Authors: Petrova E.A.Bryxina I. A.

Bondary secondary school

““Necessity is the motherNecessity is the mother of invention”.of invention”.

Annotation Annotation Science is a source of progress. It develops the world we live in.

Our century is an epoch of great discoveries in science and engineering. It is epoch of scientific and technological revolution, when new ideas are being born and new discoveries, inventions are being made at an ever increasing rate.

Today science has become the most important factor in the development of national economy in the whole world. Scientific progress serves the interests of society, helps to increase the well - being of people and develops public education.

But science may be turned both for peace and military purpose. It can take good forms and evil forms. researches help us in our life: at home, at work, at school and make the level of the country development higher.

BrainstormingBrainstorming

Know – knew – want to knowKnow – knew – want to knowknow have

knewwant to

knowhow have

known

It is the wheel which enabled the first primitive carts and other forms of transport.

The discovery and invention of the proper cultivation of penicillin has become the basis of many other essential organic processes.

The Chinese and Egyptian civilization, played a highly instrumental role in the development of paper.

The steam engine was at the heart of the industrial revolution which revolutionized the world.

Benjamin Franklin was able to show lightening created electric charge.

Answer the questionsAnswer the questions1) Inventions – are they harmful or useful?2) What makes people invent?3) What can we do without modern gadgets?4) Has the Mankind become happier with the

appearance of modern inventions? 5) Is it difficult to be a scientists?

Match the inventions and inventorsMatch the inventions and inventors

ELECTRICITY Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen

vacuum cleaner

John S. Thurman

Alexander Graham Bell

Vladimir Zworykin

telephone

kinescope

JeansBenjamin Franklin

Levi Strauss

X-Ray

Translate into English

1. изобретать

2. делать, производить

3. запустить

4. смесь

5. испытывать

6. делать открытие

7. развивать

8. творить, создавать

9. улучшать

10. патентовать

11. усовершенствовать

12. без провода

to invent

to produce

to launch

to test

a mixture

to develop

to discover

to create

to improve

to patent

to perfect

cordless

Find a single word equivalent

1. A small device 2.To make bright or brighter 3. Absolutely necessary 4. To work, act or function 5. Common or ordinary 6. Increase in value or excellence 7. To call to a contest 8. A devise, especially, an electrical or gas-operated household device

gadget

to brighten

essential

to operate

commonplace

improvement

challenge

appliance

Essential question:Is scientific research a great mankind’s harm or good?

Unit questions:Is necessity always a reason of a scientific invention?How to estimate uniqueness of a discovery?Is one discovery a reason to appear another ones?How does a wheel’s invention influence a mankind’s progress?

Steps of the projectSteps of the project1. Preparatory stage – December-January,

2012-2013

2. Practical stage – January – February, 2013

3. Analytical stage – March-April, 2013

Project’s themesProject’s themes

CollaborationCollaboration

The first group„Inventors“

create Google site

Aim – to find the

information about inventions.

present information in Wiki

Aim – to write stories about famous scientists and

inventors and their inventions.

do researching projects

Aim – to create multimedia

projects.

The second group„Researchers“

The third group„Journalists “

Before project

work begins

Students work on projects

and complete tasks

After project work is complete

Discussion,Prediction and

observation chart

Journal, quiz, presentation, diary scoring

guide

Reflection,self-estimation

Assessment TimelineAssessment Timeline

Project managementProject management

1. Agree precise specification for the project 2. Plan the project - time, team, activities, resources. 3. Communicate the project plan to your project team -

and to any other interested people and groups.4. Agree and delegate project actions.5. Manage and motivate - inform, encourage, enable the

project team.6. Check, measure, monitor, review project progress -

adjust project plans, and inform the project team. 7. Project follow-up - train, support, measure and report

results and benefits (reflection).

Benefit from the projectBenefit from the project

• You become more creative, tolerant and initiative.

• You are able to formulate a problem, put purposes and tasks, present different forms and results of your project activity.

• To have a possibility to make decisions in unusual situations.

• To learn to work in different Web 2.0. services.

Informational resourcesInformational resourcesNew Millennium English -11 О. Гроза, о. Дворецкая и др.http://www.shenet.org/karigon/2ndGrade/mkimages/images/microscope.gifhttp://amyboehman.edublogs.org/files/2008/09/waycool.gifhttp://starstudyacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/science_camp_icon.jpghttp://blogs-images.forbes.com/alexknapp/files/2011/11/300px-Shadow_Hand_Bulb_large.jpg