STS | Historical Anticedent in Course of Science and Technology

Science

Systematic body of knowledge based on careful observation and experimentation

Social Science

Study of people, culture, and society

Natural Science

seeks to understand the natural world

Pure Science

Gain Knowledge

Applied Science

Solve a particular problem

Biological Science

Living things

Physical science

Non-living things

Transportation and Navigation, Communication, Safety and Protection, Health, Architecture and Engineering, Mass Production, Aesthetic, Record Keeping

Problems during Ancient Time (TC SHA MAR)

Summerians

Cooperative, developed many things connected with science and technology

Babylonians

Great builders, engineers, and architects

Egyptians

Infrastructures, engineering technology

Cuneiform, Uruk City, The Great Ziggurat of Ur, Irrigation and dikes, Sail Boat, Wheel, Roads

Summerian’s Contribution (CUTIS WR)

Cuneiform

First Writing System

Uruk City

First True City in the World

The Great Ziggurat of Ur

Also called “The Mountain of God”

Irrigation and Dikes

Brings water to farmland and control the flooding of rivers

Sail Boat

Its essential for transportation, trading, and as well in fostering

Wheel

Not for transportation but for farm and food processes

Roads

For Faster and easier travel

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Babylonian’s Contribution (H)

Hanging Garden of Babylon

• One of the seven wonders of the world

• Exact location is unknown, so believed to be just a product of imagination

• Made up of layers of plant, trees, and vines

Paper/Papyrus, Wig, Water Clock/Clepsydra, Hieroglyphics, Ink, Cosmetics

Eggyptians’ Contributions (PWWHIC)

Paper/Papyrus

Its is a plant that grew abundantly in Egypt. This invention was a major accomplishment in Egyptian record-keeping and communications

Wig

Worn for health and wellness. Protect from the harmful rays and prevent accumulation of lice

Water Clock/Clepsydra

The amount of water remaining in the device determines how much time has elapsed since its full. IN a process, time is measured

Hieroglyphics

System of writing using symbols and believed that this was given to them by their gods

Ink

Combination of soot and different chemicals to produce different colors

Cosmetics

Functions were both for health and aesthetic reason

Kohl

Egyptians wore ____ around the eyes to prevent and even cure eye disease

Freudian, Copernican, Darwin Revolution

Intellectual Contribution

Sigmund Freud

Freudian Revolution

Nicolaus Copernicus

Copernican Revolution

Charles Darwin

Darwin Revolution