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a knowledge – systematize body of knowledge around us

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SCIENCE

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flied of systematic inquiry into nature

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SCIENCE

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a form of a human cultural activity.

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SCIENCE

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a total societal enterprise

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SCIENCE

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Science process

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I. Identify the problem (question)
II. Gather data (research)
III. Hypothesis
IV. Test hypothesis (experiment)
V. Does the new data agree?

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Major division of science

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  1. Social sciences
  2. Formal sciences
  3. Applied sciences
  4. Natural sciences
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which study people and societies

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Social sciences

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which use formal systems to generate knowledge.

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Formal sciences

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which study the material or physical world.

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Natural sciences

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which apply existing scientific knowledge to develop more practical application.

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Applied sciences

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3 main branches of natural science

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  1. Life / biological sciences
  2. Physical sciences
  3. Earth/space sciences
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  • Any science that deals with organisms, their life process, and their interrelationships.
  • Study of living things also known as biology
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Life / biological sciences

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Major branches of biological science

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  • Botany
  • Zoology
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the science of plants life.

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Botany

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science that covers animals and animal life.

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Zoology

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  • Any of the science dealing with inanimate matter or with energy, physics, chemistry
  • Study of non-living things.
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Physical science

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Branches of physical science

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  • Chemistry
  • Physics
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science that deals with the composition, properties, reactions, and the structure of matter. It is regarded as the “central science”

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Chemistry

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study of matter and energy and the interactions between them, it is regarded as the fundamental science

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Physics

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  • Any of the various science that deals with the earth and space, its composition, or any of its changing aspects.
  • Study of earth and space
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Earth / space sciences

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Branches of Earth/Space Sciences

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  1. Geology
  2. Hydrology
  3. Meteorology
  4. Astronomy
  5. Paleontology
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  • the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed and the processes by which they change.
  • Study of earth.
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Geology

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  • the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth and other planets.
  • Study of water.
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Hydrology

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  • study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, such as weather and climate.
  • Study of atmospheric
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Meteorology

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  • study of the universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere.
  • Study of heavenly bodies.
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Astronomy

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  • study of the forms of life that existed in prehistoric or geologic periods.
  • Study of fossils
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Paleontology

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  • Systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to stablish facts and reach new conclusions.
  • Refers to a process of acquiring knowledge.
  • We do this to gather information to form a science.
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Research

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Types of research

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  1. Fundamental / basic research
  2. Applied research
  3. Mission-oriented research
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type of research that is focus on basic knowledge

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Fundamental / basic research

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using other concepts.

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Applied research

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goal-oriented research.

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Mission-oriented research

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refer to technology as a product.

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  1. Technology as technics
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– is as the process.

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  1. Technology as technology
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focus on doing a technology.

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  1. Technology as a form of a human cultural activity
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technology as a whole.

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  1. Technology as a total societal enterprise
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Technological process

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I. Identification of a specific need.
II. Conceptualization of plan.
III. Execution of plan

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Types of technology

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  1. Material technology
  2. Equipment technology
  3. Energy technology
  4. Information technology
  5. Life technology
  6. Management technology
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  • Deals with the extraction, fabrication, processing, combination and synthesis of materials.
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Material technology

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  • Deals with the design and fabrication of tools, instrument, devices, and machines.
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Equipment technology

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  • Deals with the generation, conversion, and distribution of various forms of energy.
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Energy technology

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  • Deals with the storage, processing, retrieval, transmission and utilization of information.
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Information technology

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  • Deals with the preservation, repair, maintenance, reproduction, and improvement of living systems.
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Life technology / biotechnology

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  • Deals with the planning, organization, coordination, and control of social activities.
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Management technology

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Classification of technology

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1st wave technology
2nd wave technology
3rd wave technology

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  • Comprising the pre-industrial technologies with are labor-intensive, small-scale, decentralized and based on empirical rather than scientific knowledge.
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1st wave technology

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  • Comprising the industrial technologies which were developed since the time of industrial revolution until the end of world war II.
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2nd wave technology

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  • Refers to the community, nation or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions and activities.
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Society

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  • Comprising the post-industrial or the high technologies which are called science-intensive since they are based on the modern scientific knowledge of structures, properties and interaction of molecules, atoms, and nuclei.
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3rd wave technology

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Evolution of society

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  1. Hunter and gatherer societies
  2. Shifting and farming societies
  3. Agricultural and mining societies
  4. Manufacturing and processing societies
  5. Synthesizing and recycling societies
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  • E.g. slash and burn farming
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Shifting and farming societies

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  • The most primitive of all societies.
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Hunter and gatherer societies

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  • Both depend on the natural resources of the world to sustain the needs of the people but both entail the risk of environmental damage.
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Agricultural and mining societies

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  • The use of coal marked the start of industrialization.
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Manufacturing and processing societies

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  • Production of synthetic food and other resources and recycling of nonrenewable resources.
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Synthesizing and recycling societies

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Importance of science and technology to society

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  1. Military significance
  2. Economic significance
  3. Medical significance
  4. Human successes and failure
  5. Threats to human survival
  6. Ethical dilemmas
  7. Disparities in human well-being
  8. Social and cultural roles

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