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INTRODUCTION
Science and Technology plays a major role in our day to day living. It allows
us to complete our tasks easier and more efficient. S&T innovations help us
accomplish difficult and complicated tasks with so little time and so little effort without
sacrificing its output. The continuous developments in this field are not just products
of people’s imagination or the ―AHA moment‖ but by gradual improvements of earlier
works from different periods which was driven by our continuous desire to raise the
quality of life of the people.
This module will focus on the development of science and scientific ideas in
the community and on how it gradually made an impact on our society. After
completing the module, you should be able to answer the following:
How did Science and Technology affected the society and environment & vice
versa?
What were the significant innovations and inventions that changed the world
over the course of history?
What were the scientific and technological advancements in the Philippines
throughout time?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
LEARNING CONTENT
8. Power and energy. Fundamental to all inventions are power and energy,
the harnessing of the capacity of the physical world to do work. The
human race has applied its genius to using all sources of energy for a
multitude of ends.
Example: waterwheel, controlled fire, windmill, steam engine, electric
battery, electric generator and motor, incandescent lightbulb, steam
turbine, gasoline engine, jet engine, nuclear reactor laser, wind
turbine, solar cell, fuel cell