1st Lesson Plan

Topic Beautiful Colors

Duration 45 minutes

Tools PPT, Blendspace, Weebly, Mind Map, Videos.etc

Lesson 1. Summarize the main content of the article and feel the personality charm of

Goals scientists.

2. Read words and sentences, and experience the hardship and happiness of

scientific research.

3.Grasp the main characteristics of this article as a biography.

Lesson Process

Step 1: Interpret the topic and experience the beautiful emotions

Question 1: The title is Beautiful Colors, how many times it appears in the text? Please mark it

out.

Answer: 3 times in total

Activity: Please summarize the three stages of Madam Curie’s emotional experience based on the

text.

Answer: Warm anticipation——mysterious conviction——uncontrollable surprise

Question 2: Does beautiful color only refer to the blue fluorescence of radium?

Answer: No.

Step 2: Look at the full text and summarize the main content

Question: Please read the text quickly and summarize the main content of this article in concise

language.

Tips:The main content includes: main characters, environment, events and results

Answer: the painstaking and subtle happy process of extracting the element of radium by the

Curies in a harsh environment.

Step 3: Appreciate the words and sentences in the text and experience the hardship of

scientific research (Team cooperate)

Activity: Draw the text that can reflect the hard work of Mrs. Curie's work.

Team cooperation process:

1. Independently read and circle the key information

2. Communication within the group

3. Nominated representative display

Step 4: Appreciate the words and sentences in the text and experience the happiness of

scientific research

Question 1: How does Marie Curie feel during these happiness years?

Answer: beautiful, happy [from paragraphs 6 and 14]

Question 2: What does beautiful color mean besides the blue emitted by radium?

Answer: The scientific spirit of Marie Curie

Step 5: Understand the biography and feel the real life

Introduce the characteristics of biographies to students.

Question: Which descriptions in the text can enhance the authenticity of the main story?

Answer: Quoting the original words of Mrs. Curie can not only add historical details to the article,

but also convey the true feelings of the author. In addition, some detailed descriptions in the text

also make the text more vivid and realistic.

Step 6: Summarize

This article describes the process of researching and extracting radium by the Curie and his wife

under crude conditions, thus praising Mrs. Curie's charisma of devotion to science, selflessness,

and tireless scientific spirit.

Step 7: Draw a Mind Map

Activity: Students need to draw a mind map based on their understanding of this article.

Example of mind map:

Story

Beautiful Colors Spirit

Reality

Step 8: Homework

Madame Curie's personality charm is mainly reflected in her firm belief in scientific work. After

studying this article, talk about your biggest inspiration. Please submit this assignment in the form
of a video.