About this lesson
This unit, titled 'Young Innovators', focuses on the theme of innovation and invention. It teaches students about the process of turning an idea into a real invention, which includes finding a problem, making a plan, building a model, testing it, and finally showing or selling it. The unit also highlights the importance of the impact an invention has on people. Students read about Egyptian innovators such as Ahmed Zewail, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist, and Hany Azer, a civil engineer who worked on the Berlin Main Station. The unit includes a story about teamwork and leadership, and a dialogue about a student competition for young inventors. By the end of the unit, students should be able to infer a writer's attitude, identify main ideas and specific details in texts, infer a speaker's tone in listening, express opinions, ask and answer questions about innovations, use first and second conditionals, and write a structured biography about an innovator.
Main topics in this lesson
- Innovation and invention process
- Egyptian innovators (Ahmed Zewail, Hany Azer)
- Teamwork and leadership
- Biographies of innovators
Key terms and vocabulary
- complex
- impact
- step
- thought
- version
- innovator
- improve
- test
- model
- biomedical engineer
- sensors
- chief engineer
- solar-powered
- water-saving
- deadline
- feedback
- come up with
- make a difference
Questions and answers on Young Innovators - practice and revision
Multiple choice questions on this lesson in English for 2nd preparatory, First Term, with practice exercises for revision and exam preparation.
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Hany Azer helped build the Berlin Main Station, and his work changed how people travel in the city. What does this show about an invention or a big project?
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It can have a big impact on people's lives.
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It must always be sold before it is tested.
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It needs no plan or model.
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It is only useful for engineers.
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Ahmed Zewail worked hard for many years and won a Nobel Prize in chemistry. Which word from the unit best describes a person like him?
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an innovator
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a chief engineer
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a biomedical engineer
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a deadline
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An inventor has a new idea for a water-saving machine. She draws a plan and then builds a small copy of it to see if it works. What is this small copy called in Unit 6?
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a model
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a deadline
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a version
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a sensor
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