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Unit 4 Astronomy:the science of the stars
Period 1 文本研读课
学习目标
1.Understand the theory about the origin of the universe and life on the earth—the “Big Bang” theory.
2.Learn to concern about the future of life on the earth.
思考导引
How the universe began.
课堂探究
1.Skimming
What is the main idea of the text?
2.Scanning
Which paragraphs are the questions mentioned in?
(1)How old is the earth?
(2)How does the universe begin?
(3)Is there any water in the Mars?
(4)When did dinosaurs disappear?
(5)Which animal is the most important one on the earth?
3.Intensive reading
Task 1 Read the passage carefully and analyse its structure.
Main Body
Task 2 Put the order of development of life into a timeline.
( )1 Insects and amphibians appeared.
( )2 Dinosaurs appeared.
( )3 The earth became a solid ball.
( )4 Small plants grew on the water.
( )5 Reptiles appeared.
( )6 Plants began to grow on dry land.
( )7 The earth was a cloud of dust.
( )8 Water appeared on the earth.
( )9 Shellfish and other fish appeared.
( )10 The universe began with a “Big Bang”.
( )11 Clever animals with hands and feet appeared.
( )12 Mammals appeared.
Task 3 After reading the passage,discuss the following questions.
1.Why was the earth different from the other planets?
2.Why is it wrong to show films with dinosaurs and people together?
3.What problem is caused by human beings?
课堂提升
3
Summary
After the “Big Bang”,the earth was still just a cloud of .It loudly with fire and rock,which were to produce ,nitrogen,water vapour and other gases.Then began to appear on its surface.
which grew on the water are considered to be the earliest lives on the earth.The oxygen they supplied encouraged the lives of .Slowly green plants grew on land,which were followed by like insects and .When the plants grew into , appeared.Then developed but disappeared later,which made the rise of a totally different kind of animal, ,possible,and finally spread all over the world.
Discussion
1.Do we human beings look after the earth well?What problems have been caused by human beings to the earth?
2.As a student,what little things can we do for the earth?Design an activity on Earth Day.
◆What the activity is about
◆Why the activity is designed
◆When and where to do the activity
◆Who takes part in the activity
◆What to be done in the activity
◆...
课后作业
1.Search the Internet for the information of the development of life.
2.Read the text again and find out your difficult points.
参考答案
课堂探究
1.Skimming
How life began on the earth.
2.Scanning
(1)Para.2 (2)Para.1 (3)Para.3 (4)Para.4 (5)Para.5
3.Intensive reading
Task 1
Main Body
Task 2
8,10,3,5,9,7,2,4,6,1,12,11
Task 3
1.Because the water remained on the earth.
2.Because dinosaurs died out long before human beings developed on the earth.
3.Human beings cause global warming.
课堂提升
Summary
3
dust;exploded;in time;carbon dioxide;water;The small plants;shell fish and all sorts of fish;land animals;amphibians;forests;reptiles;dinosaurs;mammals;human beings
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Unit 4 Astronomy the science of the stars Period 1学案（新人