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1、Unit 3 Inventors and inventionsks5u精品课件ks5u精品课件Warming up:In groups,discuss the inventions you know and then make a list.Warming up-I(4m)ks5u精品课件Do you know what these inventions are and when did they happen?Telephone 1876ks5u精品课件television 1923 colour television 1940ks5u精品课件photocopier 1937air cond
2、itioner 1902ks5u精品课件electronic digital computer 1942ks5u精品课件Atomic bomb 1945ks5u精品课件Credit cards 1950ks5u精品课件Penicillin 1928ks5u精品课件Among the inventions above,which invention do you think is the most important one?Why?Warming up II(2m)ks5u精品课件What is an invention?An Invention is something that is cr
3、eated by a human being.Inventing is a scientific activity.Warming up-III(2m)Warming up-III(2m)ks5u精品课件What is a discovery?A discovery merely makes known something that already existed in nature.ks5u精品课件Look at the pictures below and discuss in pairs which pictures show inventions and which show disc
4、overies.Pre-reading I(4m)Pre-reading I(4m)ks5u精品课件ks5u精品课件ks5u精品课件An amphibious car(2003)This is the first car that can travel 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 i
5、s a prototype and is not yet being produced for sale.This is an interesting modern invention.ks5u精品课件Stephensons“Rocket”(1781-1848)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 Dar
6、lington.Stephenson was one of the first railway engineers and in 1825 he drove the first train along the line.ks5u精品课件The structure of DNAThis 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
7、DNA(called the double-helix).This work led directly to the human genome project in 2003,which discovered the Structure of DNA.ks5u精品课件Do you know the stages every inventor must go Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention through before they can have
8、their invention approved?Inventing is a scientific activity and so approved?Inventing is a scientific activity and so follows similar stages to those used in scientific follows similar stages to those used in scientific research.Look at the list and work out a suitable research.Look at the list and
9、work out a suitable order.order.Applying for a patent Finding a problem Doing research Testing the solution Thinking of a creative solution Deciding on the inventionPre-reading II(3m)Pre-reading II(3m)ks5u精品课件The suitable order:Finding a problemDoing research Thinking of a creative solutionTesting t
10、he solutionDeciding on the inventionApplying for a patentks5u精品课件Patent office(专利局专利局)plays the role of deciding what is an invention and what is not.And only inventions can get patens and so be recognized and protected.patentsks5u精品课件ReadingThe problem of the snakesks5u精品课件Skim the whole passage an
11、d get the main idea:The text narrates _ and presents _ and applying for _.the problem of the snakes the procedures of catching them a patentReading-I(3m)Reading-I(3m)ks5u精品课件Divide the text into four parts and work out the main idea for each paragraph.Part I Part IIPart IIIPart IV(Para.1)The discove
12、ry of the problem of the snakes.(Paras2-3)The research on the approaches to solve the problem.(Para.4-6)The attempts to catch the snakes.(Para.7-8)The requirement of getting a patent.Reading II(5m)Reading II(5m)ks5u精品课件Scanning:Find out which paragraph or paragraphs deal with each inventing process
13、in the passage and find the examples:paragraphStages Examples in this storyFind a problemThe snake must be _but not_Do researchLook for _ of removal;the _ of snakesThink of a creative solutionIdentify _ possible approaches:choose_.removedharmedmethodshabitsthreeone123Reading III(7m)Reading III(7m)ks
14、5u精品课件Test the solution several timesTry_ times to make it work_Apply for a patent4,5,67threeefficientlyFill in the form and filed patent application with the Paten Officeks5u精品课件Detailed reading:Answer the following questions:1.What was the mother upset about?2.Why was the writer happy to help her
15、mother?3.What are the three creative steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes without hurting them?4.Why did cooling make the snakes less active?+5.Discuss with your partner what the advantages might be of getting a patent.Reading IV(5m)Reading IV(5m)ks5u精品课件1.What was the mother upset about?
16、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 invent something to catch the snakes without hurting them at the same time.ks5u精品课件3.What ar
17、e 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 froze 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 be
18、come 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 above but added a net to catch the snakes.ks5u精品课件4.Why did cooling make the snakes less active?Snakes do not have a way of keeping warm in their bodies.They
19、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 to the snake would make them even less active and easier to catch.ks5u精品课件5.Discuss with your partner what the advantages might be of getting a patent.Yo
20、u are able to prove that you are the first person to make the invention;You are recognized as a real inventor;You can make money if you sell your invention to others.ks5u精品课件Match the different writing characteristics with each writing styles:Formal language with few adjectives,not emotional,factual
21、Vivid use of words with similes and metaphors,emotional to describe atmosphere,not factual but imaginativeCreative writing/story Description ReportrecountReading V(3m)Reading V(3m)ks5u精品课件Vivid use of language and more informal style,imaginative but can be based on factNot use vivid or emotive langu
22、age and sticks to the facts.It is clearly set out and follows the framework for the inventing processCreative writing/story Description ReportRecountks5u精品课件Discussion:1.Whats the writing purpose of the writer?2.What should we learn from this text?Reading IV(5m)Reading IV(5m)ks5u精品课件1.Whats the writ
23、ing 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 daily life.We are also encouraged by the writer to be cre
24、ative and hardworking as well as thinking independently.ks5u精品课件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 that it takes an inventor great determination persistence to achieve his or her ambi
25、tion and persistence to achieve his or her ambition in life.ks5u精品课件Apply what we learn:In pairs look at the following problems.Choose one and use the scientific stages to design a new invention to solve it.Remember to include one change to your invention in case it doesnt work the first time.After-
26、reading(10m)After-reading(10m)(This can be done after class.)ks5u精品课件Problem 1:the apples growing on your apple tree are too high for you to reach them.What can you invent to pick your apples in comfort?Problem 2:You need to make a house but you only have 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.ks5u精品课件Assignment1.Go over the whole passage.2.Recite the key sentences in the text.3.Prepare for Learning about Language in the textbook.ks5u精品课件
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