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Objectives:To understand the themeand vocabularyrelated toscience and technologyTo developlistening,reading,writing,and speakingskillsTo encouragecritical thinkingand discussion on theimpact of science on societyMaterials:《外研版高中英语必修第三册》Textbook:2019Unit3Handouts:Worksheets,Discussion questions,Vocabulary listsAudioand Videomaterials:TED Talksor otherrelevant speechesProcedure:Warm-up15minsIntroduce thetopic ofscience andtechnology and ask studentsto brainstormexamples ofhowscience andtechnology impacttheir dailylives.Divide studentsinto pairsor smallgroups todiscuss the following questions:What aresome of the mostsignificant scientificand technological advancements of the pastdecadeHow havethese advancementschanged theway welive andworkVocabulary30minsIntroduce andexplain thekey vocabularyfrom theunit,such ashypothesis,experiment,theory,etc.Ask studentsto workin pairsor smallgroups tocreate sentencesor short paragraphs usingthevocabulary.Provide handoutswith thevocabulary listand examplesof sentencesfor studentsto referto.Listening andSpeaking60minsPlay aTED Talkor otherrelevant speech related toscience andtechnology,such asthe ethicsofgenetic engineeringor thefuture of artificial intelligence.Ask studentsto takenotes whilelistening and prepare a short summary of the speakers mainpoints.Divide studentsinto smallgroups todiscuss thefollowing questions:What isthe mainmessage ofthe speechHowdoes thespeaker suggestbalancing the benefits and risks of scientific advancementWhatare your thoughts on the issue presented in the speechHaveeach grouppresent theirsummary and answers to the class.Reading andWriting60minsAssign areading taskfrom the textbook,such asan articleabout a scientific discoveryor adebateabout theimpact oftechnology onsociety.Ask studentsto readthetextandpreparea shortsummary.Divide studentsinto pairsor smallgroups todiscuss thefollowing questions:What isthe mainmessage ofthe textHowdoes theauthor suggestbalancing the benefits and risks ofscience andtechnologyWhat areyourthoughts on theissuepresentedinthetextHave studentswrite ashort essayonthetopic ofscience andtechnology,using examplesfrom thereadingandthediscussions.Reflection andConclusion15minsAsk studentsto reflecton whatthey havelearned inthe lessonand howit relatesto theirpersonallives.Conclude thelesson witha groupdiscussiononthe roleofscience andtechnologyin society,andhow studentscan balancethebenefits andrisks of scientificadvancement.Assessment:Students*participation ingroup discussionsQualityof sentencesand shortessays usingthe vocabularyQualityof summaryand analysisoftheTED Talkor readingReflectionon personalconnection andapplication ofwhat waslearned.Exercise:Match thefollowing vocabularywords with their definitions.Hypothesis a.ascientificexplanation basedon dataand observationsExperimentb.a predictionabout theoutcome ofan experimentTheoryc.a testto determinethe validityofa hypothesisConclusion d.a well-established scientificexplanationAnswers:b daListentotheTED Talkandanswerthefollowingquestions.What isthe mainmessage ofthe speechHowdoes thespeaker suggestbalancing thebenefitsandrisksofscientific advancementDoyou agreeor disagreewith thespeakers perspectiveWhy orwhy notAnswers:The mainmessage ofthe speechis thatwe needto beaware ofthe ethicaland socialimplications ofscientificadvancements.The speakersuggests balancingthebenefitsandrisksofscientificadvancement byconsidering theethicaland socialimplications ofthe technologyand involvingdiverse voicesin decision-making.Answers mayvary,but shouldbe supportedwith reasons.For example,some studentsmay agreewiththespeakersperspective becausethey believethat thebenefits ofscienceandtechnology mustbebalanced againstthe risksand ethicalconcerns.Other studentsmay disagreewiththespeakersperspective becausethey believethat scientificprogress shouldnot beimpeded byethical orsocialconsiderations.Homework:Write ashortparagraphexplaining thedifference betweenahypothesisandatheory inscientificresearch,and providean exampleof each.Read anewspaper articleor researchpaper abouta recentscientific discoveryand writea shortsummaryofthearticle.Include yourthoughts onthe potentialimpact of this discoveryonsociety.Watch aTED Talkor otherspeechrelatedto ascientific ortechnologicaladvancementthat interestsyouand writeashortsummaryofthe mainpoints.Include yourthoughtsonthe ethicaland socialimplicationsofthisadvancement.。