Science,

Technology and
Society
With Environmental and Climate Change
SCIENCE
Latin concept
“scientia” -
knowledge
SCIENCE
 A systematic enterprise that builds and
organizes knowledge in the form of testable
explanations and predictions about the universe.
– Wikipedia
 The systematic study of the structure and
behaviour of the natural and physical world, or
knowledge obtained about the world by watching
it carefully and experimenting. –The Cambridge
English Dictionary
SCIENCE
 It is a system of knowledge covering general truth
or the operation of general laws especially as
obtained and tested through scientific method. –
Merriam Webster
 A branch of systematized knowledge or study
dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically
arranged and showing the operation of general
laws through observations and experimentation.
– explorable.com
SCIENCE
The pursuit and application of knowledge
and understanding of the natural and social
world following a systematic
methodology based on evidence. – The
Science Council
 Science is a knowledge about or study of
natural world based on facts learned through
experiments and observation.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Technology is a science put into practical use
to solve problems or invent useful tools.
Historical antecedents in which
social considerations changed
the course of science and
technology
a. In the World: Ancient,
Middle and Modern Ages
b. In the Philippines
 Historical Antecedents

ANCIENT MIDDLE MODERN

  Ancient civilization paved
the way for advances in
ANCIENT PERIOD science and technology.
 These advances during
the ancient period
allowed civilizations to
flourish by finding better
ways of communication,
transportation, self-
organization and ways of
living.
 People from
ancient civilization
used animals as
means of
transportation
 The invention of
ancient wheel is
credited to the
Sumerians.
Ancient Wheel
Potter’s
Wheel
 Around 3000 B.C.,
the ancient Egyptians
began writing on a
papyrus. It is made up
from a pith of plant called
cyperus papyrus
 Before the invention of
papyrus,
writing and record-
keeping is done on stones
and tablets.
Paper
 A tool used and
invented by ancient
Egyptians to irrigate
land.
 It is a hand-operated
device used for lifting
water
 Its invention
introduced the
idea of lifting things
using counterweights Shadoof
 It is
a mechanism
similar to a
clock for it has
a circular face
and rotating
hands
Antikythera Mechanism
 It is also known as
the Hero’s engine.
 It is a steam

powered turbine
which spins as the
water container at its
center is heated.
Aeolipile
  The major advances in
scientific and technological
MIDDLE AGES development took place in
this period.
 These
advancements include
constant increase if
new inventions innovations
in traditional production and
the emergence of scientific
thinking and method.
 Heavy Plough
“The heavy plough
turned European
Venus
agriculture and economy
on its head. The fields
with heavy, fatty soil
Mars
became those that gave
the greatest yields.”
- Prof. Thomas Andersen
 Gunpowder
• Around 850 A.D., Chinese
alchemists accidentally
invented the gunpowder.
• Prior to the invention of
gunpowder, swords and spears
were used in battles and wars.
• The invention of gunpowder
has allowed advanced warfare
such as fiery arrows, cannon sand
grenades.
 Paper Money
 Paper money was first
used
by Chinese in 17th century
 Before the introduction of
paper money, merchants
and traders used precious
metals such as gold and
silver.
 Mechanical Clock
The development
of mechanical clock
helped
the people in
accurately keeping
the track of time.
 Spinning Wheel
A machine used to trans
form fiber into thread
or yarn and eventually
woven into cloth.
It sped up the rate of
manually spinning fiber
by 10 to 100 times.
  Historical period when
people realized the
MODERN AGES importance of the
efficiency of
transportation,
communication and
production.
 Industrialization took
place but with greater risk
on human health, food
safety and environment.
 Telescope
 Invented by Galileo
Galilei that can magnify
20 times
larger than a regular
glasses.
 This is used to discover
important astronomical
discoveries such as
craters and mountains in
moon.
Compound Microscope
 Invented by a Dutch
Zacharias Janssen in
1590’s
 Nowadays, microscope
is used in many
scientific
studies in the area of
medicine, forensics
and genetics.
Engine-Powered Airplane
Invented by Orville
Wright and Wilbur Wright.
They demonstrated that
slightly-tilted wings are the
key features of a flying
aircraft.
Spinning Wheel
Television
Invented by Scottish engineer
John Logie Baird in 1920s
British
Broadcasting Corporation
used this for its earliest
television programming in1929.
This first television is
mechanical and not the same
as the television we have
nowadays
Inventions
by Filipino
Scientist
E-Jeepney
Erythromycin
 Invented by
Abelardo Aguilar
 Created from the
strain of bacterium
Streptomyces
erthreus
Medical Incubator

Invented by Fe
Del Mundo
Mole Remover
Credited for the
invention of the
mole remover is
Mr. Rolando Dela
Cruz
Banana Ketchup

Invented by
Maria Y.
Orosa