GE-STS: Science, Technology and Society

Module 1
History Antecedents of Science and Technology
Name: Invento, Jane Rose A. Course: BS Tourism and Management
Eliciting Ideas: Inside Out
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
It’s what makes techno It has to be man made.
-logy happen. Can part w/ the bodies Can be made by multiple things or parts.
of humans and animals. It can be It is created by science.
bacteria and germs. Can’t be man both can make It is separated into categories; medical, biology,
made. Needs to happen on its own. Our life easier. associated etc.. Can be invented or through of.
Doesn’t need help by humans to in mathematics. can make Can be associated with the design process
react or happen. Should be made big impacts on our world. we use to make the piece of technology appealing to use.
by nature or other natural occurrences. both all the time in our daiy life. It is used and maintained by engineers,
It can happen in our bodies. both change over time. and many other jobs. It is in many of our
It can happen within medicines. It can be really
weather. simple or sophisticated.

Science is the mother of

technology and both are the
reasons for the creation and
Creating Society
dev. of the societies.
new knowledge, drives technological
improving education, and change, while changing
increasing the quality of our technologies in turn shape
lives. society.

Group of people related to each other through persistent relations.

Members may be from different ethnic groups.
Social group that differ according to subsistence strategies.
Sociologists place societies in three broad categories: Pre-
Industrial society, Industrial society, Post- Industrial
Society.

SOCIETY
 Evaluation

A.

Ancient Age Middle Age Modern Age

Mesoamerica  Olmec would grow  Mayan Calendar.  Use of grinding
medicinal herbs and  Advanced understanding in stones and clay
small crops, like Astronomy. griddles.
sunflower.  Chinampas is a small island  Terrace platforms
 Artifacts such as floating in the water. arranged in plazas,
jade mask and giant Technology used for ball court.
heads. agricultural farming.  Use and exchange of
 Hunter-gatherer  Small kingdoms move in obsidian, cacao, and
culture moved  There was no unifying jade.
toward agriculture. power.  Adaptation of the
 Evidence of the  Out of touch with other earliest
surgical procedure places Mesoamerica shifted
of trephination.  No exchange of new ideas to a mixed economy.
 Cuicuilo is at its  Mathematical advances  Used of Magnetism
peak in the Valley in  Inca developed highway  Medical practices
Mexico and system in Andes and health care.
constructs a large  Inca elaborate food storage  Representations of
circular temple system medicine and natural
pyramid.  Nature-based mythology history in sermons
 The pyramid of the  Calendar followed sun and and creative
sun is built at moon. literature.
Teotihuacan.  Changes in the
 Aztec set up mock wars to
 Make rubber ball for get captives. content and limits of
ritualistic ballgame. disciplines in the
 Possesses a complex
 Olmec build cities division that included craft knowledge map.
and great wealth. specialist such as potters,
 Quipu system of basket makers, manuscript,
knotted ropes to architects, painters etc.
keep records that
only expert can
interpret.

Asia  Confucius a Chines  Using moveable type  China entered the

philosopher; is printing atomic age.
beliefs known as  Kahn built his power  China built a high
Confucianism. unifying separate Mongol pressure electrostatic
 The basic doctrines tribes before expanding his accelerator.
of early Buddhism. kingdom south and west.  China produced the
 Sanskrit poem  Improvement on cultivating first radioisotope
incorporated in the rice. with the atomic
 Mahabharata, one of  Using silk road, trade reactor.
the greatest religious flourished.  China had entered
classics of  Advance sailing technology the world’s
Hinduism. helped the Chinese trade via advanced level in the
 Confucianism is an ocean/sea. field of nuclear
ethical philosophical  Government built a major science.
system developed navy to protect merchant  Reactor technologies
from the teaching or shipping. such as treating and
early Chinese rage  Greater roads and advanced storing nuclear
Confucius. sailing created a far more waste, uranium ore
 The use of lunar mobile population. etc.
calendar to prepare  Gentry attained their status  Scientific research
in natural calamities. through education and civil on the Pacific Ocean
 Chines made a service positions rather than
significant record on land ownership.
supernovas, lunar,  Inventions of Gunpowder,
solar eclipses. Paper-Making Chinese
Writing, Abacus, Spinning
Wheel Playing Cards, Kite,
Explosives and Umbrella.
 Inventions of Alcohol,
Mechanical Clock, Tea,
Silk, Porcelain and
Compass.
Middle East  Government who  Advance in technology  The oil-rich
controlled the  Promotions of economic, monarchies on the
civilization was arts and agricultural Persian gulf have
introduced.  Development of science or become extremely
 Law codes, all the hospitals wealthy
rules introduced.  Dominate over healing  Islamic engineer
 System of Taxation temples and sleep temples developing the
and long-distance  Invention of the Heavy windmill
trade. Ploughs, used by lifting  Islamic scientists
 Ancient Greece against the runner in the were working out
rational and priestly furrow, which constrained the principle of
medicine with the weight of the Plough to algebra
sleeping potions what the farmers could  Egypt set up the
were practiced. easily lift. academy of
 Cuneiform the  Islamic Empire as world’s scientific research
earliest form of leading power. and technology
writing; used of  Brought a new empire by  Experimenting with
series of wedge- sending military expeditions the introduction of
shaped marks on in all directions. the “buffalo gourd”
clay tables.  Established the Greatest a protein-rich plant
 Civil law that deals Libraries with roots that can
with private rights reach water in the
 and matters such as  Established the House of deserts.
business contracts, kingdom  Experiment with the
property, inheritance  The spread of science basic crops like
and taxes.  The spread of surgeries wheat, broad beans,
 Criminal law that  Performed the first barley, lentils and
deals with offenses caesarean operation and chickpeas.
against others, such created the first pair of
as robbery, assault, forceps.
or murder.  Used of hourglass was so
 The common reliable because the force of
language is Arabic gravity never changed.
and access text from
the byzantine empire
to create innovations
and developed new
ideas.

Philippines  Also built boat for  Introduced formal  Modern Filipino

trading purposes. educations founded by culture developed
 They had no scientific institution school through influence
calendar but counted were established religion, from Chinese
the years by the reading, writing, arithmetic. traders, Spanish
period of the moon  Spanish established colleges conquistadors, and
and from one harvest and universities. American Rulers.
to another.  Science was inclined in  Philippine is looking
 They have alphabet, agriculture and food to solve the
a system of writing, processing. urbanization
as method of  Instructions in English and challenges by
counting and American history lead to applying technology
weights and forming of national identity to resolve social
measure. and Filipino nationalism. innovation
 Already engaging in challenges.
activities and  Filipino people tend
practices related to to very hospitable
science forming especially to western
primitive of first visitors.
wave of technology.
 They have curative
values on how to
extract medicine
from the herbs.
B. Essay

A manipulated Society

The center of an exceptionally evolved society and ceaselessly propelling economy is

innovative headways. In the mean time, the center of innovative progressions is logical
disclosures. In a general sense, the center of logical disclosures is simply the general
public. The endless interests, look for the obscure, and need for development of mankind
brought forth the condition of society we are presently living in, a prosperous science-
and-innovation based human progress. In any case, as the world constantly changes and
its requests perpetually rise, the extreme reliance of humankind to innovation, which
makes the world only a single tick away from one's fingertips, is unquestionably evident.

These days, innovation turned out to be so abused it very well may be considered as a
staple part of one's life, similarly significant as fundamental necessities to a great many
people. From the occasion one awakens to the second one rests, a large portion of that
stretch of time is spent on utilizing electronic devices to get to the virtual world instead of
having eye to eye association in the real world. Certainly, the area of innovation opened a
wide scope of conceivable outcomes, for example, making significant distance
correspondence conceivable, data more open, schooling led on the web and some more,
particularly in this season of pandemic. Notwithstanding, the relevant use of these
progressions is useful to a minority in particular, like the researcher, specialists,
researchers, and engineers, while its outlandish utilization is clearly adverse to a larger
part of individuals, like kids and young people.

The unfavorable impacts of innovation doesn't just stop at relational connections and
correspondences. It stretches out to a more profound individual wellbeing, and mental
issues. Investing energy confronting devices, individuals will in general experience eye
fatigue, migraine and body torments, and to foster unfortunate way of life like eating
more, dozing less and practicing less. On the mental side, individuals feel more detached,
discouraged and restless which are in opposition to the motivation behind innovation of
uniting individuals. This demonstrates how much innovation has assumed control over
the better piece of our frameworks. However, are mechanical headways genuinely the
issue? Or on the other hand, are these unfriendly impacts a result of the general public's
awful decisions, and inability to use accessible assets effectively?

Science gives comprehension of the normal world, and logical discoveries address
individuals' best cognizance of a wonder. Since science and innovation just proposition a
way of life-improvement, how society decide to manage that arrangement characterizes
what sort of impact it will produce, regardless of whether positive or negative. To
progress innovatively without affecting society damagingly is as yet conceivable, yet will
require information on its appropriate application. By the day's end, individuals need to
ask themselves an inquiry: "Would I like to control the developments made by society for
my benefit or be controlled by it for my pain and to the detriment of my mankind?”