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选择性必修三 Unit5 Learning from Nature
Nature in Architecture
教学设计
教学目标及教学重点、难点
Teaching Objectives:
At the end of the class, students will be able to:
1. get the structure of the passage and main idea of each paragraph;
2. understand and summarize the characteristics and inspiration
sources of three representative buildings: Art Science Museum, the
East gate centre and The algae house;
3. get inspiration and encouragement from the examples and deeply
think about the association and relationship between human and
nature, and live in harmony with nature.
Key points:
1. get the structure of the passage and main idea of each paragraph;
2. understand and summarize the characteristics and inspiration
sources of three representative buildings: Art Science Museum, the
East gate centre and The algae house;
Difficult points:
3. get inspiration and encouragement from the examples and deeply
think about the association and relationship between human and
nature, and live in harmony with nature.
教学过程
Step 1 Warm up
1.Watch a video about nature and answer the question:

What’s your feeling?
设置意图: To arouse students’ interests by watching the video.
2. Observe the pictures and answer the questions:
 What is shown in the pictures?
How much do you know about them?
Teacher asks the following question to motivate Ss to have a further
thinking.
How could you associate them with architecture ?
Help students to answer the questions by guiding them to think about
the possible solutions.
Teacher share other examples of architecture inspired by nature.
So how to associate them with architecture ?
Ss work together to have their ideas.
设置意图: To activate students’ prior knowledge of learning from
nature.
Step 2 Reading for main idea
Now read the passage and check their ideas.
Then try to draw a mind-map to show the structure of the whole text
and figure out the genre of the passage.
Structure :
Para. _________:
Para. _________ :
Para. _________:
设置意图:To guide students to have an overview of the text. Ss are
expected to be clear about the structure of the text and be
aware of the genre of the passage.
Step 3 Reading for information
Read paragraph 1 and answer the question.

1. What is mainly talked about?
_________________________________________________________
Read paragraph 2 and answer the question.
1. What is the main topic sentence of the passage?
____________________________________________________
2. What do architects continue to do today?
______________________________________________________
Further thinking:
What’s the relationship between this sentence and the following
examples?
How can these three aspects be reflected in these three examples?
_____________________________________________________________
Read paragraph 3-5 and answer the questions.
What aspect does Para. 3 reflect?
How can this aspect be reflected in Art Science Museum?
_____________________________________________________________
What aspect does Para. 4 reflect?
How can this aspect be reflected in the East gate centre ?
_____________________________________________________________
What aspect does Para. 5 reflect?
How can this aspect be reflected in The algae house?
_____________________________________________________________
Summarize: So how to associate them with architecture ?
_____________________________________________________________
设置意图: To improve students’ ability of getting and integrating
the specific information about the characteristics and
inspiration sources of three representative buildings: Art
Science Museum, the East gate centre and The algae house.
Read paragraph 6 and answer the question.
What is the main idea of Para. 6?

_____________________________________________________________
Further thinking:
How to learn from nature?
_____________________________________________________________
设置意图:To get inspiration and encouragement from the examples
and deeply think about the association and relationship
between human and nature, and live in harmony with nature.
Step 4 Application
If you were given a chance to design a building, what inspiration
would you take from nature? Share your ideas with the class.
设置意图: To apply what has been learned in the text.
To motivate students to share what inspiration they would take
from nature.
Step 5 Reflection & Consolidation
1.Try to predict future of nature in architecture.
设置意图: Ss are expected to develop their thinking ability and
realize that for the future architecture, it will perfectly
integrate green energy in various shapes and forms.
2.Watch a relevant video to see nature with new eyes. (Nature
and technology stand hand in hand in the future, especially
biomimicry )
设置意图: To improve students' understanding of the future
coexistence of nature and human by watching a relevant video.
Step 6 Homework
1.Write a short passage about your future architecture inspired by
nature.

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