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Module 5 A Lesson in a Lab Period 1 Introduction, Cultural Corner Teaching Goals:

1. To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about scientific experiments; 2. To introduce the topic “A Lesson in a Lab”; 3. Get Ss to learn some words to describe scientific experiments; 4. Get Ss to know the scientific lessons in Canada. Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Lead-in and Introduction Purpose: To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about scientific experiments. 1. (Pair Work) Show some pictures on the screen and ask Ss to guess who they are.

(Albert Einstein)

(Darwin)

(Steven Hawking)

(Marie Curie) 2. (Pair Work) Ask Ss to match the persons with their fields.

Alfred Nobel

Physics

Darwin

Steven Hawking

Chemistry

Li Zhengdao

Thomas Edison

Biology

Albert Einstein

Newton

Marie Curie 3. (Group Work) Ask Ss to choose the correct answers to the quiz on page 41. 4. (Individual Work) Listen and check your answers. Suggested answers: famous scientists

(1) a (2) a (3) a (4) a (5) b (6) b (7) b 5. (Pair Work) Introduce some new words to them by reading some sentences solid

liquid

gas

expand contract

substance

mixture

oxygen (1) Gold is solid, but when you heat it, it becomes liquid. (2) There are several kinds of gas in the air, but the oxygen is the most important for us. (3) Irons expand when it is heated, but irons contract as it cools. (4) Salt is a substance we use in cooking. (5) Air is a mixture of gases. 6. (Pair Work) Ask Ss to finish Activity 2 on page 41. Suggested answers: (1) air-gas-oxygen (2) contract-expand (3) earth-sun-moon (4) gas-liquid-solid

7. (Group Work) (Things can be divided into three kinds, natural, man-made, either natural or man-made. Can you give some examples?) Ask Ss to finish the table according to the meanings of the words. Natural Man-made Either natural or man-made

Suggested answers: (1)

Electricity, iron, some metals and air are natural. (2) Steel, some metal and glass are man-made. (3) Electricity and some metals can be man-made and occur naturally.

8. (Group Work) Read the new words together. Step 2 Cultural Corner

Purpose: Let Ss know the scientific lessons in Canada. 1. (Group Work) Lead-in: Arouse Ss’ interest to the passage by asking some questions.

(1) Are you interested in scientific subjects?

(2) What subjects are you interested in?

(3) Why are you interested in it / them?

(We are going to learn a text about a Canadian boy about your age. He was not interested in science at first, but his feelings about science have now changed. Let’s read the text and try to find out why has Mark become more interested in science?) 2. (Individual Work) Ask Ss to read the passage and answer the above question. Suggested answers: Because he has moved to a new school with good facilities and teachers. 3. (Pair Work) Read the passage again and try to find out some words to fill in the table. feeling about science last year

science facilities

chemistry teacher

the fact

Nobel prize

I --------

my parents

Suggested answers:

feeling about science last year

science facilities

chemistry teacher

the fact

Nobel prize

I --------

my parents

changed, never used to school, excellent takes, lectures, interesting first-class , won highest, proud becoming, want to, going, astonished, thought good, lab, latest equipment

4. (Group Work) Post-reading: Ask Ss work in pairs to retell the passage. The words in the table will help you. 

A is Mark Kendon. 

B is a Chinese student who studies aboard.

For example:

B: What’s your feeling about science ?

A: My feeling about science have changed . 5. (Group Work)

Understand the passage by themselves, and the teacher walk around the classroom to help the Ss if necessary. Step 4 Homework: 1. Finish Workbook Reading Exercises on page 93-94. 2. Preview the Vocabulary and Speaking, Grammar 1 & 2.