ISU Class VIII

• English
• Secondary Education
• Age 12,13

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

You will be able to:

• recall some of the major discoveries that happened in the past and state their validity.
  
• state the importance of scientific discovery and its use.
  
• appreciate various scientific inventions.
  
• make inferences based on comprehension of the text and attempt intermittent questions.

Let's talk about some eminent scientists who have left an imprint on the world.

State the name of some scientists and their discoveries. eg- 'Thomas Alva Edison' invented 'the electric bulb.'

Is it possible to predict the utility of all scientific research? Should we still continue it?

A quick glimpse of inventions that are redundant in today's time but were valued in the past.

www.vox.com

Recall some of the major discoveries that happened in the past and state their validity in today's time.  

Bouncer !! .... ought to be difficult. 

Let's see some. 

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

I will be able to:

•  make inferences based on comprehension of the text and attempt questions.
  
• speak and logically discuss an in a group.

What is the question that scientists and researchers are repeatedly asked?

Why do you think Plato instructed a servant to give the student a small coin?

1. he was happy that he asked a question.
2. he wanted to reward him for asking a question.
3. he wanted to make him believe that asking question leads to gain
4. he wanted to ensure his student that he hasn't gained knowledge for nothing.

'Mathematical theorems play an essential part in, for instance, the telephone network that knits the world together.

Where else is it applicable? choose the most appropriate option.

a. While calculating the amount of weight you gained or lost.
b. while washing clothes in a washing machine.
c.Using Google for internet search.
d. while dividing the pizza with 'n' toppings on it.

1. Only I & 4
2. Only 2 and 3
3. Only 3 & 4
4. All of them

astute

elicit

distinct

brush aside

elegance

consider

Probing

extract

peculiar

shrugged off

delicacy

envisage

Most people are doubtful about discoveries unless their application is clear and present. Is it a fact or opinion?

1. Fact
2. Opinion

Write in your words, what did Faraday illustrate in his 1840s lecture?

What did a member of the audience ask Faraday in this lecture? What was Faraday’s response?

Faraday using the phenomenon that occurs in Galvanometer invented ___________.

1. electric circuit
2. electric generator
3. electric current
4. electric stream

I can -
1. Recall some of the major discoveries that happened in the past and state their validity.
2. State the importance of scientific discovery and its use.
3. Appreciate various scientific inventions.
4. Read the text and answer intermittent questions.

Definitely Agree

Can Sail through with little help

Too doubtful

What was the phenomenon Edison noticed? Why did he not explore it further?

Is the given statement a Fact or opinion?

Men cannot always judge what is useful and what is not.

1. Fact
2. Opinion

Which of the following equipment uses a Vaccum tube/radio tube?

1. Washing Machine
2. Ceiling Fan
3. Microwave Oven
4. Refrigerator

Thomas Alva Edison could correctly judge and found it useful when current seemed to flow from the filament to the wire across a vacuum.

1. True
2. False
3. cannot be inferred from the text

Fill in the blanks -
Abstract findings later find important uses :
a. Edison effect used in………………and……………………………….
b. Einstein’s E=mc2 used in………………………………………………

What were the things later discovered because of the ‘Edison effect’?

Through this prose, the writer wants the readers to know_______

1. about various aspects of a scientist life
2. about the shortcomings of scientific research.
3. that scientific researches cannot be tested.
4. the practical value of research can't be predicted.

What are the various shortcomings of scientific research pointed out by the writer Isaac Asimov?

Value points 

1. We cannot foresee the consequences of scientific research in detail. 

2. The application cannot be predicted, but we can be sure that it will have both its beneficial and its uncomfortable aspects.

3. Scientific advancement brings terror along with it. 

What remains to the wisdom of mankind?

What does the writer suggest should we continue to do?

Scientific knowledge often gets used in dangerous ways. The atomic bomb that a few countries have armed themselves with one major example. Can you think of two other instances which makes you realise how cautious we have to be with the application of scientific knowledge?

I can:
1. make inferences based on comprehension of the text and attempt questions.
2.speak and logically discuss an in a group.

1. Strongly Agree
2. Agree
3. I need some help.
4. Can't Say