Mission to mars

Unit: 4

Space and Earth

Teacher name:

Orazgazina A.S

Date:

14.12.2021

Grade: 7

Number present:

Number absent:

Theme of the lesson:

Mission to mars

Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

7.R1 understand the main points in a growing range of short, simple texts on general and curricular topics

7.R2 understand independently specific information and detail in short, simple texts on a limited range of general and curricular topics

7.S1 provide basic information about themselves and others at discourse level on a range of

7.L4 understand with limited support the main points of extended talk on a range of general and curricular topics

Lesson objectives

Learners will be able to:

- Listen to the audio and translate words;

- Understand the main idea of the text;

- Listen to the audio and do the task.

Planned timings

Teacher's actions

Pupil’s actions

Assessment

Resources

5

minutes

ORGANISATION MOMENT:

-Good afternoon, children!

-How are you today?

-What day is it today?

-What date is it today?

-What was your home task?

Check up the home task: Page 45, exercise 10.

Tongue twister (phonetic exercise)

-Good afternoon, teacher!

-Fine, thanks!

-It is …

-Today is the ... of December.

Listen and repeat.

30

minutes

MAIN PART

Look at the pictures and try to find today's theme

Answer the questions.

• What do you see?

• How do you think about what are we going to say in this lesson?

• In which planet do we live?

• Why can not we live on other planets?

Exercise 1

Look at the pictures of the solar system. Listen and repeat.

Put the names of the planets in order of their closeness to the Sun.

Mercury Venus

Earth Mars

Jupiter Saturn

Uranus Neptune

Vocabulary

Exercise 2

Read and translate the text.

Mission to Mars

A. Humans love to explore. We crossed oceans to discover new lands .We explored the highest, coldest and most remote places on Earth. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin boarded Vostok 1 at Baikonur Cosmodrome and became the first person in space. Eight years later, Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the Moon. Now, we’re turning our attention to Mars as the next step on our journey of exploration.

B. Why Mars ? Well, firstly , it's not too far. Apart from Venus, it’s our closest neighbour, so the journey will take months and not years. Temperatures on Venus are over 400^o C so humans can’t go there, but on Mars the average temperature is about 63⁰C. Other planets like Jupiter and Saturn are big balls of gas with extremely strong winds, but Mars has a solid rocky surface.

C. We are learning more about Mars with the help of rovers. These are robots with wheels, and two American rovers, Opportunity and Curiosity , are already there . They are exploring and sending information to Earth for scientists to study. It’s soon be like rush hour on Mars as a European and Russian rover and a third American rover are going to join Opportunity and Curiosity soon.

D. Of course, the dream for many people is to send humans to Mars. NASA, the American space agency , is aiming to do this in the 2030s . It won’t be easy for the astronauts as they will have to spend almost three years away from Earth, but it will be worth it. Neil Armstrong made “one giant leap for mankind.” The first astronaut on Mars will make an even greater one.

Exercise 3

Read the text again and answer the questions by choosing the cells. Choose the correct answer A,B or C.

1. What is the writer doing in the text?

A) describing space exploration

B) telling us why we go into space

C) encouraging us to become astronauts

2. What does the writer say in

paragraph B?

A) Mars is too far away .

B) It is easier to explore Mars than

other planets

C) Mars is similar to Jupiter.

3. What does the writer suggest in

paragraph C?

A) Only robots can survive on Mars.

B) Lots of countries are interested in Mars.

C) Scientists are already on Mars .

4. Why does the writer say “It won’t be easy” in paragraph D?

A) Astronauts do not want to go Mars.

B) Only one astronaut can go to Mars.

C) The mission will take a long time.

Exercise 4

Listen to a radio show about the solar system and mark the sentences as T( true) or F (false).

1. The Sun is bigger than the planets. ............

2. The Earth is the only planet with ice on it. ............

3. There are strong winds on the other planets. ............

4. Jupiter has a moon with ice on it. ............

5. All the asteroids are small. ............

Look at the pictures and answer the question.

Look at the picture and says the names of the planets. Put the names of the planets in order of their closeness to the Sun.

Listen and repeat the new words. Write in copybook for dictionary.

Read the text and translate.

Write answers for questions and choose the correct answer A,B or C

Listen to the audio and mark the sentences T (True), F (False). Write in copybook.

Critical assessment

Critical assessment

Compliment assessment

Compliment assessment

Critical assessment

Critical assessment

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5

minutes

ENDING THE LESSON:

Feedback

Answer to the questions.

- Which four planets comprise: the inner solar system (closest to the Sun) and the outer solar system?

- Who is the first man has flown names?

- How many planets on the earth?

- Have you got any questions?

Reflection

Write on stickers what you understand in this lesson and hang it on emotions.

Home task

Page 46, exercise 2.

Learn by heart the new words.

The lesson is over. Goodbye!

Answer to the question.

Write on stickers and hang them.

Write questions and answer.

Stickers and emotions.

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