Great Scientists

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Welcome
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Unit 1
Great Scientists
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Presentation
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Who is he?
He has made a famous kite experiment.
He learned a lot from it and invented
lightning rod(???).
He is
Benjamin Franklin
Never leave that until tomorrow, which you can do
today.
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Who is he?
He is called the greatest scientist in the 20th
century.
He is famous for the Theory of Relativity.
He is
Albert Einstein
Imagination is more important than knowledge
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imaginative
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Who is he?
He invented electric bulbs.
He made more than 1,000 inventions during his
life.
He is
Thomas Alva Edison
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine
percent perspiration.
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Who is she?
She is a woman scientist.
She discovered radium(?)and polonium(?).
In her life, she won the Nobel Prize twice.
She is
Marie Curie
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be
understood.
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Who is he?
He made the first telescope in the world.
His observations show that the earth moves around
the sun.
He is
Galileo Galilei
You cannot teach a man anything. You can only
help him find it within himself.
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do sth. on ones own initiative
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Discussion
Do you know other famous scientists? What are
they famous for?
Sir. Issac Newton
Charles Darwin
Stephen Hawking
Zhang Heng
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Warming Up Match the names and what they famous
for .
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Thomas Newcomen ??? Gregor Mendel ???? Marie
Curie ??? Thomas Edison ??? Leonardo de
Vinci ???.????Sir Humphry Davy ?? Zhang
Heng ???.?? Stephen Hawking
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1.Which scientist discovered that objects in
water are lifted up by a force that helps them
float?
Archimedes (287-212 BC) an ancient Greek
mathematician physicist
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2.Who wrote a book explaining how animals and
plants developed as the environment changed?
Charles Darwin (1808-1882) British author
of The Origin of Species
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3.Who invented the first steam engine?
Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) British, invented a
steam engine. James Watt improved it and turned
it into the first modern steam engine used on the
railways.
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4.Who used peas to show how physical
characteristics are passed from parents to their
children?
Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) Czech
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5.Who invented the way of giving electricity to
everybody in large cities?
Thomas Edison (1847-1931) an American inventor
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The Inventions of Thomas Edison
Phonograph (???)
Lightbulb(???)
Motion Pictures(??)
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6.Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to
improve his painting of people?

Mona Lisa
Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian artist
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7.Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe
underground?
Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829)British
Miniature(???) Miner's Safety Lamp
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Pre-reading
Do you know how to prove a new idea in
scientific research? Discuss in small groups the
stages in examining a new scientific idea. What
order would you put them in?
Draw a conclusion Think of a method
Collect results Make up
a question Find a problem
Analyse the results Find supporting
evidence Repeat ifnecessary
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The right stages on page 1 about research into a
disease.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Find a problem
Make up a question
Think of a method
Collect results
Analyse the results
Find supporting evidence
Repeat if necessary
Draw a conclusion
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Homework
1.Read the new words and finish Ex1?2?3 on page
4. 2. Preview the Reading Part.