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Unit 1

Great Scientists

Can you find out the answers to the following puzzles?

Presentation:

Who is he?He has made a famous kite experiment.

He learned a lot from it and invented lightningrod(避雷针 ).

He is … Benjamin Franklin

Never leave that until tomorrow, which you can do today.

今日事今日事 ,, 今日毕今日毕 ..

Who is he?He is called the greatest scientist in the 20th

century.

He is famous for the Theory of Relativity.

He is … Albert Einstein

Imagination is more important than knowledge

imaginative

Who is he?He invented electric bulbs.

He made more than 1,000 inventions duringhis life.

He is … Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

天才就是百分之九十九的汗水加上百分之一的灵感天才就是百分之九十九的汗水加上百分之一的灵感 ..

Who is she?She is a woman scientist.

She discovered radium(镭 )and polonium( 钋 ).

In her life, she won the Nobel Prize twice.

She is … Marie Curie

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

生活中没有什么可怕的东西生活中没有什么可怕的东西 ,, 只有需要理解的东西只有需要理解的东西 ..

Who is he?He made the first telescope in the world.

His observations show that the earth movesaround the sun.

He is … Galileo Galilei

You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him find it within himself.

你不可能把一切都教给一个人， 你只能帮助他从内心去发现（和了解）事物。你不可能把一切都教给一个人， 你只能帮助他从内心去发现（和了解）事物。

do sth. on one’s own initiative 自主 , 主动

Do you know other famous scientists? What are they famous for?

Charles DarwinStephen Hawking

Zhang Heng

Discussion:

Sir. Issac Newton

遗传学 电浮力定理 镭进化论 画家 蒸汽机矿工安全灯黑洞理论地动仪

阿基米德 Archimedes达尔文 Charles Darwin纽可门 Thomas Newcomen孟德尔 Gregor Mendel居里夫人 Marie Curie爱迪生 Thomas Edison达芬奇 Leonardo de Vinci汉弗来 . 戴维爵士 Sir Humphry Davy张衡 Zhang Heng斯蒂芬 . 霍金 Stephen Hawking

Warming UpMatch the names and what they famous for .

1.Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float?

Archimedes (287-212 BC) an ancient Greek mathematician & physicist

2.Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed?

Charles Darwin (1808-1882) British author of The Origin of Species

3.Who invented the first steam engine?

Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) British, invented a steam engine. James Watt improved it and turned it into the first modern steam engine used on the railways.

4.Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children?

Gregor Mendel

(1822-1884) Czech ( 捷克人 )

5.Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities?

Thomas Edison (1847-1931)

an American inventor

The Inventions of Thomas Edison

Phonograph ( 留声机 )

Lightbulb( 电灯泡 )

Motion Pictures( 电影 )

6.Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people?

Last Supper

Mona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian artist

7.Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground?

Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829)British

Miniature( 小型的 ) Miner's Safety Lamp

Pre-reading Do you know how to prove a new idea in scientific

research? Discuss in small 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 Analyse the results Find supporting evidence Repeat ifnecessary

The right stages on page 1 about research into a disease.

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Find a problemMake up a questionThink of a methodCollect resultsAnalyse the results

Repeat if necessaryDraw a conclusion

Find supporting evidence

1.Read the new words and finish Ex1 、 2 、 3 on page 4.

2. Preview the Reading Part.

Homework