1、FRANKLINS EXPERIMEMT: How Much Is True? Unit 3 The world of science Developing ideas Talk about this person. Background information Benjamin Franklin (17061790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Apart from being a successful states
2、man, he was also well known as a leading American author, printer and publisher, successful diplomat, creative scientist and inventor. complete the chart on the right One of the founding fathers of the US author printer publisher diplomat scientist inventor Fast-reading what did Franklins experiment
3、 aim to prove? It proved if lightening was really produced by electricity or something else. Careful-reading 2. Read the text again and match the main ideas with the paragraph(s). 1Paragraphs 1 AThe effect of the experiment. 2Paragraphs 2 B. The introduction to Franklins famous experiment. 3Paragrap
4、hs 3 CAre the stories of Franklins and Newtons true? 4Paragraphs 46 DHow the experiment is carried out. pay attention to the first and the last sentence. 2. Number the statements to show how peoples attitudes towards Franklins experiment have changed. Franklins spirit of scientific exploration is st
5、ill considered an inspiration. People are amazed at and inspired by Franklins experiment. Scientists question what really happened in Franklins experiment. 312 Passage Structure Franklins experiment (Paragraph 1&2) The effect (Paragraph 3) Are the stories of Franklins and Newtons true? Critical thin
6、king Raise a question Analyse the qestion The solution whats your understanding of the sentence We should not always believe everything we read or hear? Seeing is believing. Make notes about your understanding of the saying and list supporting details and then give a talk about it. Your understandin
7、g Supporting details From the passage we can learn. Some parts of the stories are true, and some are not, because they dont follow the common sense. However, the scientists spirit of scientific exploration is what mostly matters. Revise feathers of argumentation. Write an essay about your understanding of the saying“Seeing is believing （眼见为实）”. （ 80 words) 2020-01-01
