Science Module 4 Discoveries and Technology

City of Uruk

First true city

Cuneiform

First writing system

Cylinder seal

used to designate personal property or as a signature to documents

The great ziggurat of UR

pyramidal stepped temple tower

Anu, Elil, Ea

what gods represent the 3 circles in babylonian civilization

352 days

Number of days in the babylonian calendar

Obelisk, Sundial, Clepsydra

The 3 Egyptian Clocks

Obelisk and Sundial

Clocks that use the light from the sun creating shadows

Clepsydra

Clock that uses the gradual flow of water to tell time

Metallurgy

Extraction of metals

Heiroglyphic Writing

employs characters in the forms of pictures

Water Mill

helped with the production of rice, beans and cereals

Alarm Clock

made with the dripping of water, causing a rock to fall onto a gong at a set time

Greek Civilization

Earliest practice of medicine (the civilization)

Aristotle

categorized animals based on their traits

Crane

helps lift heavy items such as blocks for constructing buildings

Codex

Latin for block of wood

Bound Books or Codex

is a book in the format used for modern books, with separate pages normally bound together and given a cover

The Flavian Amphiteatre or the Colosseum

one of Rome’s most famous buildings and enduring monument to the culture of the ancient romans

Paper making

one of the greatest inventions in China

tsai lun

the inventor of paper making

Medieval Period

considered by historians as the dark ages in Western Europe

Ibn Al-Haytham

The world’s first true scientist

Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sulfi

wrote the book fixed star

Alhazen

Played a role in the development of optics

Roger Bacon

a major medieval proponent of experimental science

Yersinia Pestis

the bacterium that caused the Black Death

Scriptorium

a special room in the monasteries where the scribe would work in silence

Johannes Guttenberg

inventor of the movable printing press

Geocentric Theory

states that the earth is the center of the universe, introduced by Ptolemy

Heliocentric Theory

introduced by Copernicus states that the sun is the center of the universe

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

invented a more accurate thermometer

Barometer

measures barometric pressure in the athmosphere

Evangelista Torriceli

an Italian scientist that created the barometer

Steam Engine

A machine using the power of steam to perform mechanical work through the agency of heat

John Watts

perfected the steam engine in the 1700s

Samuel Morse

Developer of the telegraph

telegraph

revolutionized long-distance communication

Telephone

developed to maintain connections and to communicate in real time for trade and exploration

Alexander graham bell

developed the telephone

Louis Pasteur

invented pasterization

double helix

the shape of DNA

Roberto del Rosario

patented the sing along system or karaoke

Diosdado Banatao

widely considered the filipino equivalent of Bill Gates

Fe del Mundo

first asian to have entered the Harvard School of Medicine

Fe del Mundo

invented an incubator

Malang sisters

inventor of biogas water lily