Unit 3读写课 第一课时课件2025-2026学年外研版（2024）八年级英语上册

Unit 3 第 一 课 时 The power of the curiosity Students will be able to: 01. 能够掌握本课时的核心词汇和句型，就本课时话题进行探讨，理解并概括文章的主要内容，捕捉文章的语言特征。 02. 能够分析文章的篇章结构，掌握文章内容，提炼关键信息，形成清晰的知识结构框架。 03. 能够利用本节课所学，根据知识框架，进行简单复述。 01 02 03 Learning objectives What do you know about Edison？ Do you know otherinventions or inventors? What are the secrets of inventing them? What can you see in these pictures? Lightning rod 避雷针 Flying chair 飞椅 Earthquake detector 地动仪 They are great inventions. Banjamin Franklin Lead-in The power of curiosity Who invented them? Lightning rod Banjamin Franklin Lead-in The power of curiosity Who invented them? Flying chair Wan Hu Lead-in The power of curiosity Who invented them? Earthquake detector Zhang Heng Lead-in The power of curiosity How would you describe the inventor? Lead-in The power of curiosity curious brave new discoveries pioneer scientist do research discover Inventors are curious and brave. They do research to make new discoveries. Some of them are scientists orpioneers. They try to discover new things. What are the secrets of inventing them? Why? Lead-in The power of curiosity Hardwork Talent Happiness Money Experience Curiosity --Albert Einstern I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. Prediction The power of curiosity What is the story mainly about? It shows the power and the importance of curiosity. How many parts can you divide this passage into? Three parts. Fast reading The introduction of curiosity Body The importance of curiosity Body The importance of curiosity Conclusion Curiosity is the key to new worlds. What is the main idea of each part? What are the benefits of curiosity? Curiosity can bring new discoveries. Curiosity can also make people brave. Curiosity drives people towards certain goals Careful reading How does the writer prove his opinions? Listing numbers Giving examples Quoting famous saying Making comparisons Read the passage and answer the following questions. ✔ ✔ Tip 1: Using these ways can support your idea logically. Careful reading The power of curiosity Curiosity can bring new discoveries. Benjamin Franklin is a great example. He was drawn to electricity and had a deep curiosity about its nature. He did lots of research to try to understand it. For example, he flew a kite during a storm. His curiosity led him to invent the lightning rod. This invention protects buildings from lightning. Para.2 What was he curious about? He was drawn to electricity and had a deep curiosity about its nature. What did he do? He did lots of research to try to understand it. For example, he flew a kite during a storm. What did he invent? He invented the lightning rod. Protecting buildings from lightning. Careful reading The power of curiosity Curiosity can also make people brave. Just look at Wan Hu, the Ming Dynasty pioneer of space exploration. He was so curious about space that he invented a "flying chair"! He lost his life while testing this invention. Despite the failure, his curiosity gave future explorers ideas. People learnt from his example, and created safer ways to explore space. But curiosity is more than just taking risks. It also drives people towards certain goals. Zhang Heng, a Chinese scientist and inventor, was curious about the world: how did everything in the world move? He spent years studying the sky and the earth. Finally, he drew China's first star map, and invented the first earthquake detector. His curiosity continues to influence scientists today. Para.3-4 Curiosity can Who What was he curious about? What did he do? What did he invent? What is his influence? make people brave. drive people towards certain goals. Read the passage and find more details. Wang Hu Zhang Heng space the world invented a “flying chair” and tested it studied the sky and the earth A flying chair Star map earthquake detector People learnt from it His curiosity influence scientists Tip 2: Showing examples helps us understand the opinion better. Careful reading The power of curiosity Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. nature research storm pioneer lost his life a Chinese scientist and inventor the sky and the earth star map Careful reading The power of curiosity What other examples can you use to describe curiosity? What are the inventions? Who invented them? Light bulb Thomas Edison Papermaking Cai Lun Telephone Alexander Graham Bell Airplane Wilbur Wright＆Orville Wright Careful reading The power of curiosity Para.5 What door can the key of curiosity open? It can open the door to new discoveries and inventions. As Jacques Cousteau said, “What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on." Curiosity is the key. It opens one door after another for us to discover a new world. Think and share The power of curiosity Do you think inventors could work without curiosity? Why or why not? Yes, they could. Curiosity makes inventors want to create new things. Think about Thomas Edison: he was curious about light. This curiosity made him try over 1000 times until he invented the light bulb (灯泡). Without curiosity, inventors wouldn’t have the wish to find new things and solve problems. Learning to think for this question: You can consider these questions: What famous inventors do you know? What role does curiosity play in creating their inventions? Think and share The power of curiosity What are you curious about? Why? Space; nature; music; maths… Because I want to… / I think it is … / I hope … I’m most curious about space exploration. I want to know if there is life on other planets, how big the universe is, and if there are other smart beings. I also want to know how astronauts live and work in space. I hope we can find out more about space in nature… Retell The power of curiosity Benjamin Franklin Wan Hu Zhang Heng Retell He was a curious ________ of space exploration. He invented a “flying chair”,and he tested the invention by himself. But unluckily he ____________. He was curious about the _______ of electricity. He did a lot of __________. He once flew a kite during a(an) ______. He invented the lightning rod. As a(an) ________________, he was curious about the world. He spent years studying __________. He drew China’s first __________ and invented the first earthquake detector. nature research storm pioneer lost his life the sky and the earth scientist and inventor star map The power of curiosity Checklist The power of curiosity Rating items Scores 1 2 3 4 5 Did you use enough examples to support your idea?           Did you use the words and expressions from the reading passage?           Did you give your opinion on the power of curiosity?           Share your passage with the class！ Homework The power of curiosity Homework Basic (基础) 抄写词汇，掌握本节课单词和重点短语并练习造句。 Improving(提升) 用自己的话复述课文，重点讲好奇心如何影响富兰克林、万户和张衡。 Extend (拓展) 想一个科学史上（课文外 ）的 “好奇心故事”，写 100 词左右短文，下次课分享。 Lavf58.29.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 $