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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

Midterm and Semi-Finals / SUMMATIVE TEST

in
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

PART I. WRITTEN WORKS

Directions : Hand Written. On a whole sheet of collegiate paper, Explicate the following with exemplar. Take
photos of it, or you may use the Cam Scanner App in taking pictures, upload on our FB group
using the usual format in posting your work/output. Compile your papers using brown envelop
and submit to me personally at SNS.
Deadline : December 3, 2021 / 5:00pm

1. Is our reverence of science justified? explain.

2. Were we successful so far in trying to tie down technology with what we conceive as human
flourishing
3. What do you think constitutes human flourishing?
4. What would have happened to humankind if technology did not exist?
5. Do you agree with Martin Heidegger in his idea that technology should only be seen as one of
the approaches in perceiving truth? What are other possible approaches we should consider?
6. What is a good life?
7. What is the relationship between the good a life and science?
8. Does technology always lead us to the good life? How and why?
9. Do people really need technology in their lives? Is it really a necessity?
10. How do you reconcile the “need for technology and the dilemma/s it faces?
11. Should there be an ethics of technology?
12. Who are the contributors of the technological advances of the information age?
13. Aside from communication, what are other aspects of society is/ are being influenced in the
information age?
14. What other technological advancements can possibly develop in the future?
15. How would you reconcile the emerging needs of human beings regarding their health and the
need to protect the growth of biodiversity?
16. Do you think that Earth can exist without human beings taking care of it? Or biodiversity also
needs human beings for it to be in a continuous growing process?
17. What are small ways that you think would promote safekeeping our biodiversity? What do you
think are the common human activities that can harm biodiversity? What would be the
consequences if these human activities might be stopped and prohibited
18. How would you reconcile the advantages and disadvantages that Genetically modified
organisms (GMO) brings to humans?

ROBERTO V. MABULAC/ STS

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19. When do you think should the pursuit of GMOs research stop?
20. Is genetic engineering a pure scientific process or it is indeed an act of humans playing like god?

PART II. PERFORMANCE TASK

Directions : by using PowerPoint Presentation, perform the following tasks. You can upload the following
our FB Group of Google Classroom.
Deadline : December 3, 2021 / 5:00pm

TASK 1. e-Portfolio 1 (separate PPT)

 State a brief history of discovery that brought about the invention or discovery of the things
stated below. State their contributions in our scientific development
o Gravity
o Telescope
o Processed food
o Microscope
o Radio
o Benzene Ring
o Large Hadron Collider
o Guns
o Internet
o cell phones
 TASK 2. e-Portfolio 2 (separate PPT)
o Good Life Collage – look for pictures that demonstrate how technology has made the
man’s desire for a happy lie more realizable. Explain how these technological
advancements have made the campaign for the attainment of good life easier or
otherwise.
o Compare and Contrast – identify two modes of doing the same thing where one involves
a more technologically advanced method. Example would be snail mail vs. email. List
down examples. Is a less technologically sophisticated mechanism can actually turn out
to be better in terms of reaching for the good life? Is the more technologically advanced
always better?
 TASK 3 e-Portfolio 2 (separate PPT)
o Creative work. Think of a device with special features that you can develop to help
improve lives of people in our society. It could be something that you can develop to
help in communication, transportation, health and the like.
 TASK 4 e-Portfolio 2 (separate PPT)
o Research work. Present the following topic

ROBERTO V. MABULAC/ STS

COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION
SAMAR COLLEGES, Inc.
Catbalogan City, Samar
Tel. Nos. (055) 251- 3021, 543-8381, Fax (055) 251-3021

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

 Golden Rice of the International Rice research Institute

 Genetically modified organism produced by Philippine researchers
 Issues on Philippine Biosafety Policies.

ROBERTO V. MABULAC/ STS