COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

COURSE MODULE IN
GE 107: Science, Technology and Society
MODULE 3
LESSON 1: INFORMATION SOCIETY
MOTIVATION
ACTIVITY NO. 1: Which of the following glass will be filed with wine first?

- The first glass to be filled is number 3 because the other number has no hole for water
way. That’s why only number 3 will be filled.

Learning Activities

Part I. Questions for Reflections

Instructions: Explain each the following questions of sentences. You may refer to the rubrics
provided on how your work will be graded.

1. Which developments in the information age brought significant changes in the way you
live your life today?
- The information age has brought changes by bringing the information at hand, by
connecting with every corner of the world through the internet services. This is possible
 because of the telecommunication and satellite communication. The people can now
buy, use, sell, lease, make use of services like education, medicine facilities,
consultations, counseling etc. at home without going anywhere. The accessibility,
affordability and comfort is provided which has made life easier to live.
2. How did the transmission of information evolve from the ancient times up to the
present?
- Any evolutionary theory must explain how the genetic message evolves so that the
resulting populations of organisms become better adapted to their environments. The
process by which such evolution is realized can be considered a transmission of
information from the environment into the genetic storage of the organism.

3. How did the printing press change the course of history? What ideas were spread using
this invention?
- There actually two different methods of printing. The Far East used a different idea of
using basically method as the West. China would carve the message in Chinese
characters in a wooden block. Then the characters in relief would be inked with a water
base ink and a sheet of paper put over the text and rubbed on the back side of the paper
with a barren. A barren is a slightly padded block that presses a small area of the paper
to transfer the ink to the paper. In a book, only one side of the paper is printed and the
paper fold ends up on the outside of the book.

4. Social media is a technology which facilities the sharing of information, ideas, and other
content in different parts of the globe. If social media was deactivated for a month in
the country, what could possibly happen?
- If social media was deactivated for a month in the country, then all the persons of the
country would get bored because of today's generation and technology.
 If any of social media are closed for a month or a year country, there would be a
massive disorder.
 Social media plays an important for any country or nation and most of the
business reliant upon it.
 Once a country banned social media and as a result, all the businesses based on
particular social media were collapsed and numerous people lose the jobs.

5. Social media also poses certain risks especially in the dissemination of false information.
As a student, how will you use media to ensure that you do not propagate inaccurate
and unreliable information?
 Avoid sharing unverified information just because they have many likes or shared by
many. For example, if there is a message in WhatsApp about some current issues and it looks
like fake but many people have shared it, most of them just share and spread the false
information. We need to avoid it. Even it doesn't cause any problems in our families and
surroundings but it can cause trouble somewhere to some people. So we need to think twice
before sharing the information.

 Make sure you know exactly who provided the information for the reports you're
reading or sending. If the report you read is from a newspaper or TV, it is true. But if you get the
report from some unknown website, you should not share. In some cases, it can be true but
sometimes it can be false too. So you should not share that messages in that case. So be careful
from which source you get information.

 If something newsworthy happens, there will be multiple reports on it. So read as much
reports to find the full information about the event. So we should not read one report and
assume the whole story and share wrong information about it in social media.

Part II. Multiple Choice

Direction: Read the question carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer in your
assessment notebook.

1. B 6. A 11.
2. D 7. B 12. B
3. D 8. B 13.
4. B 9. 14. B
5. D 10. 15. D

ACTIVITY NO. 1 Cypher to Decipher

MODULE 1
LESSON 2: BIODIVERSITY
MOTIVATION
ACTIVITY NO. 1: COUNT ME IN
How many animals in pairs you can find in the picture below?

- Only 1 pair of the animals I saw in the picture.

Learning Activities

Part I. Question for Reflection

Instruction: Explain each of the following questions in 5-10 sentences. You may refer to the
rubrics provided on how your work will be graded. Write the letter of the correct answer in
your assessment notebook.

1. What role does the environment play in addressing the needs of society?
- The environment addresses the needs of the living beings by providing the ecosystem
services. The environment provides water, air, soil, minerals and other natural resources,
which are necessary for the survival, growth and development of the living organisms.

2. How can people maintain the rich biodiversity in nature?

- Botanical gardens are great for biodiversity conservation, as scientists can store, study
and grow plants in their native habitats. Visiting and donating to your local botanical
garden will help them continue to protect and promote biodiversity.

3. In your own words, how is an organism’s genome manipulated?

 - Traditionally, humans have manipulated indirectly by controlling breeding and selecting
offspring with desired traits. Genetic engineering involves the direct manipulation of one
or more genes. Most often, a gene from another species is added to an organism’s
genome to give it a desired phenotype.

4. What are the pros and cons of genetically modifying crops?

- The pros of GMO crops are that they may contain more nutrients, are grown with fewer
pesticides, and are usually cheaper than their non-GMO counterparts. The cons of GMO
foods are that they may cause allergic reactions because of their altered DNA and they
may increase antibiotic resistance.

5. Will you eat GMOs? Why or why not?

- Yes. There is no evidence that a crop is dangerous to eat just because it is GM. There
could be risks associated with the specific new gene introduce, which is why each crop
with a new characteristic introduced by GM is subject to close scrutiny.

Part II. Multiple Choice

Direction: Read the question carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer in your
assessment notebook.

1. 16. 31.
2. 17 32.
3. 18. 33.
4. 19 34.
5. 20. 35.
6. 21. 36.
7. 22. 37.
8. 23. 38.
9. 24. 39.
10. 25. 40.
11. 26. 41.
12. 27. 42.
13. 28. 43.
14. 29. 44.
15. 30. 45.

ACTIVITY NO. 2: Match Me

Read the Direction Carefully