Unit4Astronomy:thescienceofthestarsPeriod1WarmingupandnewwordsTeachingGoals:1
ToarouseSs’interestintheknowledgeofastronomyandscience
TodevelopSs’abilityinlisteningandspeaking
TeachingProcedures:Step1
Leading-inGiveSsafewminutestosaysomethingaboutsciencebyaskingthefollowingquestions
)Whoisthefirstmaninspace,doyouknow
)WhichspaceshipdidYangLiweitaketospace
)Doyouwanttogotospaceifyouaregivenachance
WarmingUpPurpose:TointroducethetopicofthisunittoSsintheformofaskingquestionsanddiscussion
AsksomeSsthequestionsfirstandthengetSstodiscusswitheachother
Iftimepermits,haveoneortwogroupspresenttheiranswerstothewholeclass
(1)Howmanysubjectsarewestudyingnow
(2)Doyouhavesomescientificstudyingmethodstolearnthemwell
(3)Asyousee,alargenumberofstudentswanttobecomescientistsinthefuture