高中英语人教新课标必修三Unit4-Astronomythe-science-of-the-star

1/13Unit4Astronomy:thescienceofthestarsTeachingaims:1.Enablestudentstoimprovetheirlisteningskillsandreadingability.2.Enablestudentstounderstandthedevelopmentofgravityandhowgravityaffectsusindifferenttimesandplaces.3.Arousestudents’interesttosearchforthemysteryofspace.Emphasis:1.Wordsandexpressions:gravity,float,cheerup,nowthat,breakout,etc2.Astronomicknowledgelikegravityandblackhole.Difficulties:1.Helpthestudentstounderstandthedevelopmentofgravity.2.Helpthestudentstoknowhowgravityinfluencesus.Teachingmethods:skimming,scanning,discussing.Teachingaids:ataperecorder,aprojectorandacomputer.Teachingprocedures:PeriodoneReadingStep1.PresentationT:Hello,everyone!Todaywe’llcometoUnit4Astronomy.BeforethatIhaveaquestion:Wheredowecomefrom?Orwecansay:Whoareourancestors?S1:Monkeys!S2:BeijingRenwholivedmanyyearsago.S3:Reptiles.S4:Mammals.S5:Amphibians.S6:Dinosaurs.T:Verygood!Canyouputtheminrightorder?S7:Amphibians,Reptiles,Dinosaurs,Mammals,BeijingRen.2/13T:Doyouknowwhatitwaslikebeforelifeappearedonearth?S8:Itwasfullofwater,perhaps.T:Beforethat,whatwasitlike?S9:Sorry,Idon’tknow.T:Doyouwanttogetmoreinformation?Todaywe’lllearnsomethingaboutHowLifeBeganontheEarth.TurntoPage25.Let’scometoWarmingupfirst.Step2.Warmingup1.Readthethreequestions,whilethestudentslistenandfollow.2.GivetheSsseveralminutestodiscussthequestions.3.Collectanswersfromthewholeclass.4.Checktheanswerswhilediscussing.T:I’llreadthethreequestionsforyou.Youshouldlistentomecarefully.(Ifstudentsdon’tknowhowtodiscuss,showthemanexample.)Forexample,medicine.Whensomeonegetsseriousillness,hewillgotothehospital.Thedoctorwillexaminehim.Hewilltakehistemperature,measurehisbloodpressureandgivehimanX-ray,oraCT.Forthewholeprocessoftheexamination,whatkindofsciencehasbeenused?S1:Biology.S2:Chemistry.T:Sowecansaymedicinecombinesbiologyandchemistry.Whataboutbiochemistryandgeophysics?S3:Ithinkbiochemistrycombinesbiologyandchemistry.S4:Geophysicscombinesgeologyandphysics.T:Whataboutastronomy?S5:Physics.S6:Mathematics.T:Verygood.Weshouldknowthatastronomyisamultidisciplinarysubjectandifwewanttodosomeresearchonit,weshouldknowmanysciencesubjectsrelatedtoit.Nowdiscussthesecondquestion:Whatdowemeanwhenwesaywearestudyingasubjectscientifically?Orwhat’sthecorrectattitudetowardsscience?3/13S7:Weshouldbeobjective,notsuperstitious.T:What’sthecorrectwaytoproveascientificidea?S8:Weshoulddesignexperimentstotestitforseveraltimes.S9:Thenwecananalyzetheresultsanddrawaconclusionatlast.T:Let’ssumuptheanswers.Tostudyasubjectscientifically,wemusttrytobeobjective.Inordertotestouridea,weshoulddesignexperiments,thenanalyzetheresultsanddrawaconclusion.Nowlet’stalkaboutthethirdquestion.Whatarethemostimportantskillsweneedtoberealscientists?S10:Weshouldbeverycareful.S11:Beobjectiveandlogical.S12:Weshouldbewiseenoughtodesignanexperimentandwritethereportsclearly.S13:Weshouldbeabletodrawconclusionsfromtheexperimentsandnotimposeconclusionsonthedata.T:Ithinkyouhavedonegreatwork.Fromthediscussionweknowthatit’snoteasytobeascientist.Soyoushouldworkharderifyouwanttobeascientist.Step3.Pre-readingGettheSstodiscussthequestionsonPage25withtheirpartners.ThenasktheSstotelltheirstories.EncouragetheSstotelldifferentstories.Iftheydon’tknowany,tellthemsome.T:Nowpleaselookattheslideshow.Anddiscussthesequestionswithyourpartners.ThenI’llasksomestudentstotellustheirstories.Areyouclear?Ss:Yes,Sir/Madam.1.Doyouknoweachreligionorculturehasitsownideasaboutthebeginningoftheuniverse?Pleasegiveanexampleifyouknow.2.Doyouknowwhatascientificideais?AftertheSs’discussion,teachersaysthefollowing.T:Nowwho’dliketotellusastory?Volunteer!S1:Letmetry.InChina,weallknowthatPanguseparatestheskyfromtheearth.T:Canyoudescribethestoryindetails?S1:Sorry,Ican’trememberclearly.T:Whocan?Nobody?NowI’lltellyou.Lookatthescreen.4/13Step4.ReadingScanningGettheSstoreadthepassagequicklyandaccuratelyandmeanwhilehelptheSstoformagoodhabitofreading.TeachergivestheSsacoupleofminutestolookthroughthewholepassage.TelltheSstoreadthetextsilentlyandthenasksomedetailedquestionsaboutthetextontheslideshowwiththeirpartners.TeachershouldencouragetheSstoexpresstheirideas.T:We’regoingtolearnapassageabouthowlifebeganontheearth.Nowlet’slookattheslideshow.Readthetextquicklyandfindanswerstothefollowingquestions.Showthequestionsonthescreen.1.Whatwasthereontheearthbeforelifecouldbegin?2.Whydoscientiststhinktherehasneverbeenlifeonthemoon?3.Whydidanimalsfirstappearintheseas?4.Whydidgreenplantshelplifetodevelop?5.Whyweremammalsdifferentfromotheranimals?T:Nowwhocananswerthefirstone?S1:Watervapour,carbondioxide,oxygen,nitrogenandothergases.T:Whataboutthesecondone?S2:Becausethereisnowateronthemoon.T:Whataboutthethirdone?S3:Becausewaterallowedtheearthtodissolveharmfulgasesintotheoceansandseas.T:Thefourthone?S4:Becausegreenplantscantakecarbondioxidefromtheatmosphereandfilltheairwithoxygen.T:Whataboutthelastone?S5:Theyweredifferentbecausetheyproducedtheiryoungfromwithintheirbodies.T:Welldone!NowturntoPage26Comprehending1,Ithinkyoumaycontinuetoreaditagaintogetmoredetails.SkimmingInthispart,Sswillreadt