Republic of the Philippines

PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Lingayen Campus
College of Education
1st Semester, SY. 2021-2022

Activity No. 2 in GE 6 – Science, Technology and Society

Name: Tatiana Mae C. Meneses Yr., Course & Section: I- BSE Science

LEARNING ACTIVITY 2

1. After reading pages 20 – 22 of your STS textbook, complete the following table:

Heavy plough Gunpowder Paper money Mechanical Spinning

clock wheel
Developer / inventor Europeans Chinese Chinese Yi Xing (I- Indians
Alchemists Hsing) (Theorized)
Origin Europe China China China India
Time of invention Around 1000 Around 850 17th Century 723 AD Between 6th &
AD AD AD 11th Century
AD
Impact or contribution It makes It leads to the Transportation People are It makes
to mankind weaving less foundation or to go around able to keep weaving less
time invention of different an accurate time
consuming new and places track of time consuming
wherein with advanced become which leads to wherein with
the use of weapons easier the the use of
spinning used in compared to establishments spinning
wheel, it combat or the previous or foundations wheel, it
speed up the warfare like forms of of work speed up the
rate at which cannons and currencies to patterns for rate at which
fiber could be grenades. the people people and fiber could be
spun 10 to during that change the spun 10 to
100 times time way their days 100 times
faster than especially were spent faster than
the usual merchants during the time the usual
hand spinning and traders that hand spinning
method. who really mechanical method
need to go clock was not
through yet invented.
different
places to
accomplish
their job or
goal.

2. Prepare your answers sending it directly in the Learning Management System.