Підручник Англійська мова 9 клас (9-й рік навчання) - О. C. Любченко - Основа 2017 рік

UNIT 5 Reliance on Science

Lesson 6 CONTINUOUS GENIUS

1. Look at the poem about science. Some rhymes are missing. Can you restore them to read the whole poem?

Tired of Science? by Lia

Do you like science? Science …

is Newton’s apple-tree gravity.

Albert Einstein’s crazy equation;

Earth’s seasoned tilt and day … .

It’s when Neil Armstrong stepped on the … ;

How penicillin’s no longer immune.

The theory of evolution;

Starting a carbon … .

Organisms still developing;

Why the dinosaurs were threatening.

I think it all started with big bang …

but now I’m feeling incredibly weary!

http://www.sciencerhymes.com.au/your-poems

Did you know?

The first automatic kettle was invented by the British inventor Peter Hobbs in 1955.

2. Do you think that inventors and scientists are the same as all other people or are somehow different from them and so they should be taught in a different way? Discuss the question in pairs and come up with your ideas in class.

3. Where do you think the world needs inventions and discoveries most today?

- home appliances;

- communication technology;

- recycling;

- food supply;

- other (please specify).

In small groups, arrange the problems above by the level of importance with I being the most important. Give a brief talk in class presenting and defending your point. Be ready to answer questions and support your ideas.

4. Do you know how your parents were taught? What kind of technology was used in those times? Exchange your ideas in class. How is your school different from your parents’?

5. What inventions do you think should be made in the field of education? What for? How could they help teachers teach and students study better? Exchange your ideas with other students.

6. Read a part of a BBC article about the technological changes in modern education. Find out if your ideas and the ideas put in the article are the same. Would you like to have such changes introduced in the system of education of Ukraine? Why? / Why not?

Discuss the issue in class.

7. Describe the school in about 20 years’ time — when your children will be studying. What technological inventions and developments will be introduced?