Activity one: Introduction

T: In the early days, primitive people know little about the world. But gradually they discovered fire, farming and so on. Nowadays human beings have stepped into a world of information age. The meaning of information age lies in the fact that people master information and make use of information. Therefore, people who know more will do better jobs in their life and people who can discover more will own more information. But do you know what kind of people in our world discover more than ordinary people?

Ss: Scientists know more and discover more than us. They make a difference between the known and the unknown.

Activity two: Stimulate students' curiosity

T: Yes, scientist can make a difference because they are curious about unknown things. Then they work hard at it until they succeed. You can also make a difference if you are interested in something and make effort to work out it. This way you can also become a little scientist.

Ss: Can we? In what way? In English class?

T: Surely you can. But before you become a little scientist, you should learn how to follow scientific procedures to make a discovery of the things that are unknown to you.

Step Ⅱ Guidance on scientific procedures

Activity one: Look at the example

T: Now please turn to page 19. Look at the Bulletin Board on this page and find what the topic of this Bulletin Board is about.

Ss: The Bulletin Board is about Sea Animals.

T: In what way does the host of the bulletin want to present his works?

Ss: He wants to make a Sea Animal show for it.

T: Yes, it is very important to choose a topic that interests you or your group. Also you should know in what way you can present your works.

Activity two: Know how to design the Bulletin Board

T: What are included in the Bulletin Board?