人教版高二Unit 1 Make a difference(教案)
3.To enable the students to have a better understanding of the importance of science.
Teaching procedures
Step1. Warming up
Task 1. Class work
T: Nice to see you again. I miss you very much. And I’m glad to meet some new students here! Nice to meet you!
T: What makes you get together here/ get apart with your former classmates ?
Some of us learn arts/ science while others learn science / arts.
Task2 Class work
1. What are arts subjects? What are science subjects?
Task3. Pair work
Why do you learn arts/ science?
I’m good / poor at…
I prefer … to…
I’m into…
Because I like/ dislike...
I want to be
My parents want me to…
My dream is…
Task4. Individual work
What is your dream? What will you do to make your dream come true?
Step2. Listening
Pre-listening
Having heard your dreams, I am glad to know all of you have great mind. I’m sure one day you’ll become great minds (great men /women).Before we realize our dreams, we should learn about some great minds first so that we can follow them, do you think so?
Task1. Class work
What great scientists do you know?
Task2. Individual work
Enjoy the video, listen carefully and find out who are mentioned in the video.
(Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler and Newton.)
Task3 Pair work
Enjoy once more. What are they famous for?
Task4 Individual work
Listen to the three passages , finish the exercises and talk about the scientists.
Enjoy a video and do the listening comprehension on the screen.
Step3. Speaking
Thanks to the discovery of Madam Curie---- Uranium ( show the slide) and the equation of Einstein ( slide ), nuclear power station can be built nowadays. It is reported a nuclear power station is being built in Sanmen. Someone says it is a good thing, while others don’t think so. (Show slides to help the students learn more about the disadvantages and advantages of it.)
Task1 Group work
Debating (Should a nuclear power station be built in Sanmen?)
The following useful expression may give the students help.
That’s correct. It’s clear that… I doubt that …
That’s true. It’s hard to say. Well, maybe, but …
There is no doubt that… What’s your idea? Have you thought about …?
Step4. Homework
1. Finish off the WB listening.
2. Make up a column about scientists and their quotes
Period 3 & 4 : Pre-reading , reading & post-reading
Goals:
1. To get to know something about the famous scientist Stephen Hawking.
2. To learn the spirit of Hawking
3. To develop some basic skills of reading
Teaching Procedures
Step1. Pre-reading
Task1: Class work
During the last period, we talked about a lot of scientists and their great achievements.
Can you use one adjective to describe science?
Do you know any disabled scientist?
Today we are going to talk about a disabled scientist.
Task2. Class work
Enjoy the video and guess who he is.
Does he move his lips while speaking?
Task3. Individual work
Listen and answer:
1). How does he make a speech without moving his lips?
(through a speech computer)
2) What is it that Hawking doesn’t like about his speech computer?
(It gives him an American accent.)
Step2. Reading
T: Do you want to know more about Hawking? S: Yes.
T: What do you want to know about him? S: his family, his achievements…
T: Turn to P3
Task1: Group work
Skim the text and give one word to each paragraph.
Task2: Individual work
1) How would ordinary people feel when they were told that they had an incurable disease?
2) What did Stephen Hawking do when he was told that he had an incurable disease?
3) What is Hawking’s dream?
4) Read Para3 and Para4. Fill in the blanks.
5. What are the steps of the scientific method?
6. How do people misunderstand science?
7. What is Hawking’s opinion about science?
Task3. Group work
Now we know that in Hawking’s opinion even the best theory can turn out to be wrong.
1. Suppose Hawking’s theory of Black Holes was found wrong by himself, would he admit it ? Have a discussion and give your reasons.
2. Show the students the fact with the slide.
Task4. Class work
How do you understand the title “No boundaries”?
Suggested answers:
Unanswered questions have no boundaries.
science
in thinking.
imagination.
There are no boundaries
between truth and falsehood (谬误)
the healthy and the disabled.
Step4.Homework:
Group work research work
What is science and what is the spirit of a scientist? Do research on your favorite scientist and try to find out what makes him /her successful.
Use a library or the Internet to finish the research work.
Period 5 Word Study &Grammar
Goals:
1. To get the students to reflect on the useful words and phrases in this unit
2. To enable the students to have a better knowledge of the uses of the Infinitive
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Individual work