 3 A sample lesson plan for Using Language COPERNICUS REVOLUTIONARY THEORY Introduction Language is learned to be used in and for communication So in this period after the warming up by looking and listening students will be listening and answering discussing future jobs reading a passage about Copernicus and copying its expressions summing up theories and finally writing a letter to Copernicus Objectives To help students read the passage Copernicus revolutionary theory on page 6 To help students use the language by reading listening speaking and writing Procedures 1 Warming up by looking and listening Have you ever heard of a man named Qian Xuesen Qian Xuesen 1911 a native of Hangzhou Zhejiang Province went to the United States to study in 1935 In 1955 he returned to China and in 1958 he joined the Communist Party He served successively as Director of the Institute of Mechanics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences Vice Minister of the No 7 Ministry of the Machine building Industry Vice Minister of the State Commission on Science Technology and Industry for National Defence and Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology He was also elected alternate member of the Ninth through Twelfth CPC Central Committees Qian played a leading role in the research manufacture and testing of carrier rockets guided missiles and satellites thus making outstanding contributions to the development of China s aerospace industry 2 Listening and answering Turn to page 5 Listen to the tape in which Qian Xuesen is being talked about Listen for information to answer the questions on listed on page 6 3 Reading and copying Now it s time to read the text COPERNICUS REVOLUTIONARY THEORY and underline all the expressions useful to you at the same time And after class write a short passage making use of the expressions underlined Expressions from COPERNICUS REVOLUTIONARY THEORY confuse one s mind make sense in the sky punish for suggest an idea make the world for that reason move backward go forward in a loop appear bright think long and hard about find an answer collect observations of use one s knowledge to show to make change to place at the center of publish one s idea be attacked by lie dying reject one s theory be against one s idea build on the base of replace the idea of fall to earth create as a direct link between and 4 Summing up theories Next we shall do some scientific research to sum up the two theories of the universe with the help of the text Before Copernicus theoryShowing Copernicus theory The earth is the center of the universe The earth is not the center of the universe God makes the world God does not make the world 5 Writing a letter to Copernicus 1 Reading about theories by Copernicus 1 The center of the Earth is not the center of the Universe but only the center of the Earth s mass and of the lunar orbit 2 All the planets move along orbits whose center is the Sun therefore the Sun is the center of the World Copernicus was never certain whether the Sun moved or not claiming that the center of the World is in the Sun or near it 3 The distance between the Earth and the Sun compared with the distance between the Earth and the fixed stars is very small 4 The daytime movement of the Sun is only apparent and represents the effect of a rotation that the Earth makes every 24 hours around its axis always parallel to itself 5 The Earth together with its Moon and just like the other planets moves around the Sun so the movements that the Sun seems making its apparent moving during daytime and its annual moving through the Zodiac are nothing else than effects of the Earth s real movements 6 These movements of the Earth and of the other planets around the Sun can explain the stations and all the particular characteristics of the planets movements 2 Making a plan of writing a letter to Copernicus Beginning self introduction Paragraph 1 reason 1 and evidence Paragraph 2 reason 2 and evidence Summing up persuasion 6 Closing down by making a debate To end our studies of Copernicus theories we shall make a debate whether the Sun is the center or the Earth is the center of the universe The class will be cut in two parts one for Copernicus the other against Copernicus Now take five minutes to get necessary facts and arguments For CopernicusAgainst Copernicus 1 The center of the Earth is not the center of the Universe 2 All the planets move along orbits whose center is the Sun 3 The distance between the Earth and the Sun is very small 4 The daytime movement of the Sun is only apparent 5 The Earth moves around the Sun 1 The center o