(共31张PPT)
Unit4
Astronomy:
the science of the stars
How many planets in the solar system?
What are the names of the eight planets that circle our sun?
Questions:
海王星
Saturn
水星
Uranus
金星
Venus
地球
Earth
火星
Mars
木星
Mercury
土星
Jupiter
天王星
Neptune
Knowledge aims: Get the students to learn some useful words and expressions.
Ability aims: Develop the students' reading ability and let them learn to use some reading strategies.
Emotional aims: Stimulate the students' love for nature by getting them to protect our only earth.
1. The origin of life on earth is a question that interests astronomers. What do you know about it?
Pre-reading
2. Each religion and culture has its own ideas about how life began on earth. What do you know?
In China, we all know that Pangu separates the sky from the earth and Nvwa made humans.
Pangu separates the sky from the earth.
中国神话传说中有盘古开天地的说法。巨人盘古用一把利斧劈开混沌, 将天地分开。死后, 他的气息化成风和云, 声音变成轰轰的雷声, 左眼化为太阳, 右眼化为月亮, 手足与四肢变成大地的四极与五方的名山, 血液化成江河,筋脉铺成道路, 肌肉形成田地, 须发成为星星, 牙齿和骨骼化为金属、珍珠、玉石, 汗水成为滋润万物生长的甘霖和雨露。
Nvwa made humans.
Other legends about the beginning of universe.
The Biblical Account
Day 1: God spoke and separated light from darkness creating Day and Night.
Day 2: God spoke and separated the water creating sky and ocean.
Day 3: God spoke and created dry land.
Day 4: God spoke and created the sun, moon and stars.
Day 5: God spoke and created living creatures in the air and sea.
Day 6: God spoke and created the land animals and man.
Day 7: God rested and blessed this day calling it Holy.
Reading
HOW LIFE BEGAN ON THE EARTH
Scanning
I. Read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para. 1 A.The arrival of humans and
their impact on the earth.
Para. 2 B.The formation (形成) of the
earth.
Para. 3 C.The development of plants
and animals on the earth.
Para. 4 D.A widely accepted theory
about the formation of the
universe.
Para. 5 E.The importance of water for
life .
Please discuss with your partners in group to solve the problems you have come across when you did the exercise of the workbook.
The answers are following:
1.D 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.D
Please express your own opinions and explain the reasons.
Close reading
Read the passage carefully and put the order of development of life into a timeline according to the text of your workbook.
Big Bang
cloud of dust
solid ball
water
small plants
shellfish and fish
green plants
amphibians
reptiles
dinosaurs
mammals
clever animals
We have only one earth!!!
What you have learnt
from last sentence of
the text?
There are so many lives on the earth, but we have only one earth. So we should try our best to protect it. Think and discuss “What should we do for our earth?”.
Discussion
You can use the following words or phrases to help you:
prevent… from… harmful global warming carbon dioxide in turn depend on as a result thus atmosphere
Let’s take part in the activities to save the earth!
Earth is our homeland so write a short passage using the title
“ EARTH---OUR HOMELAND”
to express your opinions.
A Quiz Game
1. How old is the earth?
A. About 3.5 billion years
B. About 4.5 billion years
C. About 5.5 billion years
D. About 6.5 billion years
2. ______ of the earth surface is covered
by water.
A. 20% B. 30% C. 50% D. 70%
3. How long does the rotation (自转) of the
earth take?
A. 12 hours B. 24 hours C. a month D. 365 days
4. Which continent is the smallest?
A. Africa B. North America
C. South America D. Oceania
5. On what day is the Earth day celebrated?
A. April 22 B. May 4
C. August 21 D. November 11
How life began on the earth
“Big Bang”
other bodies
________
stars
Earth: a cloud of _____
atoms
dust
Summary
a solid _____
the earth’s _____________
other 4.
_____
Water: ____________ to the development of life
water vapour
nitrogen
carbon
extremely small _______ on the
surface of the water
globe
gases
atmosphere
fundamental
plants
early _________ and all sorts of fish
green plants on land
land animals
insects
amphibians
___________
huge animals
(dinosaurs)
the rise of __________
human beings
shellfish
reptiles
mammals