INTRODUCTION TO

SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY

& SOCIETY
SCIENCE
CONTENT Body of systematic knowledge about nature
METHOD Of obtaining that knowledge, - experiment
ATTITUDE Organized and systematic skepticism
GOALS Explanation, understanding, prediction
LANGUAGE Mathematics and technical vocabulary
TOOLS Uses Instruments and technologies
 BRANCHES OF SCIENCE
NATURAL SOCIAL APPLIED
SCIENCES SCIENCES SCIENCES
• Physical Science
• Engineering
-Chemistry
-Computer Science
-Physics
-Astronomy • Sociology -Civil Eng’g
-Electrical Eng’g
• Life Science -Mechanical Eng’g
-Zoology • Economics • Health Sciences
-Botany -Medicine
-Ecology -Dentistry
-Genetics • Political Science -Pharmacy
• Earth Science • Agriculture
-Geology • Psychology
-Oceanography
-Meteorology
-Paleontology
TECHNOLOGY
 comprised of the
products and processes
created to meet our
needs and wants.
How Does Technology Address Human
Needs and Wants?

Information Communication Bio-Related & Medical

Agriculture

Technology

Manufacturing
& Transportation Environmental

Construction
1. INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Information Technology allows us to
send signals around the world.
Examples:
Television, Internet, Cell phones
2. Communication Technology
Communication Technology is giving or
exchanging information.
Examples:
Magazines, DVDs, photography, video games
3. BIO-RELATED AND AGRICULTURAL
TECHNOLOGY
Biotechnology transforms living things into products or new
forms of life.
Examples:
Genetic engineering

Agricultural Technology produces plants and animals for

food, fiber, and fuel.
Examples:
Irrigation, food preservation,
weed and insect control

Both deal with living things:

Plants, animals, and people
4. MEDICAL
TECHNOLOGY
Medical Technology creates tools
to treat disease and injury.
Examples:
Lasers, prosthesis, ultrasound, medications
5. ENVIRONMENTAL
TECHNOLOGY
Environmental Technology creates tools to
minimize the effect of technology on the
development of living things.
Examples: Hybrid vehicles, conservation,
waste management (recycling)
6. PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
Production Technology is the
manufacturing of physical goods on an
assembly line and the construction of
structures on a job site.
Production Technology
Manufacturing Construction
changes natural or Technology builds
synthetic materials structures that support
into usable loads and protect us
products. from the environment.
Examples: Clothing, vehicles,
Examples: House, bridge, roads
food
7. TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY

Transportation Technology provides a

way for people, animals, products, and
materials to be moved from one place
to the next.
Examples:
Flight – Airplane, space shuttle
Land – Train, subway, automobile, bicycle
Water – Commercial, cruise ships
SOCIETY
An aggregate of people
involved in persistent social
interaction, or a large social
group sharing the same
geographical or social
territory, typically subject to
the same political authority
and dominant cultural
expectations
Man is a social animal.
~Aristotle
TYPES OF SOCIETY
PRE-INDUSTRIAL
SOCIETY

Hunter-gatherer
Societies INDUSTRIAL
SOCIETY
Pastoral Societies

Agricultural Societies POST-INDUSTRIAL

SOCIETY

Feudal Societies
Hunter-Gatherer
Societies
 Strongest dependence
on the environment
 Nomadic
 Today, a few remain in
existence
Pastoral Societies
 Relied on domestication
of animals
 Started to cultivate plants
 Still nomadic
 Commenced trading
Agricultural Societies
 Made farming possible and profitable
 Tools were made of metal
 “Dawn of civilization”
 Social classes became more divisive
Feudal Societies
 Strict
hierarchical
system of power
 Landlords,vassals,
and peasants
Industrial Society

 Industrial revolution around 1760

to 1840
 Dramatic rise in technological
invention
 Steam engine, threshing
machines, paper, glass etc.
 People flocked to factories
Post - Industrial Society

 Much of the economy is involved

in providing information and
services
 Social classes are divided by
access to education