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Unit 1 Science and Scientists Reading and thinking
Unit1 Science and Scientists
Reading and thinking
Understand the questioning mind
COVID-19
coronavirus disease 2019
London, 1854
Learning Objectives
Find out the stages of scientific research in this passage.
Learn about John Snow’s research process
Express your idea on the given topic through creative thinking
Draw a conclusion
Collect data
Ask a question
Find a problem
Analyse the results
Find supporting evidence
Think of a method
Pre-reading: Stages of scientific research
Prediction
John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”
What will be talked about from the title
John Snow Defeats“King Cholera”
Who
How
What
Activity 1: Read the whole text quickly and match the main ideas.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 4
Para. 5
John Snow desired to destroy cholera.
John Snow decided to prove the second theory.
Snow began his study by marking on the map.
Truth of the infection of cholera.
Snow's contributions.
Para. 3
1. Why was cholera feared by so many people at that time
2. What did John Snow want to do at that time
Because this illness causes severe diarrhoea, dehydration, and even death.
He never lost his desire to destroy cholera once and for all.
Did John Snow have to do this
Activity 2: Careful-reading (Para 1)
Video Time: How much do you know about cholera
Two contradictory theories
Theory one:
caused by ________
Theory two:
caused by _______
Symptoms
Symptoms
cough
sneeze
runny nose
lung
diarrhoea
dehydration
bad air
germs
Snow subscribed to the second theory.
Para. 2
Find a problem
Para. 2
Ask a question
What did John Snow investigate when another outbreak hit London in 1854
He discovered that in two particular streets the cholera outbreak was so severe that more than 500 people died in ten days. He was determined to find out why.
A map of Broad Street-”Cholera Map”
What method did Snow use
A map of Broad Street-”Cholera Map”
Which houses had more than 4 deaths in Broad Street
Which houses had no death in Broad Street
Multiple deaths happened here.
No death happened here.
He suspected that the water from the pump was to blame.
Think of a method & Collect data & Anayse the results
Para.3
Find supporting evidence & Draw a conclusion
Pump water carried the cholera germs.
Two typical deaths
Place
Person
Event
In another part of London
A woman and her daughter
Died of cholera because of drinking the water delivered from the pump
Remove the handle of the pump
The disease was stopped.
Para. 3
Water companies sold water from the River Thames that was polluted by raw waste, causing people who drank this water to get malaria.
Water companies began to sell clean water.
The threat of cholera around the world decreased.
He helped people know how to prevent cholera.
Snow transformed the way scientists study diseases.
2. What contributions did John Snow make
The Father of Modern Epidemiology
1. What caused the outbreak of cholera in London in 1854
Para. 4-5
Truth
What qualities do you think John Snow has Use some words to describe him and find the sentences to support your idea.
Activity 3: Critical Thinking
John Snow
diligent
devoted
kind
ambitious
selfless
……
creative
innovative
persistent
Activity 4: Conduct an interview
Example:
Interviewer: Today, we are pleased to chat with Mr John Snow, the father of modern epidemiology. Welcome to the show, Mr. Snow.
John Snow: Thank you.
Interviewer:Mr. Snow, our audience is very curious about ...
John Snow: ...
Interviwer: Would you mind talking more about Cholera at that time
John Snow:...
Assignment
Option 1: Write a summary of this passage
Option 2: Surf on the Internet, according to seven steps of scientific research, and work in group to make a presentation about how did our country fight against the COVID-19.
Thanks for your participation!