S&T AND NATION BUILDING Flashcards
- Among the contributors in recording medicinal plants.
- Known to be the first local botanist to record more than 200 plants that thrived in the Philippines.
Ignacio Mercado
Was a leading chemist in the Philippines during the Spanish era
- Regarded as the “Father of Philippine Science and Laboratory”
- Invented the formula for producing a pure kind of alcohol from tuba in a nipa palm.
Won the first prize during the World Fair in Paris, France in 1889
Anacleto del Rosario
Anacleto Del Rosario extracted castor oil from the ___________, literally the “palm of Christ” (castor bean), a native plant in the Philippines
palma christi
Was a Filipino medical doctor who studied beriberi in infants in the
Philippines.
Manuel Guerrero
Filipino botanist claimed to be the inventor of Quink ink used by The Parker Pen Company.
Francisco Quisumbing
Quink, which was sold in the US from 1931, is claimed to stand for ‘_______________’
Quisumbing Ink
- Was a Filipino engineer, physicist, a National Scientist, and inventor.
- He was known as the father of videoconferencing; invented the first two-way videophone.
Gregorio Zara
- He was also one of the country’s pioneer
aeronautical engineer having invented an airplane engine that ran on plain alcohol as fuel. - Among his other notable inventions include a solar-
powered water heater, the discovery of the physical law of electrical kinetic resistance called t h e Zara
effect, and a propeller-cutting machine.
Gregorio Zara
developed “Enriched Rice,” a rice variety fortified with vitamin B1, which helps prevent beriberi.
- His discovery helped reduce the cases of beriberi in t h e
Philippines and in other countries.
Dr. Juan Salcedo
a rice variety fortified with vitamin B1, which helps prevent beriberi
Enriched Rice
Filipino biochemist and a National Scientist of the Philippines.
He is credited for his research in alternative fuel.
He researched on the production of ethyl ester fuels from sugarcane and coconuts and
devised a method of extracting residual coconut oil through chemical means.
Julian Banzon
A Filipino agriculturalist and National Scientist of the
Philippines awardee, known as “the Father of Philippine Plant Breeding.
- He was awarded several international honors and distinctions for his outstanding achievements and improvements of rice, corn and other economic plants.
Dioscoro Umali
Was a Filipino biologist who was named a National Scientist of the Philippines in 2014.
Known for his fieldwork to build sanctuaries and to promote biodiversity in the aquatic ecosystems of the Philippines.
Angel Alcala
Was a Filipino inventor and horticulturist
best known for inventing a way to induce more flowers in mango trees using ethrel and potassium nitrate
Ramon Barba
Philippine science and technology has a long history, dating back to the early colonial period during which the __________ was created.
_____________ was created at about the same period.
Bureau of Science
Public school system
Major shifts in the direction of Philippine Science and
Technology took place right after the proclamation of __________ in 1946
independence
In the 1980s, r______________ was given stronger
emphasis, hence, the creation of various interrelated councils and research institutes in t h e country and
creation of strategic science and technology agenda
research utilization
Identify what purpose: use of herbal medicines
health
Identify what purpose: use of writing, numerical, measurement & calendar systems
trading
Identify what purpose: farming, fishing, mining, &weaving
Livelihood skills
Identify what purpose: Banaue Rice Terraces
architecture
Include those covered by prehistory and early history of the Philippines
archipelago and its inhabitants,
Start of scientific and technological development
pre-colonial period
- Agriculture: natives were trained to use innovative approaches in farming
- Engineering: buildings, churches, bridges, roads and forts; developed
- Trade was prioritized for bigger profits
- Health and education system
- Formal education was formed;
COLONIAL PERIOD: SPANISH
Institutions for science and technology were re-organized
The American occupation modernized almost all aspects of life in the Philippines.
AMERICAN PERIOD
- They established a government agency, the Bureau of Science, for the sole purpose of nurturing development in the field of science and technology.
- Promotion of Science and Technology in the Philippines was intensified.
- The establishment of schools, universities, boards ,and bureaus: Bureau of Science (1905); University of the Philippines (1908).
AMERICAN PERIOD
What Period?
National Research Council (1933)
Focus of the American Colonization
American pERIOD
Laboratorio Municipal is now called?
Institute of Science
Each leadership had its own science and technology agenda
There was a deterioration of science in the pH that led to the creation of National Science Development Board
Post colonial period
Mandated the Department of Education and Culture to promote science courses in public high schools
Philippine Science Community (1968) was established
Philippine Coconut Research Institute (PHILCORIN)
FERDINAND MARCOS
DEPT OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE IS NOW?
DEPED
PHILIPPINE SCIENCE COMMUNITY IS THE SITE OF WHAT DEPT NOW?
DOST
National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) was established in 1976
- The reservoir of scientific and technological expertise
- Salary increase for teachers in PSHS
FERDINAND MARCOS
NAST IS NOW?
DOST
To play an integral role in the country’s sustainable economic recovery and growth
Science and TechnologyMaster Plan
NAST RENAMED TO DOST
CORAZON AQUINO
Had 3,000 competent scientist and engineers
“Doctors to the Barrio Program”
e.g., National Program for Gifted Filipino Children in Science and Technology
FIDEL RAMOS
Magna Carta for Scientist, Engineers, Research and other Science and Technology Personnel in Government
RA 8439
Science and Technology Scholarship Act of 1994
RA 7687
Inventors and Inventions Incentive Act
RA 7459
The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines
RA 8293
Cost effective irrigation technology
Providing basic health care services to those who cannot afford it
JOSEPH ESTRADA
Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
RA 8749
Electronic Commerce Act of 2000
RA 8792
S &T were developed to strengthen the education system and to address poverty
Farmers were encouraged to use rice that can withstand environmental hazards
GLORIA ARROYO
Philippines as an innovation hub IN Asia
FILIPINNOVATION
Biofuels Act; to use indigenous materials as sources of energy; failed toproduce positive outcome due to lack of technology
RA 9367
Agriculture and Fisheries Mechanization (AFMech) Law; for modernization of machinery
RA 10601
Focused on R&D, agriculture and disaster preparedness
More budget (6X)
Commercialization of R&D for more intellectual rights
Philippine Space Technology Program
RODRIGO DUTERTE
Was launched on March
23, 2016, via the Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and released into orbit on April 27, 2016, from the International Space Station (ISS).
last images of the Philippines it transmitted were of Samar
province, taken on Dec. 28, 2019, while its final captures were made on Feb. 2, 2020.
DIWATA 1
enters its fifth and
projected final year of mission in 2023, it will continue to orbit the Earth at 7.560 km/s at 602.8 km
altitude capturing thousands more images for environmental monitoring
and disaster response and management
LAUNCHED OCTOBER 29, 2018
DIWATA 2
IDENTIFY WHICH CONTRIBUTION OF S&T TO SOCIETY:
Mechanization of farming: mass food
production; tools to manage damaging effects of climate change
Genetically modified crops: grow faster and resistant to pests
Fertilizers: increase soil nutrients
AGRICULTURE
IIDENTIFY WHICH CONTRIBUTION OF S&T TO SOCIETY: Improved land, air and sea transport
TRANSPORTATION
Internet & social media: information
Learning management: computers, phones and other gadgets; online learning
COMMUNICATION
ADVERSE IMPACTS OF S&T
ENVIRONMENT
RESOURCE DEPLETION
WASTE GENERATION
DEPENDENCE
