Unit4Astronomy: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.T: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?S7: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,S...