Урок 14. Fields of science
Предмет: Английский язык, 8 класс

8 класс

Lesson 14

Fields of science

In this lesson

you will learn new words related to science;
you will know the difference between the words put up, raise, lift.

Ключевые слова: Natural Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Geography, Ecology, Astronomy, Social Science, Psychology, Education, History, Politics, Sociology, Applied Science, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Management, Health Science, raise, put up, lift.

Речевой материал: введение новых лексических единиц, фраз-клише, расширение словарного запаса, повторение ранее изученных языковых единиц

Пояснения:

experiments – tests эксперименты
safe and sound – not damaged/in good condition – в добром здравии
study – learn something – изучать
society – a lot of people together – общество
research – look for the information about something – исследовать
natural – not artificial – естественный
behaviour – the way that somebody or something reacts to the situation – поведение
interested in – to be fond of something – интересоваться чем-либо

Основное содержание урока

G: What’s your favourite subject, John?

B: I think that’s Physics. I like dealing with matter, energy, motion, and force. And I want to know as much as possible about them.

G: Wow! That sounds great!

B: And what’s your favourite subject, Jill?

G: I suppose that’s History. I like to know how people lived in the past. That fascinates me.

B: That’s so cool.

Science has many fields. Some of them are:

Natural Science – is the science studying of natural forces and events;
Social Science – is the science studying the behaviour of human beings;
Applied Science – the area where the scientific research is applied to the needs of human beings.

What spheres can each of these fields of science include?

Natural Science includes Physics, Biology, Geography, Chemistry, Earth Science, Astronomy, Ecology.

Pronounce the new words and make sentences with them.

Social Science includes

Psychology, Education, History, Politics, Sociology.

Pronounce the new words and make sentences with them.

Applied Science includes Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Management, Health Science

Pronounce the new words and make sentences with them.

There are some words that are widely used in any Science. Try to guess their meaning. These words are

experiments – tests
safe and sound – not damaged/in good condition
study – learn something
society – a lot of people together
research – look for the information about something.
natural – not artificial
behaviour – the way that somebody or something reacts to the situation
interested in – to be fond of something

In the English language there are some words that seem to be very similar. But is you have a closer look, you’ll find some differences. Today’s examples of such words are: raise, lift and put up.

You can put your hand up, lift something to move it. Raise means to lift or move to a higher position or level.

Тренировочные упражнения

Group the words from the list under the headings.

Psychology, Economics, Earth Science, Ecology, Astronomy, Engineering, Health Science, Computer Science, Chemistry, Management, Geography, Education, History, Politics, Sociology, Biology, Physics

Natural science

Social science

Applied science

Fill in raise, put up or lift.

1) Don’t _______ your voice. Calm down.

2) Please _______ a glass of water to your lips.

3) Please ________ hand _____ if you are ready to answer.

4) They always ________ prices on petrol in summer.

Choose the correct answer.

He studies ________ because he’s interested in human body’s functions.

1)

History

2)

Biology

3)

Politics

He studies ________ because he likes to solve the environmental problems.

1)

Education

2)

Ecology

3)

History

She studies ________ because she is interested in past events.

1)

History

2)

Politics

3)

Sociology

He studies _____________ because he wants to know everything about the climate on Earth.

1)

Geography

2)

Physics

3)

Astronomy

Michael studies ________ because he is interested in the structure of substances.

1)

Sociology

2)

Chemistry

3)

Engineering

Match the words with their definitions.

experiments

not damaged/in good condition

safe and sound

tests

study

look for the information about something

society

learn something

research

a lot of people together

Choose the correct answer.

I was glad to hear that he was study/safe and sound.
She has a very bad natural/behaviour.
Mary likes to do experiments/behaviour during chemistry lesson.
Raising money for the poor was organised by our experiments/society.
She made a successful interested in/research in science.

Choose the correct answer.

Her mum doesn’t let her perform safe/experiments at home.
In the end of the journey everyone was study/safe and sound.
John made a wonderful research/sound in Astronomy and got a special prize.
It’s very hard for me to society/study Chemistry.
I am really interested in/natural this field of science.

Fill in the correct word.

1) His favourite subject is ___________. He likes to study stars and planets.

2) Her favourite subject is __________. She likes to study events of the past.

3) Jane’s favourite subject is _________. She likes to study people’s behaviour.

4) Mike’s favourite subject is __________. He likes to study the computers.

5) His favourite subject is _____________. He likes to study the human body.

Choose the correct answer.

Jean has natural/safe beauty.
Mark has a very disgusting safe and sound/behaviour.
After all he came home society/safe and sound.
He has got a Nobel Prize in natural/Physics.
I really like doing different study/experiments in my free time.

Контрольные задания

Вариант 1

1.

Choose the correct answer.

This was a very important ________.

1)

experiment

2)

Interested in

3)

safe

The plane landed __________.

1)

experiment

2)

safe and sound

3)

study

It is very expensive to ________ in the UK.

1)

safe

2)

sound

3)

study

You need to think of your ___________ because it is really bad.

1)

society

2)

behaviour

3)

safe

Amish ___________ is not very popular in America.

1)

society

2)

interested in

3)

researched

My mom and dad are very __________ Maths.

1

interested in

2

study

3

experiment

2.

Choose the correct answer.

The research/safe on this topic hasn't been done for 10 years.
It is not natural/society to have your phone under your pillow when you sleep, but everybody does it.
The members of the expedition came home experiment/safe and sound.
Mrs. James is fond of behaviour/experiments.
To get a better mark need to sound/study more.
There are lot of great problems in our natural/society nowadays.
She is very interested in/behaviour different kinds of research.
The police found the children study/safe and sound.
This sound/society has really weird values.

3.

Match the words with their definitions.

natural

a lot of people together

behaviour

to be fond of something

interested in

not artificial

society

look for the information about something

research

the way that somebody or something reacts to the situation

Вариант 2

1.

Choose the correct answer.

She’s very _______social science.

1)

interested in

2)

sound

3)

safe

He made this_______ a year ago.

1)

research

2)

safe and sound

3)

studies

They came home _______ after the horrible storm.

1)

safe and sound

2)

experiment

3)

study

Your ______during the weekend was awful.

1)

interested in

2)

behaviour

3)

safe

The ________has chosen the new president.

1)

interested in

2)

society

3)

research

She is _______ taking part in this project.

1

interested in

2

study

3

society

2.

Choose the correct answer.

This natural/safe phenomenon is very dangerous
I have to complete my society/research on Chemistry.
Social Science/sound is the most favourite subject at school.
They provided us with the equipment for the safe/experiments.
This research/natural was a very hard work.
Natural/Behaviour disasters happen a lot nowadays.
I ask you to come back home research/safe and sound.
You must think over your safe and sound/behaviour.
Jane isn’t interested in/study music.

3.

Match the words with their definitions.

experiments

the way that somebody or something reacts to the situation

safe and sound

to be fond of something

behaviour

not damaged/in good condition

interested in

look for the information about something

research

tests