Module2 Unit1 Tales of the unexplained

Module2 Unit1 Tales of the unexplained Word power Teaching aims To enlarge Ss vocabulary about space exploration To help Ss recognize the planets in solar system To improve Ss ability of expressing their idea Teaching focus Words related to space exploration and planets To improve Ss oral English Teaching procedures Step1 Lead in Questions 1 Do your still remember the title of the article which we have just leant yesterday The title is Boy missing police puzzled 2 Can you explain the title with the complete sentence A boy was missing strangely and the police get puzzled 3 Can you guess the reason why the boy was missing Maybe he was taken away by the aliens 4 Do you believe there are aliens and UFO in the outer space Yes I think so No I believe not 5 Whether UFOs really exist has puzzled us for a long time Have you ever thought about exploring space one day Exploring travel into or through a place in order to learn about it Discussion How to explore the space Step2 Vocabulary learning T As we know space exploration doesn t have a long history Let s read the speech which is given by a scientist on page6 1 Vocabulary outer space 外太空 space exploration 太空探索 launch 发射 artificial satellite 人造卫星 unmanned spaceships 无人飞船 orbit 轨道 绕轨道 planets 行星 sample 样本 space station 空间站 spacesuit 宇航服 spacewalk 太空漫步 astronaut 宇航员 tracking ship 跟踪船 space shuttle 航天器 rocket 火箭 launch tower 发射塔 launch pad 发射台 2 Match the words with the proper explanation 1 outer space 2 space exploration 3 launch 4 artificial satellite 5 unmanned spaceships 6 orbit 7 planet 8 sample a Man made satellite b The area outside the earth c A number of people or things taken from a larger group d Send e A large round object in space that move around a star such as the sun f Space travel g Spaceships without men to control h Move into a path around a much larger object 1 b 2 f 3 d 4 a 5 g 6 h 7 e 8 c T As we know space exploration doesn t have a long history Let s read the speech which is given by a scientist on page6 Try to fill the table on the blackboard and answer the following questions TimeEvent 1957Space explore began 1959Unmanned spaceships have been launched into space 1961People were orbiting the Earth TodayMost important planets have been examined Questions What is the topic of the speech Who is the first human being to travel in space What has been done when human being traveled in space Is there any evidence of life has been discovered on ay of the planets Step3 Vocabulary using 1 Do you master the vocabulary about space exploration Let s practice them by filling the blanks on page 7 You should finish this exercise in three minutes 2 After the students finish the finishing the exercise teacher checks the answer and ask the students to read the text after her 3 Explain the important words and phrase in the two articles with the launch of the first artificial most important planets have be examined take photos and collect samples so far go on to talk about space travel dream of doing sth carry out come true support lift the space shuttle into space separate from pick sth up take off their space suit provide sb with sth provide sth to sb Step3 Vocabulary extension Because human being have a great interest in space exploration they become know more about space around our earth especially the solar system How many planets are there in solar system What are their names Next let s enlarge our vocabulary by learning the nine planets in solar system 1 Look at the picture on the screen and tell me their Chinese names 2 Look at another picture of the planets and learn their English names Mercury 水星 Venus 金星 Earth 地球 Mars 火星 Jupiter 木星 Saturn 土星 Uranus 天王星 Neptune 海王星 Pluto 冥王星 Comet Halley 哈雷彗星 asteroid 小行星带 3Exercise Write the number of each planet in the correct box Step4 Consolidation Imagine you are an astronaut who has just come back from a planet in solar system You are invited to a high school and give a speech about space exploration to the students Write a speech using the vocabulary we have learnt today Tips 1 Try to answer the following questions in you speech 1 When and where did you travel to 2 How did you go there 3 What is the situation of the planet 4 What did you do in space Did you have a spacewalk or collect any samples 5 What was your feel when you stayed in outer space 6 Did you find any alien Tips 2 The information about nine planets in solar system Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the eighth largest In Roman mythology Mercury is the god of commerce travel and thievery Temperature changes so extremely and it varies betweent90 K and 700 K It has no known satellites Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest Venus orbit is the most nearly circular of that of any planet with an eccentricity of less than 1 Venus is sometimes regarded as Earth s sister planet In some ways they are very similar Venus has no satellites Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest It is our mother planet Three forth of the surface covers water Earth has only one natural satellite the Moon But thousands of small artificial satellites have also been placed in orbit around the Earth Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the seventh largest Mars Greek Ares is the god of War The planet probably got this name due to its red color It is considered to be the most suitable planet which human can live on The first spacecraft to visit Mars was Mariner 4 in 1965 Several others followed including Mars 2 It has two satellites Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by far the largest Jupiter is more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined the mass of Jupiter is 318 times that of Earth Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky after the Sun the Moon and Venus Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest It has three prominent which can be seen from the Earth and it has 34 named satellites Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third largest by diameter Uranus is larger in diameter but smaller in mass than Neptune It looks blue Uranus has 21 named moons and six unnamed ones Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the fourth largest by diameter Neptune is smaller in diameter but larger in mass than Uranus In Roman mythology Neptune Greek Poseidon was the god of the Sea Neptune has been visited by only one spacecraft Voyager 2 on Aug 25 1989 Pluto orbits beyond the orbit of Neptune usually It is much smaller than any of the official planets and now classified as a dwarf planet Pluto is smaller than seven of the solar system s moons In Roman mythology Pluto Greek Hades is the god of the underworld Pluto has not yet been visited by a spacecraft but we have found that is has a satellite Tips3 One possible version Good morning boys and girls I m so glad to be here to tell you something about my journey I had a space travel to Venus last month by Shenzhou which was launched with two rockets Venus is the