THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN PEOPLE’S LIFE
(11TH form)
OBJECTIVES:
Practical: to develop students’ speaking skills; to practice using compound words; to read the text and make the project; to ask and answer the questions about the text’s content; to activate using the vocabulary on the topic
Educative: to teach students to work in pairs, to motivate them to express their own point of view on the topic; to develop students’ skills to work with projects.
Social: to develop and broaden the students’ outlook, creative thinking to make a project, to encourage students’ independent thinking and creative imagination.
EQUIPMENT: texts, tape recorder, cassette, portraits of outstanding scientists, cards, posters, pictures, markers, glue.
PROCEDURE
Introduction
T. Good morning students! I am glad to meet you. I think that today we’ll have a very successful lesson because all of you are perfect students speaking English like your mother tongue. Don’t be afraid you know everything. The topic of our today’s lesson is “The role of science in people’s life.” We all know that the great discoveries and creations were made many years ago but continue to play an important role in the life of people. It is difficult to imagine our life without discoveries and inventions of Newton, Einstein, Faraday, Ampere, and many others. That’s why I propose you today to travel to the past with the help of Time machine.
Warming-up
T. T - PS
What do you watch every day?
Do you like watching TV?
What helps you to use TV, radio washing machine and other equipment?
And do you know who was the father of electricity?
T. Good of you. You are very intelligent students. And now let’s make an interesting travelling by our created Time machine and find out more information about the father of electricity Michael Faraday. Close your eyes, sit back. We are travelling through the years and centuries…
THE MAIN PART
Vocabulary activation.
T. OK. Wake up. We are in the Hyde Park in the 19th century on the 11th of September. This day 100 years ago was the birthday of Michael Faraday, the father of electricity. All Englishmen celebrate it and before we join their celebration we have to do some tasks.
Look at the blackboard. There is a chain with the words which help you to get information about the scientist. Find them out and translate.
Vocabulary1.
Schoolingbookbinderscientistelectricitymagnetwireexperimentdiscoverycreator
(schooling, bookbinder, scientist, electricity, magnet, wire, experiment, discovery, creator)
Vocabulary2. (Pair works)
T. I give you the cards with alphabet letters. Make the new words with them.
1. schooling
2.bookbinder
3. scientist
4. electricity
5. magnet
6. experiment
7. discovery
8. creator
9. value
10. wire
READING
T. I think you are ready for reading the text about the famous scientist Michael Faraday. We read this text, work with it, discuss some facts and then make a project.
Reading of the text “Michael Faraday” (appendix1)(students read in turns)
MICHAEL FARADAY
Michael Faraday is one of the great scientists in the history of man’s work in electricity. He was born in a small village near London on September 11, 1791, in a poor family. His family lived from hand to mouth. At the age of thirteen Michael went to work in a bookbinder’s shop, because he didn’t have much schooling. Some of the scientific works and articles which passed through his hands aroused his interest in science and he started to read.
Sometime later Michael became a pupil of great scientist of that time Sir Humphrey Davy. The boy accompanied Davy in his trips to Europe. The educational value of these trips was great. Among the great men of science Faraday met Ampere, who had already made a name for himself in the history of electricity.
Today almost all the electricity we use is generated by great machines with magnets in them, but in those days no one knew how to do it. That’s why the English scientist danced with delight on his table when he got what he wanted by moving the magnet near wire. This was a great moment in the history of man’s electrical experiments. But Faraday didn’t stop at this.
Faraday’s scientific interests were varied. He made new kind of glass and a new kind of steel. Faraday made about two thousand difficult experiments and made countless discoveries in chemistry and physics. He made a wonderful machine which was the father of all the great machines that make electricity today. They light and heat our houses and they make our radio-sets work. Michael Faraday was the creator of the electric motor, who ushered us in the electrical age which had changed the face of the earth.
From hand to mouth- очень бедно, перебиваться с хлеба на воду
bookbinder’s shop- магазин переплетчика
schooling-обучение
passed through his hands aroused his interest-прошли через его руки и вызвали интерес
accompanied- сопровождал
value- ценность
generated by great machines-вырабатывается
with delight- от восторга
wire-проволока
experiments- эксперименты
were varied-были разнообразны
kind of glass (of steel)-вид стекла(стали)
countless discoveries-бесчисленные открытия
light and heat-освещают и согревают
creator-создатель
ushered- провел
Complete the sentences.
T. I read the beginning of the sentence and you find it in the text
1. Michael Faraday is one of…
2 .At the age of thirteen he…
3. Among great men of science Faraday…
4. That’s why the English scientist…
3) T. I read the ending and you find the sentence.
1. …no one knew how to do it.
2. …a new kind of steel.
3. …in chemistry and physics.
4. …had changed the face of the earth.
4) T. (T-PS) Thank you very much, you are the best students. Now I tell you some facts from the text and ask you to correct me if I am not right using the word combinations which are on your desks. (appendix2)
Word combinations – Oh, really. I don’t believe you.; Utter nonsense!; You are joking!; That’s amazing.; I’m afraid you are mistaken.; In my opinion; To my mind; It’s out of the question.; Perish the thought!; I differ from you.
Michael Faraday was born on the 11 November 1791.
(Michael Faraday was born on the 11 September1791)
He had much schooling. (He didn’t have much schooling.
His family was very rich. (His family lived from hand to mouth.)
Faraday went to work in a bakery.(Faraday went to work in a bookbinder’s shop.)
Michael became a pupil of great scientist Thomas Edison.(Michael became a pupil of a great scientist Sir Humphey Davy.)
In Faraday’s days all people knew about electricity.(In Faraday’s days no one knew about electricity.)
Faraday cried when he got what he wanted by moving the magnet near wire.(Faraday danced with delight on his table.)
He made new kind of paper and a new kind of steel.(He made new kind of glass and a new kind of steel.)
Faraday made experiments in biology and geography.(Faraday made experiments in chemistry and physics.)
10.Michael Faraday was a creator of the electric mixer.(He was a creator of the electric motor.)
11.Faraday and Davy made trips to Africa.(They made trips to Europe.)
5) T. (T-PS) Very good. I think you are ready for making a project about the life of Michael Faraday. I help you asking the questions. Look at the blackboard, here is the poster with the portrait of this famous scientist. Answer my questions and write your answers on it. You may use the markers and glue different pictures to make our project more colorful.
When and where Faraday was born?
Where did he go to work?
Whose pupil did Faraday become?
Where did they travel?
What experiments did Faraday make?
What did he make?
What sciences did Faraday make countless discoveries in?
What did he invent?
How do we use his invention in our life?
T. Oh, it’s a wonderful work. Thank you for the participation in this project. Your project is amazing and interesting. Let’s try to make a report about Michael Faraday’s life. (Some students make reports).
SUMMARY OF THE LESSON
T. Thank you. It’s time to come back to nowadays. Close your eyes and start the travelling.
Giving marks.
Home assignment
Write an article for a local magazine about the life of Michael Faraday.
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