(1) Pre-Colonial to Post- Commonwealth Eras

Pre- Spanish Era

Pre- Spanish Era

During this Era, the natives already had practices linked to science and technology. They already had an alphabet, number system and a calendar.

alphabet, number system and a calendar

In Pre-Spanish Era they already had _______, _______, and _____.

method of extracting the sap for medicine

In Pre-Spanish Era, Filipinos are aware of the medicinal and therapeutic properties of plants (herbs) and the _________.

• farming

• shipbuilding

• mining and weaving

Pre-Spanish Era, Filipinos are already engaged in _____ from this time.

The Banaue Rice Terraces

One product of engineering work of Pre-Spanish Era is _______.

Spanish Colonial Era

The colonization contributed to growth of science and technology in the archipelago.

colonization

The ___________ of Spanish Colonial Era contributed to growth of science and technology in the archipelago.

formal education

In Spanish Colonial Era, __________ was introduced and scientific institutions.

Parish schools

In Spanish Colonial Era, _________ were established where religion, reading, writing, arithmetic, and music were taught.

religion, reading, writing, arithmetic, and music

Parish schools were established where ______, _______, ________, ________ and _______ were taught.

Spanish Colonial Era

In this ERA, sanitation and more advanced methods of agriculture were taught to the natives.

more advanced methods of agriculture

In Spanish Colonial Era, sanitation and ___________ were taught to the natives

The University of Santo Tomas

The Spanish established colleges and universities in the archipelago including _____.

Colonial Period- Spain

During this time astronomy was already known and practiced. The study of medicine in the Philippines was given priority

Moroporo; Balatik

The accounts also gave the local names of constellations such as ____ for the Pleiades and _____ for Ursa Major among others.

Colonial Period Spain

In this era, study of medicine in the Philippines was given priority

field of engineering

The Colonial Period Spain, also contributed to the ___________ by constructing government buildings, churches, roads, bridges and ports.

Spanish Colonial Era

In this era, biology is given focus.

• Fr. Ignacio Mercado

• Dr. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera and Dr. Leon Ma Guerrero

• chemist Anaclento del Rosario

• medicine scholars Dr. Manuel Guerrero, Dr. Jose Montes

• Dr. Elrodario Mercado

Biology is given focus. Contributors to science in the archipelago during the 19th century were botanists:

The Galleon Trade

has accounted for the Philippine colonial economy. Trade was given more focus by the Spaniard colonial authorities due to the prospects of big profits.

Bureau of Government Laboratories

During the American Period and Post- Commonwealth era, the Philippine Commission established the _________ which replaced the Laboratorio Municipal

study of tropical diseases and laboratory projects

The Bureau dealt with the study of _______. Later on was replaced by the Bureau of Science

Bureau of Science

The Bureau of Government Laboratories was later replaced by ______.

Bureau of Science

Became the primary research center of the Philippine until World War II

• agriculture

• food processing

• medicine and

• pharmacy

Science during the American period was inclined towards:

free trade policy with the United States

In American period, not much focus was given on the development of industrial technology due to

Institute of Science

In 1946, the Bureau of Science was replaced by the ______.

the Science Act of 1958

In 1958, the Philippine Congress passed what Act?

National Science Development Board

In 1958, the Philippine Congress passed the Science Act of 1958 which established the _______