Name:

Danr
ebJohnM.Camacho

Sect
ion:
CVET-
1203

Act
ivi
ty:
Answert
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ions

1.Whatarethecur
renttr
endsi
nSci
enceeducat
ioni
nthepr
ogr
ammef
ori
nter
nat
ional
student
assessment(PI
SA)resul
ts?

Anti
biot
ics-areusedtotr
eat 
orprevent
 somet y
pesofbact
eri
ali
nfect
ions.Theyar
enot
ef
fecti
veagainstvi
ral
inf
ecti
ons,suchast hecommoncoldorfl
u.

Tel
evi
sion-Wit
houtthi
stheenti
reworldstr
uck.I
thel
pust
olear
n,t
oupdat
ethedayt
oday
news,
makesawarenesst
opeople,ent
ert
ainerandstor
ytel
l
er

TheAir
plane-Ai
rpl
anesaretr
ansport
ationdev
iceswhi
char
edesignedtomovepeopl
eand
car
gofrom onepl
acetoanother
.Air
planescomeinmanydi
ffer
entshapesandsi
zesdependi
ng
onthemissi
onoftheair
craf
t.

TouchScr een-Thet
ouchscreenenablestheusertoi
nter
actdi
rect
lywit
hwhatisdi
spl
ayed,
rat
herthanusingamouse,touchpad,orothersuchdevi
ces(ot
herthanast
ylus,
whi
chis
opti
onalformostmoderntouchscreens).

Soci
alNetwor
king-isaneffi
cientwayforresearchscient
ist
stoconnectwit
hthepubl
icatl
arge.
Sci
enti
stshav
et ool
satthei
rdisposalt
or eachouttomi ll
i
onsofpeople,
inv
olveci
ti
zen
sci
enti
stsi
nproject
s,andcol
laborat
ewi t
hcolleagues.Yetsoci
almediauseisoft
ensti
gmati
zed.

GPS(GlobalPosit
ioningSy st
em)-devicethatcanr ecordandst
oredat
a,thesedevicescan
becomeasour ceofev idenceinci
vi
landcr i
mi nalcases.I
nusi
ngGPSdataasev idence,i
tis
i
mpor t
anttounderstandwhati mpactstheaccur acyofthedat
athesedev
icesproduceaswel l
asthepotent
ialf
orer rorsinanal
yzi
ngthedat a.

NuclearEnergy-Suddenl
yhumanityhadapowersour cet
hatdidn'
tpoll
ute,wasef f
icientand
practi
cal
lyunli
mited,
andsohadt hepotenti
alt
ochangetheplanetoverni
ght.Unfortunatel
y,i
t
wasat wo-edgedswor di
nthatthi
ssameener gysour
cecouldbeusedt ocreatethemost
destr
ucti
veweaponsi nhist
ory,
threat
eninghumansurvi
valwit
hitsverypresence.

TheSubmar i
ne-Submarinesusesoundwav es(sonar)tofindtheirwayunder
wat er,t
olocat
e
thei
rtar
gets,andt
oavoidtheirenemi
es.Thi
sinturnrequir
esr esearchonthephysical
charact
eri
sti
csofseawater,
thetopogr
aphyoftheoceanf loor,andahostofrelat
edt opi
cs.

Rocketr
y-Theuseofr ocketsinwar
swasr ev
ivedwit
ht hecreat
ionofir
on-
casedr ocket
s,known
asMy soreanrocket
s,whichwasdev el
opedinIndi
anKingdom ofMy sor
eduringthemi d18th
cent
ury,[
1][
2]andwer elatercopi
edbytheBri
ti
sh.Thelatermodelsandimprovementswer e
knownast
heCongr
ever
ocketandusedi
ntheNapol
eoni
cWar
s.

Theautomobil
e-Theautomobil
ewasfi
rsti
nvent
edandper
fect
edi
nGermanyandFr
anceinthe
l
ate1800s,t
houghAmericansqui
ckl
ycametodominat
etheaut
omoti
vei
ndust
ryi
nthefi
rsthal
f
ofthet
wenti
ethcent
ury.

Mobi
leOper
ati
ngSystem -Amobil
eoper
ati
ngsystem (
OS)issoft
warethatal
lowssmart
phones,
t
abl
etPCs(per
sonalcomputer
s)andot
herdev
icestorunappl
icat
ionsandprograms.

Art
if
ici
alHear t-Fir
stimplementedtoapati
entin2001,Abi
oCorar ti
fi
cial
heartwasfreefrom
anyexternalwiresortubestorunit
.Theenergytorunthi
shear tcomesfrom batt
erythatwas
char
gedt hroughanener gytr
ansmissi
onprocess.Theori
ginalversi
onwaslimitedintermsof
operat
ionaluse.Whi l
ethesecondversi
onhadlifeuptofi
vey ears.

InternetofThings( IoT)-i sanewpar adi

gm thathaschangedt hetraditi
onal wayofliv
ingintoa
hight echli
festyle.Smar tcit
y,smarthomes, poll
uti
oncontrol,energysav i
ng, smart
transportati
on,smar ti
ndust ri
esaresucht r
ansf ormati
onsduet oIoT.Al otofcrucialr
esearch
studiesandi nvestigationshav ebeendonei nordertoenhancet het echnologythroughIoT.
Howev er,t
herear est i
l
l alotofchallengesandi ssuesthatneedt obeaddr essedt oachievethe
fullpotenti
alofIoT.Thesechal l
engesandi ssuesmustbeconsi deredf r
om v ari
ousaspectsof
IoTsuchasappl ications, chal
lenges,enabl
ingt echnol
ogies,socialandenv ir
onment ali
mpact s
etc.

2.
)Whatdoy
out
hinki
sthewor
sti
nvent
ionofmanki
nd?

Nuclearweaponsli
kenuclearnucl
earbombandsoon.Aretheworsti
nvent
ionofthemankind
becauseitcancauselong-t
erm damagetoourpl
anet
.Itcoul
dsev
erel
ydisr
upttheeart
h's
ecosystem andr
educeglobaltemper
atur
es,

3.
)Whatki
ndsoft
hingsdoi
nvent
orsneedt
othi
nkaboutbef
oret
heyt
ryt
obui
l
dsomet
hing?
Why?

Therearemanyt hi
ngsthattheinventorstoconsiderbeforetheyt ryt
oi nventsomet hing.
Invent
ingi
st opr
oducesomet hi
ngsuchasusef ul devi
ceorpr ocessf orthef i
rstt
imet hrough
theuseofimaginati
onorofi ngeni
ousthinkingofexper i
ment .Successful i
nventi
onscan
achiev
ebyt hi
nki
ngwi seandexcellentbecauseonemi stakecanl eadtof ail
ure,i
tisimpor t
antto
makeal otaccur
ateresearchbecauseIbel i
evethatitwillsucceedwheny ouspendal otoft i
me,
moneyandef for
ttoachievethegoal.
4.
)Cany
ounamesomei
nvent
ionsy
ouar
elooki
ngf
orwar
dto.

t
imet
rav
eli
ngmachi
ne,
Aids/
CancerVacci
ne

5.
)Whatwoul
dyoui
nventi
fyouar
easci
ent
ist?

IfIwereasci enti
st,Iwoul dinv entthemachi nethatallowsmi cro-
ti
met ravel
.Peoplewoul dbe
abletocor rectanymi normi stakest heymayhav emadet hr
oughoutt heirli
vesinthismanner .
Theywoul dbeabl et oturnt hecl ocksbackaf ewmoment sinordertocor rectwhat evermist
ake
theyhadmadeear l
i
er .Forexampl e,accidentall
ysay i
ngt hewr ongthingst osomeoneand
causi
ngt hem tobeof fendedi sanex ample.Thi smachi nehast hepot enti
altosav epeoplefrom
embar rassmentand, possi bly,fr
om t heguiltofhav i
nghur tsomeone.Anot herapplicati
onfor
thi
smachi newast opr eventt err
iblethingsfrom happeni ng,suchascaracci dentsandcr i
minal
acti
vi
ty .Iunder st
andt hatat echnologyt hi
ssi gni
ficantandcont enti
ouswoul dnecessi t
atest
rict
governmentr egulat
ionduet ot hepossi bil
it
yt hatsomepeopl ewithless-than-benevolent
i
ntentionscoul dusei tf orunsav orypur poses.

Answert
heFol
l
owi
ngQuest
ions:

1.
)WhataretheCurr
enttr
endsInSci
enceEducat
ionI
nthepr
ogr
ammei
ntheI
nter
nat
ional
St
udentAssessment(
PISA)resul
ts?

Ithinki
tf ocusonsciencereadi
ng,al
somat hematicsandcoll
aborat
ivepr
oblem sol
vi
ngas
minorar easofassessment.Iti
simportanttohaveanexcell
ent,al
waysupdatedandaccur
ate
i
nf ormationswhenwet alkabouteducati
on.Ever
y2y ear
sitisrequi
redacomprehensi
ve
educationalrepor
t.

2.
)Whatar
ethesci
ence-r
elat
edi
ssuesandpr
obl
em i
nthePhi
l
ippi
nes?
Phil
i
ppineschoolshasmanyr efr
ainmentinter
msofscienceeducat
ioni
tincl
udes:short
ageof
qual
ifi
edt eacher
s,nothavi
ngaquali
tytext
books,
incommensurateequi
pment,l
argeclasses,
i
nsuffi
ciencywheni tcomestosuppor
tfrom admi
nist
rat
orsandsoon.

3.
)Howdonewi
nfor
mat
iont
echnol
ogi
eschanget
hesci
enceeducat
ionpr
ocess?

Theaccesst olearningopportuni
tiest
odayisunprecedent
edinscopethankst
otechnol
ogy.
Opportunit
iesforcommuni cationandcoll
aborat
ionhavealsobeenexpandedbyt
echnology
.
Tradit
ional
ly,cl
assroomshav ebeenr el
ati
vel
yisolat
ed,andcol
labor
ati
onhasbeenli
mitedto
otherstudentsinthesamecl assroom orbui
ldi
ng.