STS lesson 1

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY and SOCIETY

The study of how social, political, and cultural values affect scientific research and technological innovation — and these in turn affect society, politics and culture.

Discovery

the recognition and careful observation of new natural objects and phenomena.

Invention

is a mental process wherein man’s various discoveries and observation, combined and guided by experience, lead man to make some other new ways (operations) and means (tools) of obtaining things useful or profitable.

SCIENCE

A series of processes that people can use to gather knowledge about the world around them, improve that knowledge, and, through gaining knowledge, attempt to explain why and/or how things occur.

SCIENCE

Knowledge acquired by careful observation, by deduction (logical reasons to form a conclusion) of the laws which govern changes and conditions and by testing these deductions by experimentation

Scientific Method

Knowledge acquired by careful observation, by deduction (logical reasons to form a conclusion) of the laws which govern changes and conditions and by testing these deductions by experimentation: the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experimentation.

Social Science

study of people, culture, societies (Economics, Geography, History, etc.)

Natural Science

seeks to understand the natural world and different processes:

TECHNOLOGY

The use of science in industry, engineering, etc., to invent useful things or to solve problems.

TECHNOLOGY

Entities both material and immaterial, created by the application of mental and physical effort in order to achieve some value.

TECHNOLOGY

When referring to a tool; a technique; cultural force.

The term ___ is mostly used in three different contexts.

SOCIETY

A group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same social territory.

Stone Age

marks a period of prehistory in which humans used primitive stone tools.

Stone Age

What age is 1st major technologies tied to survival, hunting and food preparation:

1. Fire

2. Stone

3. Weapons

4 . Clothing

Copper and Bronze Age

Characterized by use of copper and its alloy bronze for tools and weapons.

Copper and Bronze Age

Characterized by use of copper and its alloy bronze for tools and weapons.

Copper and Bronze Age

Technological advances: first writing systems, invention of the wheel.

Iron Age

Involved adaptation of iron smelting technology.

Iron Age

Last major step before the development of written language.

Iron Age

Tools and weapons made from iron and steel.

Ancient Civilization

Refers to events from beginning of writing and recorded human history to post-classical history.

Mesopotamian

First civilization in the world

Indus Valley

One of the most widespread civilizations, covering 1.25 million km²

Ancient Egyptian

Construction of pyramids

Maya

Complex understanding of astronomy

Chinese

Invention of paper and silk

Ancient Greek

Concepts of democracy and the Senate, the Olympics

Persian

Royal road

Roman

Most powerful ancient civilization

Aztec

Nahuatl became the major language

Incan

Largest empire in South America in the pre-Columbian era

Medieval Age

Birth of an idea; rise of Islam.

Renaissance

Age of exploration.

Renaissance

Marked revival of classical learning and wisdom after cultural decline and stagnation.

Renaissance

Age of exploration.

Nineteenth Century

Rapid development of chemical, electrical, petroleum, and steel technologies connected with highly structured research.

Nineteenth Century

Birth of science as a profession.

Industrial Revolution

Characterized by development of textile manufacturing, metallurgy and transport, driven by the steam engine.

Twentieth Century

Dramatic growth of technology.

Twenty-First Century

Technology developed even more rapidly; marked progress in almost all fields of science and technology

Pre-Spanish Era

Medicinal and therapeutic properties of plants and methods of extraction

Pre-Spanish Era

Which era is this

Alphabet

Weighing and measurement

Calendar

Farming, fishing by

Ship building

Spanish Colonial Era

Formal education (parish schools: religion, reading, writing, arithmetic, music)

Spanish Colonial Era

Which era is this:

Modern agriculture

Study of medicine

Building churches, roads, bridges, p orts

American Period

Public education system

Improved engineering works and public health

Exploitation of mineral resources

World War II

Difficult time to rebuild from ruins of war

New Republic

Focused on improving science and technology

Overseas development allocation to improve productivity and capability

Human resource development

Angel Alcala

National Scientist, marine and aquatic biology; inventor of artificial coral reefs

Gavino Trono

National Scientist; contributions to tropical marine phycology (algae study)

Eduardo Quisumbing

Botanist, PhD in Plant Taxonomy, Systematic and Morphology

Dioscoro L. Umali

Agriculturist, Father of Philippine Plant Breeding

Teodoro Agoncillo

Historian, National Scientist in history