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
