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STS Chapter 3 Lesson 1 AND 2

The document summarizes information about the information age, computers, the world wide web, biodiversity, and their relationships to human health. It discusses key topics such as: - The information age beginning in the late 20th century with effortless access to information through computers. - Types of computers including personal computers, laptops, servers, and more. - The origins and development of the internet and world wide web. - The importance of biodiversity for human nutrition, health, and ecosystem services as well as threats like habitat loss that can negatively impact biodiversity. - The interrelationships between a healthy environment, biodiversity, and human well-being.

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STS Chapter 3 Lesson 1 AND 2

The document summarizes information about the information age, computers, the world wide web, biodiversity, and their relationships to human health. It discusses key topics such as: - The information age beginning in the late 20th century with effortless access to information through computers. - Types of computers including personal computers, laptops, servers, and more. - The origins and development of the internet and world wide web. - The importance of biodiversity for human nutrition, health, and ecosystem services as well as threats like habitat loss that can negatively impact biodiversity. - The interrelationships between a healthy environment, biodiversity, and human well-being.

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Chapter 3 Lesson 1

INFORMATION AGE
- a period starting in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became effortlessly
accessible through publications by computers
- also called Digital Age and New Media Age since it was associated with the development of
computers

JAMES R. MESSENGER
- proposed the Theory of Information Age in 1982

RICHARD WURMAN
- Information anxiety

ROBERT HARRIS - detailed some facts on the information age


‘ truth of the information age’
1. Information must compete
2. Newer is equated with truer
3. Selection is a viewpoint
4. The media sells what the culture buys
5. The early word gets the perm
6. You are what you eat and so is your brain
7. Anything in great demand will be counterfeited
8. Ideas are seen as controversial
9. Undead information walks ever on
10. Media presence creates the story
11. The medium selects the message

COMPUTERS - electronic device that stores and processes data (information)

Types of Computers
1. Personal Computer (PC) - single-user instrument
2. Desktop Computer - PC that is not designed for portability; it will be set up in a permanent spot
3. Laptops - portable computers that integrate the essentials of a desktop computer in a battery-
powered package
4. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) - tightly integrated computers that usually have no keyboards but
rely on a touch screen for user input
5. Server - a computer that has been improved to provide network services to other computers
6. Mainframes - huge computer systems; used by large firms; term has been replaced by enterprise
server
7. Wearable computers - involve materials that are usually integrated into cellphones, watches, and
other small objects or places

WORLD WIDE WEB INTERNET(www)


- origin of the internet is Claude F. Shannon, father of Information Theory
- Internet is a worldwide system of interconnected networks that facilitate data transmission among
innumerable computers
- the internet remained under government control until 1984
- early problem faced by internet users was speed
- Sergey Brin and Larry Page built a research engine that listed results to reflect page popularity

HOW TO CHECK THE RELIABILITY OF WEB SOURCES

1. Who is the AUTHOR of the article/site


- look for ‘More about the author’ link
- check his credentials, expertise or experience

2. WHO PUBLISHED the site


- look at the domain name of the website and it will tell you who is hosting the site
“.edu = educational” “.com = commercial”

3. What is the MAIN PURPOSE of the site


- Why did the author write it and why did the publisher post it?

4. Who is the INTENDED AUDIENCE


- scholar of the general public? What age group is it written for?

5. What is the QUALITY OF INFORMATION provided on the website


- timeliness; does the author cite sources?

EXAMPLES OF USEFUL AND RELIABLE WEB SOURCES


1. Google Books
2. Googlescholar.com
3. Bartleby.com Great Books Online

Chapter 3 lesson 2 - Biodiversity & The Healthy Society

MARCO LABERTINI
- general director of WWF international, described that the disappearance of wildlife is at
unprecedented rate

Mass extinction is described as the disappearance of species at a rate of 1000 faster than usual

BIODIVERSITY - vast variety of life forms in the entire Earth; it is the variability among living organisms
in all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems

Biotic - living organisms


Abiotic - nonliving organisms

CHANGES IN BIODIVERSITY
- WE can infer that when our ecosystem is not well taken care of, biodiversity encounter changes that
may impact human health on such different level

THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY
1. Habitat loss and destruction
2. Alteration in ecosystem composition
3. Over Exploitation
4. Pollution and contamination
5. Global Climate Change

Illegal logging and other illegal activities in the forest has been identified as the major cause of forest
cover loss

Forest Management Bureau (FMB) says that the Philippines is losing approximately 47,000 hectares of
forest cover every year

NUTRITIONAL IMPACT OF BIODIVERSITY


- According to WHO, biodiversity is a vital element of a human being nutrition because of its influence
to food production
- Nutrition and biodiversity are linked at many levels, the ecosystem with food production as an
ecossytem service

HEALTH, BIOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY

Physical hazards: pollution, toxic chemicals, and food contaminants


Social hazards: dangerous work, poor housing conditions, urban sprawl, and poverty

INTERRELATION OF HEALTH AND BIODIVERSITY


1. Ecosystem Services - forests help purify the air we breathe
2. Food security and nutrition - diverse agricultural systems provide a range of nutrients needed for a
healthy diet
3. Medical resources - many drugs and treatments are derived from natural compounds found in
plants
4. Disease Control - natural ecosystems help regulate disease vectors
5. Psychological and Physical Well-being - spending time in natural environments can reduce stress
levels, improve mood

ENVIRONMENT RELATED ILLNESSES


1. Parkinson’s disease
2. Heart disease
3. Cancer
4. Asthma
5. Diabetes
6. Obesity
7. Occupational injuries

HUMAN ACTIVITIES THAT COULD HAVE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS


1. Food production
2. Soil sanitation
3. Waste produced by livestock
4. Deforestation
5. Overfishing
6. Healthcare facilities

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