Science, Technology, and Society

Technology

________ is the application of science to solve problems.

Tall Thomas Game

1. Think of an adjective that best describes you.
2. The adjective must fit and must also start with the first letter of your name — for example, “Tall Thomas,” or “Sensitive Sam.”
3. Try to remember at least 5 names of your classmate including their chosen adjective.

Written laws

________ are created to promote harmony, peace, and equality.

Science

________ follows very specific rules and its results are always subject to testing, and if necessary, revision.

new discoveries

1. Get a whole sheet of paper and a pen.
2. Without looking at the paper, scribble on it.
3. Then look beyond the scribbles to see if there are any images that have formed as a result of them.
4. Make the images as precise or visible as possible.
5. Then describe how those images have contributed to your well-being

Science

The human attempt to understand the natural world with or without concern for practical uses of that knowledge.

Science

tries to discover facts and relationships and then tries to create theories that make sense of these facts and relationships

Science

Any system of knowledge that is concerned with the physical world and its phenomena and that entails unbiased observations and systematic experimentation

Science

Involves a pursuit of knowledge covering general truths or the operations of fundamental laws

Science

Is based on the premise that our senses, and extensions of those senses through the use of instruments, can give us accurate information about the Universe.

Science

Follows very specific “rules” and its results are always subject to testing and, if necessary, revision.

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Even with such constraints science does not exclude, and often benefits from, creativity and imagination

Scientific Method

is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that involves careful observation, and applying rigorous skepticism about what is observed, given that cognitive assumptions can distort how one interprets the observation

Steps of scientific method

* Make an observation
* Ask a question
* Form hypothesis or testable explanation
* Make prediction based on the hypothesis
* Test the prediction
* Analyze data and draw conclusions
* Repeat: use the results to make new hypotheses or predictions

Technology

* Comes from the Greek work meaning “art or craft” and “subject or interest”
* It is the way people try to change the world by making things that can help people
* Technology is the application of science to solve problems
* It uses tools, techniques, and procedures to put science's findings to use
* Uses of what we know about nature in the real world
* Products of imagination, thought processes, and redesigning
* The point of technology is to improve the quality of life

purpose of knowing

Science explores for the _____________, while technology explores for the purpose of making something useful from that knowledge

Society

* Derived from Latin word “socius” meaning companionship or friendship
* The sum of all the interactions we have with other people, including the ones we have to figure things out and make things.
* A group of people who keep in touch with each other or a large group of people who share the same physical or social territory and are usually subject to the same political authority and cultural norms