Period 1 (Unit 10 BII) Warming Up & Listening

Teaching Aims:
1.Familiar students with some knowledge about nature, natural history and natural disasters.
2.Understand the weather forecast; know some geography about the UASA.
Teaching Methods
Presentation
Group Discussion
Braimstorming
Communicative Method
Teaching Aids
Student’s sheet
Tape recorder

Teaching Procedures
I. Warming up
1.Knowledge about natural history
Definition: Natural history is the study of the earth, the weather, the stars and nature.
Branches
What’s observed
Instrument
Importance in our daily life


Geology

the history of our planet, volcanoes, earthquakes, stones and minerals
seismographs
thermometers
microscopes
Help decide when and where to build houses, roads and construct canals and underground systems.
Help decide how to create the man-made environment.


Meteorology

the climate and weather on earth, both taking interested in the historical changes of the weather and predictions about the weather, as well as the study of natural phenomena such as hurricanes, typhoons, rain, snow fall, sunshine, droughts
thermometers
barometers
instruments to measure wind speed and rainfall
By listening to the weather forecast we can decide what clothes to wear, so that we won’t get sick.
The weather forecast can help us decide whether or not to go out on your bike, by car, by boat or aeroplane.


Astronomy

the history of universe
what is found in the universe (stars, planets, moons, black holes etc.)
the planets in our solar system, the moon, the sun
telescopes,
X-ray instruments,
satellites,
radio telescopes
Discover what dangers and threats to life may exist outside our planet, for example the strength of the heat of the sun or rocks from the universe that may fall on earth.


Biology

our living things in nature on our planet, including organisms tat cause diseases both in humans and in animals and crops
microscopes
Find out about and fighting off natural dangers that surround us. Although people are no longer in danger from wild animals, the greatest danger lies in diseases and organisms that make ourselves, our animals or our crops sick.
2.Natural disasters:
The danger nature form to people:
3.Create a word web.
bad weather
volcanoes
hurricanes
typhoons

II. Listening
1.Listen to the tape and do Ex.!.
2.Look at the map on P74 and ask students to mark different parts of the USA according to the information on student’s sheet.
3.Listen to the tape for the 2nd time and finish Ex.2.
4.Read the listening text while listening for the third time, make sure they understand it.
5.Finish Ex. 3.

III. Homework
1.Go through what have been learnt in warming up and listening.
2.Go through the new vocabulary of this unit.

Student’s Sheet Warming up Unit 10 BII
Name _____ Class ___ Number __
I. Knowledge about natural history
Definition: Natural history is the study of _________, __________, ___________and ________.
Branches
What’s observed
Instrument
Importance in our
daily life


Geology

the history of our planet, volcanoes, earthquakes, stones and minerals
seismographs
thermometers
microscopes
Help decide when and where to build houses, roads and construct canals and underground systems.
Help decide how to create the man-made environment.


Meteorology

the climate & weather on earth, both taking interested in the historical changes of the wea
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