PW 3 LS U8 Video and L2

PW 3 LS U8 Video and L2

Animal Doctors

Poll

When I get sick, I ...

• go to the doctor right away

• try home therapies/remedies

• just get rest

• use over-the-counter medicine

Poll

When an animal in the wild gets sick, it ...

• waits for the death

• goes to their healer

• tries to cure the disease by nature

Healing Power of Animals- Pair/Group Work

• Read the article in groups:

• https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jan/26/health.science

• Discuss the following questions in your groups:

• Which animals heal themselves? How do they do that?

• Do you have any other examples to that in your mind?

Open Ended

Some animals can heal themselves; but some animals can even regenerate a limb/ an organ. Which animals can re-produce their organs again after losing them?

Axlotl

• Watch the video and answer the questions below:

• What body parts can axlotls regenerate?

• How do they do that? How does the process work?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUw4NJmAUNI

Vocabulary Work Time!

• Go to https://quizlet.com/404195337/pw3-unit-8-video-listening-b-flash-cards/

• Study the words for 10 minutes

• Vocabulary Game!

• p. 152- ex. B

Video Time!

• Watch the video "animal doctors" and do the activities C and D

Hi-Tech Medicine

• What high-tech medical devices do you know of?

• Anything unbelievable for you in the medical field?

Black Mirror! Black Museum!

• Watch the short extract from the TV series Black Mirror and answer the following questions:

• How does the head set work? What does it allow the wearer to do?

• Do you think this can be useful in medicine?

Time to Discuss!

• Read the article in groups

• https://htechtrends.com/high-tech-medical/

• Discuss the following with your group:

• Which of the medical advances is the most useful? Why?

• Which of the medical advances is the most interesting? Why?

• Do you feel optimistic or pessimistic about the future of medicine?

Vocabulary Work!

• P. 154-155

• exercises A, B and C

• D and E

Open Ended

God forbid, how would your morning be like if you lost one arm/hand? God forbid once again :)

Fill in the Blanks

If one loses a limb such as an arm, a leg or a hand etc. this can be replaced by an artificial limb called

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Prosthetics

• Go to your book, p. 156-157

• Look at the picture.

• How do you think she operates her prosthetic arm?

• How does it work?

Video Time!

• Watch the video and answer the questions below:

• What is the robotic prosthetic arm?

• How does it work?

• Do you think it is useful?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-3lGMjnGi0&ab_channel=UniversityofNewcastle%2CAustralia​

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Time to Listen!

• Listen to the talk and as you listen, answer the questions on p. 156, ex. B

• Listen again and answer the questions on p. 157, ex. C

Group Work!

• Write a paragraph on the following topic using the information you learnt today

• What does prosthetics mean? How can technology be useful in making prosthetics?