SCIEN

CE,
TECH
NOLO
GY &
SOCIE
Name of student:____________________________
TY
Year & Course:_________________________

( GE
107 )
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 Ms. Gerlyn Purisima Ordonio
INSTRUCTOR

INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, &

SOCIETY

This section introduce Science, Technology, & Society ( STS )

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

At the end of this section, the students are able to:

1.

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1. 1 Introduction to Science,
Technology and Society
Definition of Terms
Science- the word came from
the Latin "scientia," meaning
"knowledge." It
refers to the systematic and
methodical activity of building
and organizing
knowledge about how the
universe behaves through
observation, experimentation,
or both.
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According to famous American
science historian, John
Heilbron (2003), " Modern
science is a discovery of
regularity in nature, enough for
natural phenomena to be
described by principles and
laws. he also explained that
science required invention
to devise techniques,
abstractions, apparatuses, and
organizations to describe these

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natural regularities and their
law-like descriptions.
Technology- it is the
application of scientific
knowledge, laws, and
principles to
produce services, materials,
tools, and machines aimed at
solving real-world
problems. it came from the
Greek word techne, meaning
'art, skill, or cunning of
hand
1. 1 Introduction to Science, Technology and Society
Definition of Terms
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Science- the word came from the Latin "scientia," meaning "knowledge." It
refers to the systematic and methodical activity of building and organizing
knowledge about how the universe behaves through observation, experimentation,
or both.
According to famous American science historian, John Heilbron (2003), " Modern
science is a discovery of regularity in nature, enough for natural phenomena to be
described by principles and laws. he also explained that science required invention
to devise techniques, abstractions, apparatuses, and organizations to describe these
natural regularities and their law-like descriptions.
Technology- it is the application of scientific knowledge, laws, and principles to
produce services, materials, tools, and machines aimed at solving real-world
problems. it came from the Greek word techne, meaning 'art, skill, or cunning of
hand

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