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Science and Scientists
Unit 1
Period 1
Reading and Thinking
Learning Objectives
1. To learn about the stages of scientific research.
2. To get the information of John Snow and his contributions.
3. To grasp the meaning of some key words and sentences
Do you know the scientists and their achievements?
Look at the title and answer the following questions
JOHH SNOW
Who?
What?
KING CHOLERA
DEFEATS
What Did He Do?
_____ analyze the results
_____ ask a question
_____ draw a conclusion
_____ collect data
_____ find a problem
_____ think of a method
_____ find supporting evidence
Activity 1
Discuss the following stages of
scientific research in pairs. What
order would you put them in?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Activity 2
Skim the passage to see if the
order you decided in Activity 1
was correct. And underline the
key words and sentences in the text.
1. Find a problem
3.Think of a method
4. Collect data
2. Ask a question
5. Analyze the results
7.Draw a conclusion
6. Find supporting
evidence
multiple deaths
no deaths
conclusion: the water pump
is to blame
the map
Read the passage again
Complete the chart below
(A) It was believed that cholera was caused by bad ___or germs in_____________
(B) Snow _____ the places where the people who ____had lived.
(C) Many deaths occurred near the ___________in Broad Street.
Some people
______ drunk the water from the pump, and lived.
A woman and her daughter died in another part of London after_______________
____________.
(D) The pump water carried __________
(E) The _______of the pump was removed.
air
food or water
marked
died
water pump
had not
moving away from Broad Street
cholera germs
handle
Activity 3
Match the following headers with
the letters from the chart above.
Write A---E in the blanks.
conclusion_________
evidence _________
process _________
solution _________
theories _________
D
C
B
E
A