MO 14 Science

 Science and technology; inventions and scientists; benefits and drawbacks

 Explain significance of the industrial revolution and name some important inventions.
 Controversial inventions. Are there some things that never should have been invented?
 Famous scientists you know.
 What do the following sciences study? (math, biology, chemistry, …)
 What invention has had the greatest impact on our lives?
 What various uses of the internet can you think of?
 Talk about benefits technologies have brought to human society. (health, sport,
transport, comfort at home, …)
 Have technologies made our lives more dangerous?
 What are the benefits of cell phones? What are the drawbacks?
 What influence have modern technologies had on children?

1) Explain significance of the industrial revolution and name some important inventions

industrial revolution- 18th century= the transition from creating goods only by hand to
manufacturing (using machines)
- increased the production + efficiency
- lowered prices
- migration to cities from rural areas
- technology developpment
 steam engine (steam locomotives, boats)
 the spinning jenny (machine for spinning wool or cotton, textile manufacturing)
 cotton gin (a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds)
 telegraph

2) Controversial inventions. Are there some things that never should have been invented?
- spam e-mails, weapons in the war, nuclear war

3) Famous scientists you know.

 Thomas Edison- light bulb
 Alfred Nobel- dynamite
 Marie Curie Sklodowska- chem. elemens polonium and radium
 Alfred Einstein- the theory of relativity
 Rosalind Franklin- the structure of DNA
 Galileo Galilei- founder of modern physics
 Alexander Fleming- a penicilin

4) What do the following sciences study? (math, biology, chemistry, …)

 chemistry-> a chemist
 physics-> a physicist
 biology-> a biologist
 math-> a mathematician
 5) What invention has had the greatest impact on our lives?
- book press, bicycle, a telephone, fire, compass, antibiotics, automobiles

6) What various uses of the internet can you think of?

 education/ research
 email
 work/ business
 entertainment/ games
 advertisement
 online booking
 news
 job search

7) Talk about benefits technologies have brought to human society. (health, sport,
transport, comfort at home, …)
 increased productivity and efficiency
 quick acces to information (if sick/ injured; timetables,..)
 facilitated learning
 mental health- break a barrier, a social contact
 online sport coach
 at home: high tech devices help us cook/ bake, count time; clean (laundry, floor)
automatic alarm clock
 transport: online tickets, timetable, study on a bus; listen music
 physical health: check our heart rate, quality of sleep (predict a seisure); blood sugar
etc.

8) Have technologies made our lives more dangerous?

 a sedentary life-> obesity, cardiovascular disease; bad for your posture
 stalking-> risk of leak of private info
 insomnia
 eyesight suffers
 addictive
 social media can be harmful for mental health
 harms relationships
 juvenile are losing the ability ti interact face-to-face
 instant access to information makes us less suficient

9) What are the benefits of cell phones? What are the drawbacks?
same

10) What influence have modern technologies had on children?

cons:
 social and behavioral problems (minimizes time kids spent interacting)
 affects developing social skills, relationships, health
 loose ability to focus
pros:
 educative content
 become more independent learners more quickly
 how to manipulate with technology
 solve problems in new innovative ways