(完整版)高一英语外研版必修4module4GreatScientists教案

1、1Module 4 Great ScientistsTeaching Time: 教学时间Teaching Aims: 教学目标1. Knowledge and Skills 知识与技能a. Make students know some words, phrase and related expressions about scientists.b. Make students make a revision about the passive voice and the usage of “by + - ing ”.c. Make students learn to write an es

2、say on great scientists life.d. Make students proficiently master how to say the numbers.e. Improve students abilities of listening, speaking, reading and writing.2. Process and Methods 过程与方法a. Improve students speaking ability through group discussion.b. Improve students analyzing and resolving abi

3、lities through group cooperation.3. Emotion and Values 情感与价值Make students know something about the current development of science and technology, as well as makethem learn from those great scientists, such as the spirit of devoting to science, seeking truth and persistentdedication for human s happi

4、ness and development.Teaching importance and difficulties ：教学重点与难点1. Teaching Importance 教学重点a. Master some science-related vocabularies.b. Learn how to use passive voice.c. Learn how to say numbers.2. Teaching Difficulties 教学难点a. Make students understand some common expressions used in quiz show wh

5、ile listening.b. Enable students to use passive voice correctly.c. Enable students to write essays on great scientists life according to the structure of the passage.Teaching Plan ：教学计划Period One: Introduction, Reading and V ocabulary, FunctionPeriod Two: Grammar 1 and Grammar 2Period Three: Listeni

6、ng and V ocabulary, Pronunciation, Everyday EnglishPeriod Four: Reading and WritingPeriod Five: Cultural Corner, Module FilePeriod One: Introduction, Reading and Vocabulary, FunctionTeaching Goals:1.To know something about great scientists, such as Qian Xuesen, Marie Curie, Archimedes, AlbertEinstei

7、n and Yuan Longping;2.To learn some science-related words;23.To lear n how to say nu mbers.Teach ing Procedures:Step 1: Lead inIn troducti onBrai nstorm:Question: What great scientists do you know?( free speaking )Make students say something about those four great scientists- Qian Xuesen, Marie Curi

8、e, Archimedes,Albert Ein stei n.NameNatio nalityMajorInven ti on/DiscoveryTime of thediscoveryQian Xuese nCh inaPhysics,MathematicsChin ese atom bombIn 1964Marie CuriePola ndPhysicsRadioactivityIn 1898ArchimedesSicily in ItalyPhysics,mathematicsbuoyancyAbout 240 BCAlbert Ein stei nGerma ny/AmericaMa

9、thematicalPhysicsrelativityIn 1905Make stude nts lear n some words of differe nt fields in scie nee.SubjectsChin ese meaningThe pers on who research the subjectsBiochemistry生化学BiochemistBiology生物学BiologistBota ny植物学Bota nistChemistry化学ChemistGen etics遗传学Gen eticistPhysics物理学PhysicistZoology动物学Zoolog

10、istMake stude nts finish exercise 2 on page 31 in dividually.The an swers:1. zoology2. bota ny 3. biology 4. physics 5. biochemistry 6. chemistry 7. gen eticsStep 2: Reading and Vocabulary1.From the title“ The Student Who Asked Questions” , guess what the passage is about?Who is the stude nt?Questio

11、n: What do you know about Y uan Longping?NameNatio nalityMajorInven ti on/DiscoveryTime of thediscoveryYuan LongpingChinaAgricultureHybrid riceIn 197032. Make stude nts find the topic sentence of each paragraph. Paral: Yuan Longping is a leading figure in therice-growing world.Para2: As a boy, he wa

12、s called“ the student who asked questions”.Para3: As a young teacher, he began experiments in crop breeding.Para4: He discovered a special type of rice pla nt.Para5：His discoveries in creased Chin ese rice product ion.Para6: The yield of the new hybrid rice is much greater than that of other types g

13、rown in Pakista n.3. Make students skim the passage and find the answers to the following questions.1)What kind of student was Yuan Longping when he was young?2)What way did he think to produce rice more quickly?3)What did he discover?4)How important was the discovery ?The possible an swers：1)He was

14、 a stude nt with lots of questi ons and he was in terested in pla nts.2)By cross ing differe nt species of rice pla nt, the n he could produce a new pla nt which could give a higheryield tha n either of the origi nal pla nts.3)He discovered a n aturally sterile male rice pla nt.4)Chinese rice produc

15、t ion rose by 47.5% inthe 1990 s.There were other adva ntages.50,000 square kilometers of rice fields were converted to grow ing vegetables and other cash crops.Yuan s rice wasxported to other countries.His rice s yield is much greater than the yieHobther types of rice grown in Pakistan.4.Make stude

16、nts read the passage carefully and decide whether the statement are true or false.1) . China produces more rice tha n any other coun try.2) . Yuan Longping asked a lot of questi ons at school.3) . He developed a new ki nd of fast-grow ing rice.4) . The gover nment helped him in his research.5) . The

17、 new rice replaced vegetables in 50 thousand square kilometers.6) . The new rice is now grown n other countries, such as Pakistan.The an swers: TTTTFT5. Make stude nts finish exercises in activity 3 and 4 on page 33 in dividually, the n checkthe an swers.Step 3: Lan guage points1. He thought that (t

18、he key to feeding people was to have more rice and to produce itmore quickly.) 宾语从句4the key to sth. / doing sth.- 的关键 to 属于“介词”e.g. 这就是考试失败的关键。 This is the key to failure in the exam.= This is the key of failing in the exam. 她获得成功的关键在于她的努力。 The key to her success is based on her efforts.2.He though

19、there was only one way to do this-by crossing different species of rice plant, and then hecould produce a new plant which could give a higher yield than either of the original plants.What s the function of which ”?“引导定语从句(one) way to do sth. = (one)way of doing sth. Eg. That s not a right way to sol

20、vehet problem.I m not hapypwith this way of working.by crossing 通过杂交的方式eg. Switch it by pressing this button.I will contact you by e-mail.3. First Yuan Longping experimented with different types of rice. experiment: (V.) 做实验e.g. 有人认为用动物来做实验是很残忍的。Some people think that its cruel to experiment on anim

21、als.experiment: (n.) c / u 实验；试验 do / perform / carry out an experiment做 /进行实验4. This was the breakthrough.breakthrough: an important development that may lead to an agreement or achievement 重大进展 ,突破make a breakthrough 取得突破 a major breakthrough 大突破5. 50 kilometres of rice fields were converted to growing vegetables and other cash crops.= 50 kilometers of Rice fields were changed to grow vegetables