1、Unit 3 Inventors and inventions,Period 1&2 Warmingup and Reading I,Why are they famous?,Issac Newton,gravity,discovered,Ben Franklin,Lightning is electricity,discovered,Why are they famous?,Thomas Edison invented the electric bulb.,radium,Madame Curie,discovered,Why are they famous?,Zhang Heng,seism
2、ograph,invented,Why are they famous?,Warming up:,In groups, discuss the inventions you know and then make a list.,Warming up-I (4m),Do you know what these inventions are and when did they happen?,Telephone 1876,television 1923,colour television 1940,photocopier 1937,air conditioner 1902,electronic d
3、igital computer 1942,Atomic bomb 1945,Credit cards 1950,Penicillin 1928,Among the inventions above, which invention do you think is the most important one? Why?,Warming up II (2m),What is an invention?,An Invention is something that is created by a human being. Inventing is a scientific activity.,Wa
4、rming up-III (2m),What is a discovery?,A discovery merely makes known something that already existed in nature.,Look at the pictures below and discuss in pairs which pictures show inventions and which show discoveries.,Pre-reading I (4m),An amphibious car(2003),This is the first car that can travel
5、safely on water and on land. When moving on water, the wheels of the car turn sideways and move into the body. The underneath of the car is strong enough to sail as a boat. It is a prototype and is not yet being produced for sale. This is an interesting modern invention.,Stephensons “Rocket” (1781-1
6、848),George Stephenson was one of the first men to design engines for the railways which were new at that time. One of the first tracks to be laid was between Stockton and Darlington. Stephenson was one of the first railway engineers and in 1825 he drove the first train along the line.,The structure
7、 of DNA,This was a discovery of Francis Crick and James Watson and published in 1953. These two scientists were the first to show that our genes consist of two spirals of DNA (called the double-helix). This work led directly to the human genome project in 2003, which discovered the Structure of DNA.
8、,Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved? Inventing is a scientific activity and so follows similar stages to those used in scientific research. Look at the list and work out a suitable order.,Applying for a patent Finding a problem Doing r
9、esearch Testing the solution Thinking of a creative solution Deciding on the invention,Pre-reading II (3m),The suitable order:,Finding a problem,Doing research,Thinking of a creative solution,Testing the solution,Deciding on the invention,Applying for a patent,Patent office (专利局) plays the role of d
10、eciding what is an invention and what is not. And only inventions can get patens and so be recognized and protected.,patents,ReadingThe problem of the snakes,Skim the whole passage and get the main idea:,The text narrates _ and presents _ and applying for _.,the problem of the snakes,the procedures
11、of catching them,a patent,Reading-I(3m),Divide the text into four parts and work out the main idea for each paragraph.,Part I Part IIPart IIIPart IV,(Para.1),The discovery of the problem of the snakes.,(Paras2-3),The research on the approaches to solve the problem.,(Para. 4-6),The attempts to catch
12、the snakes.,(Para.7-8),The requirement of getting a patent.,Reading II (5m),Scanning: Find out which paragraph or paragraphs deal with each inventing process in the passage and find the examples:,removed,harmed,methods,habits,three,one,1,2,3,Reading III (7m),4,5,6,7,three,efficiently,Fill in the for
13、m and filed patent application with the Paten Office,What was the mother upset about?,2. Why was the writer happy to help her mother?,The mother was upset because a family of snakes had made their home near the house.,The writer was happy because it gave her an opportunity to help her mother and inv
14、ent something to catch the snakes without hurting them at the same time.,Detailed reading:,Answer the following questions:,Reading IV (5m),3.What are the three creative steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes without hurting them?,Step 1: She bought a stainless steel ice cream maker and froz
15、e the bowl. She added ice cubes to the top of the bowl to keep it cold. She placed it over the snakes habitat during the day so that the snakes would become sleepy and could be easily caught.,Step 2: As above she did the same but placed the bowls over the snakes habitat in the evening.,Step 3: As ab
16、ove but added a net to catch the snakes.,4. Why did cooling make the snakes less active?,Snakes do not have a way of keeping warm in their bodies. They get warmth from the sun and become more active at this time. When the sun goes down at night they cool down and become less active. So extra cooling
17、 to the snake would make them even less active and easier to catch.,Match the different writing characteristics with each writing styles:,Formal language with few adjectives, not emotional, factual,Vivid use of words with similes and metaphors, emotional to describe atmosphere, not factual but imagi
18、native,Creative writing/ story Description Reportrecount,Reading V (3m),Vivid use of language and more informal style, imaginative but can be based on fact,Not use vivid or emotive language and sticks to the facts. It is clearly set out and follows the framework for the inventing process,Creative wr
19、iting/ story Description ReportRecount,1. Whats the writing purpose of the writer?,The writer wants to inform us of the scientific methods to solve present problems so that we students can not only broaden the horizons but become more skilled in discovering and considering carefully the problems in
20、daily life. We are also encouraged by the writer to be creative and hardworking as well as thinking independently.,Discussion:,Reading IV (5m),2.What should we learn from this text?,We can learn from the text the way of doing scientific researches and how to apply for a patent. We can also learn tha
21、t it takes an inventor great determination persistence to achieve his or her ambition and persistence to achieve his or her ambition in life.,Apply what we learn:,In pairs look at these problems. Choose one and use the scientific stages to design a new invention to solve it. Remember to include one
22、change to your invention in case it doesnt work the first time.If you want,you can choose your own problem for No4.,After-reading (10m),(This can be done after class.),Problem 1: the ripe apples on your apple tree are too high for you to reach. What can you invent to pick the apples in comfort?Probl
23、em 2: You need to make a house but you only have strings,glue,fishing nets and many plastic bottles. How can you solve it?Problem 3: You want to catch fish but not hurt them when you do so. Design a fishing rod that will solve this problem.,Assignment,1.Go over the whole passage.2.Recite the key sentences in the text.3.Prepare for Learning about Language in the textbook.,
