The Mystery of Animal Games, People's Education Press Chinese Textbook Compulsory Course Three "The Mystery of Animal Games" Lesson Plan

"The Mystery of Animal Games" is a popular science article that introduces animal games. It is the key content of the third compulsory popular science unit of the Chinese textbook for the second year of high school. The following is the compulsory third unit of the Chinese textbook of the People's Education Press that I brought to you. "Animal Game Mystery" lesson plan, I hope it will be helpful to you. < /p>

2. Learn to taste the language of expository texts, filter and extract important information

3. Cultivate students’ scientific spirit of diligent exploration and courage to delve into research

4. Understand the text The humanistic connotation contained in it forms healthy emotional attitudes and values

Teaching is important and difficult

1. Grasp the ideas of the article and clarify the hierarchical structure

2. Savor the article Language characteristics

Teaching methods

Independent cooperative inquiry method, guidance method

Teaching aid preparation

Multimedia, animal game pictures

Teaching Hours

2 Class Hours

First Class Hour

1. Introduction

Students, have you ever played games? ?What games have you played?

(Student speech)

Games make our childhood full of happiness. So, what about animals? Do they also play like humans?

(Students give examples, teacher multimedia displays pictures of animal games)

Summary: It can be seen that animals not only play like humans The same games, and their games are more colorful. Today, we come to *** to learn "The Mystery of Animal Games" together, and walk into the animal kingdom to explore the mysteries of animal games.

(Courseware display topic: The mystery of animal games)

2. Read the article for in-depth perception

Thinking 1.: The article starts with three examples to introduce? Animals From the perspective of play behavior, what are the characteristics of these three examples? What role does this example play in illustrating animal play behavior?

Clearly: Examples include langurs in the tropical jungles of Myanmar and ice and snow steep slopes in the Arctic. The three examples are the Arctic ravens on the Atlantic Ocean and the right whales in the sea near Patagonia in the Americas. The three examples are typical. They are not simply listed, but pay attention to the differences in biological types and living areas. The three animals range from tropical to frigid zones, terrestrial to aquatic, and animals to birds

Highlighting animal games The universality of it fully proves that animals also play like humans. It is not accidental and rare, and highlights the significance of studying animal games

Transition: The Mystery of Animal Games" From the title, it focuses on Explanation? Mystery?, but does the text solve this mystery for us? (No). Although the text does not solve this mystery for us, the author introduces several hypotheses for us about animal games (exercise theory, self-entertainment theory) , learning theory, exercise theory)

Thinking 2. Ask students to read the relevant content on their own first, screen out the basis and conclusions of various hypotheses from the text, and then discuss with group members to complete this table (After-class discussion and exercise 1)

Thinking 3. Which one or more of the above four hypotheses do you agree with? Why? In addition to these four hypotheses, do you have your own opinions? < /p>

Students answer freely

Teacher summary transition: The students expressed their own opinions, which were well-founded. The students’ speech itself was a meaningful exploration. Although, there are various suggestions put forward by zoologists. Hypothesis, but why is animal play still a mystery?

3. Problem analysis and exploration

1. Why does the article have no definite conclusion?

Clearly: ①. Because animal behavior is complex, different animals may have different reasons

② Because science emphasizes seeking truth from facts, even if the author is inclined to a certain hypothesis, it must be proven correct through practice. It has become a theory and cannot be rashly drawn before it is proven in practice.

Although the article did not draw a definite conclusion, through the exchange just now, we found that animals that are considered to have low intelligence by humans also have such rich emotional thinking. Some of them around us are regarded as extremely ordinary. Animal behavior is also such profound scientific knowledge. As mentioned in the article, the intelligent potential, self-control, creativity, imagination, cunning, strategy, and colorful communication methods displayed by animals in their game behaviors far exceed people's estimates of them. ?To unlock all the secrets of animal games, more in-depth research is needed? Human beings still have a long journey to explore the mysteries of the world? The road is long and long, and I will search up and down? I hope that the students also have scientific knowledge. The spirit of exploration leaves students’ own footprints on the long journey of exploration.

2. What are the characteristics of the language in this article? Give examples

Clearly: ① They rely on the excellent balance function of their long tails to play "tightrope walking" and "handstand" tricks on the branches; They push each other, as if trying to push each other off the tree, but the one being pushed always grabs the branch and jumps away skillfully, never losing his footing and falling to the ground?