Great scientists（Period 1 Welcome to the Unit ）
e.thomas alva edison 5.theory of relativityf.nicolaus copernicus 6.seismographg.stephen hawking 7.a brief history of timeh.zhang heng 8.the earth moves around the sun.(check the answers with all the students: a—3, b—1, c—2, d—5, e—4, f—8, g—7, h—6.)t: since you have a better understanding of some of the great scientists, let’s play a game. please work in groups and describe one of the great scientists, and then let other students guess who you are talking about.group 1: in the eighteenth century, there lived a great scientist who conducted a number of experiments in which he showed what electricity is.once he did a famous kite experiment on a stormy day, and proved that lightening and electricity are the same thing.s: benjamin franklin.group 2: it is said that this english gentleman was sitting in his garden one day when suddenly he was hit by a falling apple.the story is probably not true, but this man did mention that he got one of his best-known ideas while watching apples fall from a tree.his name makes you think that he was not too interested in old things.he discovered the force of gravity, and he drew up a system of how objects move.his laws for motion are still used in physics today, at least in schools and universities.s: sir issac newton.group 3: food is what sets this great mind on fire.rice, to be exact.this great mind has spent most of his life looking for ways to help farmers grow more rice so that all of us will have enough food to eat.he is known as the father of modern rice, but because of his long friendship with all the farmers in china, he would rather be known as“the farmer”.s: yuan longping.group 4: he was born on 8 january 1942 in oxford, england.he has worked on the basic laws which govern the universe.he showed that einstein’s general theory of relativity implied space and time would have a beginning in the big bang and an end in black holes.he has three popular books published: his best seller a brief history of time, black holes and baby universes and other essays and most recently in , the universe in a nutshell.