Module 5 The Conquest of the Universe【美文阅读】中美高中生共同参加了探索火星活动。该活动有助于培养两国学生对宇宙科学的兴趣，也将为跨文化学习开辟新的途径。In the first－ever event of its kind，teams of U．S.and Chinese high school students took part in a program to explore Mars at Arizona State University (ASU)．Sixteen Chinese students and eight from Arizona Nogales High School took part in the nine － day China Youth Space Academy at ASU's Mars Space Flight Facility.The university's School of Earth and Space Exploration is an international leader in space science，with instruments operating both in orbit and on the surface of Mars.Each student team ， consisting of both U ． S.and Chinese students ， decided on a Mars geological problem to solve.Then the teams commanded the Mars Odyssey spacecraft ， which is in orbit around the red planet，to take images and collect data to solve the problems.In the final step，the student teams analysed their data and reported on their findings，just as scientists do.The Space Academy program was created to interest high school students from the U ． S.and China in careers in space science and engineering.【诱思导学】1．Where did teams of U．S.and Chinese high school students take part in a program to explore Mars?________________________________________________________________________2．What's the purpose of the space Academy program?________________________________________________________________________【 答 案 】 1.At Arizona state university. 2.To interest high school students from the U．S.and China in careers in space science and engineering.Period ⅠPreviewing●教学目标本课时主要是通过学生对学案所给出的内容的学习，了解本课文中所出现的词汇，初步了解课文以及相关的背景知识，对下一堂课课文的全面理解起到一个铺垫作...
