选修8unit3reading公开课

Paragraph
Stages
1
Find a problem
Do research
2
Think of a creative
3
solution
4,5,6 7,8
Test the solution Apply for a patent
Scanning
Reading Comprehension III
1. How did the writer catch the snakes? A. Using something to attract the snakes
Discuss in pairs which pictures below show inventions and which show discoveries.
An amphibious car
Stephenson’s “Rocket”
DNA
An amphibious car (2003)
This is the first car that can travel safely on water and on land. This is an interesting modern invention.
Reading Comprehension II
Find out which paragraph or paragraphs deal with each inventing steps.
The structure of the text find out which paragraph or paragraphs deal with each inventing steps.
into a trap. B. Taking their habitat to another place. C. placing the snakes at a low
temperature for them to sleep and then caught them. D. All the above.
3. The biggest advantage of the writer's new idea is that ______.
This was a discovery of Francis Crick and James Watson and published in 1953.
Discuss in Groups
What is an invention and what is a discovery?
A(n) d__is_c_o__v_e_r_y_is something which already exists but has been found out now.
Newton
discovered gravity
Benjamin Franklin
discovered flash is electricity.
Madame Curie
discovered radium
Martin Lawrence Cooper马丁·劳 伦斯·库帕
invented cellphone
Stephenson’s “Rocket” (17811848)
George Stephenson was one of the first men to design engines for the railways. It is an invention.
The structure of DNA
Unit 3 Inventors and inventions
Warming up Do you know what are the four inventions in ancient China?
compass paper makiaphy
What are they famous for?
A(n) _i_n_v_e_n_t_io__n_ is something that was created by human beings not existing before.
The relationship between them: Discoveries often _le_a_d_t_o_____ inventions. Inventions are often _b_a_se_d__o_n___ discoveries.
Inventing is a scientific activity and so follows similar stages. Look at the list below and work out a suitable order.
1. Applying for a patent 2. Finding a problem 3. Doing research 4. Testing solution 5. Thinking of a creative solution 6. Deciding on the invention
Reading
The Problem Of The Snakes
Fast reading
Reading Comprehension I
What’s the main idea of the text? The text narrates the problem of the snakes and presents the procedures of catching them and applying for a patent.
2. What instruments were used for catching the snakes?
A. A bowl, ice-cubes, male perfume B. A bowl, a bucket, female perfume C. A small net, ice-cubes, a bucket D. A small net, a bucket, powders