PORTFOLIO IN GEC 7-

SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY
AND SOCIETY
First Semester, Academic Year 2021-2022

Submitted by:
Panti, Francis Mel A.

Submitted to:
Mrs. Reneerose Tabios
Course Professor
Francis Mel Panti
BSED-Social Studies 2/F
GEC7- Science Technology and Society
Module 2 Chapter 1 Pre-assessment Activity

Encrypted Word: A F X J E S L A G F KWSJUZAFY

Answer: INFORMATION SEARCHING

Module 2 Activity 1

1. Papyrus is first known to have been used in Egypt (at least as far back
as the First Dynasty), as the papyrus plant was once abundant across
the Nile Delta. It was also used throughout the Mediterranean region
and in the Kingdom of Kush. Apart from a writing material, ancient
Egyptians employed papyrus in the construction of other artifacts, such
as reed boats, mats, rope, sandals, and baskets.

2. Hieroglyphic writing, system that employs characters in the form of

pictures. Those individual signs, called hieroglyphs, may be read either
as pictures, as symbols for objects, or as symbols for sounds. The
name hieroglyphic (from the Greek word for “sacred carving”) is first
encountered in the writings of Diodorus Siculus (1st century BCE).

3. Codex is essentially an ancient book, consisting of one or more quires

of sheets of papyrus or parchment folded together to form a group of
leaves, or pages. This form of the book was not widely used in the
ancient world until around the second century AD, when it slowly but
steadily began to replace the traditional book form, the papyrus roll.

4. The printing press is a device that allows

for the mass production of uniform
printed matter, mainly text in the form of
books, pamphlets and newspapers.
Created in China, the printing press
revolutionized society there before being
further developed in Europe in the 15th
Century by Johannes Gutenberg and his
invention of the Gutenberg press.
 5. Typewriter, any of various machines for writing characters similar to
those made by printers’ types, especially a machine in which the
characters are produced by steel types striking the paper through an
inked ribbon with the types being actuated by corresponding keys on a
keyboard and the paper being held by a platen that is automatically
moved along with a carriage when a key is struck.

6. A pager (also known as a beeper, bleeper or pocket bell) is a wireless

telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric or voice
messages. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response
pagers and two-way pagers can also acknowledge, reply to and originate
messages using an internal transmitter.

7. In 1942, physicist John Mauchly proposed an all-electronic

calculating machine. The U.S. Army, meanwhile, needed to calculate
complex wartime ballistics tables. Proposal met patron. The result was
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), built between
1943 and 1945—the first large-scale computer to run at electronic
speed without being slowed by any mechanical parts. For a decade,
until a 1955 lightning strike, ENIAC may have run more calculations
than all mankind had done up to that point.

8. Hard drives, also known as hard disk drives (HDDs) were a

technology thought up by IBM- and they dominated the market for
nearly 30 years.They discovered a need for this type of technology
in 1953, and the first hard drive was invented and then patented in
1956 in IBM’s San Jose, California laboratory.Hard disk drive
technology has changed to meet commercial needs since then- and
have also become a lot easier to use.External hard disk drives that
were once the size of refrigerator units are now merely inches long
and can store several gigabytes- and now terabytes- of data.
 9. It was on 3 April 1973 that Motorola employee Martin Cooper made a call in New York
on a Motorola DynaTAC – dubbed a "brick" due to its size and weight – which was
widely regarded globally as the first public mobile phone call.

10. The first smartphone, created by IBM, was invented in 1992 and released for
purchase in 1994. It was called the Simon Personal Communicator (SPC). While
not very compact and sleek, the device still featured several elements that became
staples to every smartphone that followed.

11. Masuoka patented flash memory in 1981, while Bhatt and his team
introduced the USB interface in 1994. M-systems put these two
technologies together. They were the first to patent USB flash drives
in 1999 and called it DiskOnChip (DoC). It became commercially
available in 2000 by Treck Technology and soon after by IBM.

12. The first computer that could be considered a desktop was the Olivetti
Programma 101. It was released in 1965 and was the size of a
typewriter. Other desktops popped up through the mid-1970s and the
first home computers -- TRS-80, Apple II and Commodore Personal Electronic Transactor --
debuted in 1977.

Module 2 Assignment 1

Q1.
Respondent 1: For me, it depends on the people if he or she wants to because nowadays people
use social media for entertainment and sometimes social media becomes toxic. However, for good
reason, my answer is YES.
Respondent 2: Yes! According to the needs of a situation

Q2.
Respondent 1: There is no limit for the freedom of speech, it could be any topic that they want to
address.

Respondent 2: Aside from moral imperative, legal ones also exist. Social media users should only
share contents that are one in accordance to the regulations and policies of the platforms that they
are using.

Q4.
Respondent 1: No, although there is no wrong about telling your own or somebody’s opinion, we
need to remember our limitations especially for some topics that are sensitive and can affect
somebody’s well-being.

Respondent 2: We should and does legally hold them accountable for everything they do as long as
it is not by force initiated by others. With this, consequences of misuse or abuse is apprehended.

Note: Due to community guidelines, survey are done online to minimize physical contact with other
people.
Francis Mel Panti
BSED- Social Studies 2/F
GEC 7- Science, Technology and Society
Module 2 Chapter 2 Pre-assessment activity

Bio means life. Bio is derived from the Greek word “bio” meaning life.
Diversity means the variability among living organisms from all sources including inter alia,
terrestrial, marine and other ecological complexes.
Biodiversity is the biological variety and variability of the life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of
variation at the genetic, species, and ecosystem level.

Module 2 Activity 2: Film Viewing

Medicine Man Movie Reaction

The film "Medicine Man" depicts the impacts of habitat degradation quite clearly. A

professor and his research assistant set out to uncover a cancer-curing plant in the Amazon Basin,

only to have it destroyed by land destruction. A tribe of indigenous' tranquil, sustainable lifestyle, as

well as a large number of flora and fauna, are drastically disrupted by the land removal. It depicts the

deforestation devastation we caused on a somewhat exaggerated, but no less effective scale.

Campbell has discovered a "cancer cure," but attempts to produce it have failed. With

supplies of the successful serum running low, Campbell identifies a floral derivative from which the

formula may be produced and is determined to find its source with Crane's help. A logging company

is constructing a road that will run directly through the village, posing the risk of exposing the local

population to potentially lethal foreign pathogens, as has happened in the past. Campbell's wife

actually left him because he couldn't forgive himself for the accident. When a small boy with

malignant neoplasms arises, Campbell, Crane, the boy, and his father set out in quest of Campbell's

forefather, a medicine man from whom Campbell learned about flowers. The medicine man flees in

terror when he sees Campbell's company. Despite his reluctance to investigate the man further,

Crane persuades him that circumstances require it. The film's major point is to demonstrate habitat

degradation and its consequences for the ecosystem. It succeeds in demonstrating the rapidity with

which logging and land destruction occur. Such land–clearings are frequently commissioned by
wealthy corporations, who then use the land for cultivation. They do not, however, consider the native

flora, animals, and people who have a greater claim to the land than they do.

The video also emphasizes the distinction between modern city life and the native

people's way of existence. The city dwellers live in greater luxury than the natives, yet their way of life

is unsustainable. The "city people" suck their environment dry in order to obtain their creature

comforts, but the indigenous people have little impact on their ecosystem, taking only what they

require. The ecology can withstand the effects of indigenous people, but not those of city dwellers. As

a result, our environment is extremely polluted, whereas the indigenous people's environment is not.
Francis Mel Panti
BSED- Social Studies 2/F
GEC 7- Science, Technology and Society
Module 2 Chapter 3 Assignment 3

GMO in MILK PRODUCTS

Chinese scientists have made waves by genetically altering 300 calves to produce milk

that resembles human breast milk. The cows' mammary glands now imbue their milk with huge

amounts of lysozyme, a protein that is common in human milk but not in bovine milk. According to

Ning Li of China's Agricultural University in Beijing, who led the study, lysozyme makes the milk better

and more nutritious. Li and his colleagues plan to get the modified milk through the testing phase and

into the Chinese market within three years to aid in the reduction of childhood malnutrition. The

question is if the genetically modified milk are safe? Initial research suggests it is indeed safe and

may provide significant health benefits, experts say. But much more testing must be done and will be

done before you see human/cow milk on the market in the United States. Changes done by

genetically modifying cow’s milk remarks a change on benefits of the milk itself.

Retrieved from:
https://www.deccanherald.com/content/151042/now-genetically-modified-cows-produce.html
Francis Mel Panti
BSED- Social Studies 2/F
GEC 7- Science, Technology and Society
Module 2 Chapter 4 Pre-assessment activity

1. In producing a products like computers and cell phones, size and weight matter and it is one
thing that the manufacturers want to achieve. The lighter and the smaller product the more it
will be convenient for the consumer. Sizing and weight also attracts buyers that is why
producers aim for it.
2. No, because it will take forever to build statue out of dust. Dust have a very light particles that it
almost impossible to see it with the naked eye that is why it is impossible for them to turn into
statue unless the particles will do it themselves.
3. Upon discovering nanotechnology, scientist have to make an option on what would it turn out
and what are they dealing with. As they cannot see the nanoparticles, they have to conclude
so that they can have an expected outcome.
4. I think that humans are cow capable because of the unending study of the scientist day-by-
day, they are discovering something every day.

Module 2 Chapter 4 Assignment 4

1. Based from the talk of George Tulevski, nanotechnology ca innovate almost everything such
as decease-fighting-robots, elevators to space and many other great things that humans could
imagine.
2. Although there are many excitement and promises upon the invention of nanotechnology, the
promises that were made are far from reality. Only a few scientist work on nanotechnology
because first of all it requires an expensive tools and methods of study and then nanoparticles
are really small to the point wherein scientist are unable to tell what they are dealing with.
3. Nanotechnology uses chemistry to replicate the Mother Nature way of producing nanoparticles
to form. Through chemistry and nanotechnology, I think scientist can now find a way to apply
nanotechnology as a means to solve some environmental problems.
4. Innovations like nanotechnology threatens the natural law of humankind. Many are going to be
interested in nanotechnology to the point where it would be really difficult to differentiate which
are reality and which is not.
Francis Mel Panti
BSED- Social Studies 2/F
GEC 7- Science, Technology and Society
Module 2 Chapter 5 Pre-assessment Activity

1. Wilson Disease
2. Sickle Cell
3. E coli bacteriophage
4. Mutation
5. Gene
6. Germline
7. Somatic

Module 2 Chapter 5 Activity 5

PROS
Human Health The advantage of using gene
therapy to human health is, it
can wipe out genetic disease
even before they can begin,
and it can also eliminate
suffering of an individual.
Society Gene therapy can produce a
healthy society with healthy
individual. It is also a big leap
on curing many diseases that
some of the people are not
aware.
CONS
New genes that are inserted
can be placed in the wrong
place, if this happen it can
cause harmful DNA mutations
that can lead to cancer and
worst case scenario.
For man, gene therapy are like
a process of cloning and they
believe that it violates the belief
that only the higher being
should be responsible for the
existence of organism on earth.

1. With the future of curing many illness, I think that gene therapy should have a continuous study
for it to be effective. Many individuals who are suffering can be benefited by gene therapy but
people should know that undergoing a gene therapy can have either positive or negative
effect.
2. Although many would become benefited by gene therapy, many would disagree because most
of us are catholic and we believe that only god can make us live or can take our lives.
However, with the benefits by gene therapy, I think that FDA should approve it to be able to
save people that are thriving to live.
3. Government should know that these kind of research and studies are very important to the
future of the country. We can’t deny the fact that Philippines are behind some studies in
science because the government would not fund our scientist and they ignore the benefits that
this researches would give.

Module 2 Chapter 5 Assignment 5

1. Nina was born with a condition called severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), it is a
condition wherein an individual was born without immune system due to genetic defect.
Nina has undergone genetic therapy and that made her better and survive nine years later.
2. Can Nina fully recover her condition?
It the gene therapy successful? Or is it another trial and error case of gene therapy?
Should Nina’s case be considered as the breakthrough for gene therapy?
3. The stakeholders are the doctors and family of Nina. Both are affected by the decisions and
the processes that were made. For the family, it will be their loss if something happens to their
 child on the process of gene therapy while for the doctors, the outcome of the gene therapy will
determine the success or failure of their studies.
4. If the family did not agree with the gene therapy, Nina will not survive her early days and won’t
survive for nine years even without trying to live.
5. The best action is when the family decided to take the risk and trust the doctors and the
process of gene therapy. Not all family can handle the risk of making their child a subject of
studies that might not work. With Nina and her family’s courage, they are able to overcome her
illness and are able to encourage people to try gene therapy as an option to live with their
illness.
Francis Mel Panti
BSED- Social Studies 2/F
GEC 7- Science, Technology and Society
Module 2 Chapter 6 Pre-assessment Activity

Climate change is the

range of global
phenomena caused by
burning fossil fuels that
add heat-trapping
gases to the Earth’s
atmosphere.

Climate change refers Climate change can

to long-term shifts in CLIMATE cause harmul
temperatures and CHANGE effects to all living
weather patterns. things in the planet.

Climate change can be

the cause of chaos to a
country if not taken
care of.