PACE WORK Lesson 1 24/12/20 Form 8D

 Thursday, the twenty-fourth of December

Theme: Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle

T.: To start with we need to learn new items on the topic. I'll give you the cards (card#1 ) with new words. You have to read and translate them.

• motion - a movement.
• physicists - a scientist.
• physics - the study of heat, light and sound.

2. Look at the headings, illustrations of the texts try to predict what these texts are about,

Reading

T.: Now we are going to read and translate the text '' Learning about Two Famous Physicists ''.

Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution. His book Philosophiж Naturalis Principia Mathematica ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"), first published in 1687, laid the foundations for classical mechanics. Newton also made seminal contributions to optics and shares credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of calculus.

 

Robert Boyle (25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish  natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. Born in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland, he was also noted for his writings in theology. Although his research clearly has its roots in the alchemical tradition, Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry, and one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method. He is best known for Boyle's law, which describes the inversely proportional relationship between the absolute pressure and volume of a gas, if the temperature is kept constant within a closed system. Among his works, The Sceptical Chymist, is seen as a cornerstone book in the field of chemistry. 

While - reading task

T.: While reading the texts, pick five adjectives for the characters, and explain how they apply.

Post-reading task

Writing

 

T.: You have cards (card#2)Your task is to fill in the blanks using the words from the table.

1. Sir Isaak Newton was the first man to explain that the whole universe is held together by___________

2. Mr. Boyle was interested in_________ especially chemistry.

3. Sir Isaak Newton wrote three laws about_________.

4. It took Sir Isaak Newton 18 months to write his_________ findings in a book.

5. Boyle's law is important in the field of___________.

Card#1

Read and translate the words.

• motion - a movement.
• physicists - a scientist.
• physics - the study of heat, light and sound.

 

Card#2

Fill in the blanks using the words from the table:

1. Sir Isaak Newton was the first man to explain that the whole universe is held together by___________

2. Mr. Boyle was interested in_________ especially chemistry.

3. Sir Isaak Newton wrote three laws about_________.

4. It took Sir Isaak Newton 18 months to write his_________ findings in a book.

5. Boyle's law is important in the field of___________.