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SCIENCE It came from the Latin word
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“Scientia” meaning knowledge.
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It is any system of knowledge that is connected with the physical world and that entails unbiased observations and systematic experimentation
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Science
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knowledge which uses systematic observation and experimentation.
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Scientific method
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SCIENTIFIC METHOD
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- Identifying the problem
- Gather and study information about the problem
- Research
- Survey/Interview
- Books/Literature
- Observation/Senses
- Formulate hypothesis
- Experimentation
- Formulate Theory
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These are sciences that deal with the physical world. They focus on things we can observe, measure, and touch — that’s why they are called tangible.
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Natural Science
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The study of living things.
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Biology
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The study of the Earth’s structure and materials.
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Geology
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The study of plants.
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Botany
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The study of matter and how it changes.
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Chemistry
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The study of matter, energy, and motion.
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Physics
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→ The study of
the Earth and its processes.
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Earth Science
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These are sciences
that deal with human behavior,
society, and culture
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Social science
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The study of the
mind and
behavior
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Psychology
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The study of
society and human
relationships.
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Sociology
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The study of how
resources are produced,
distributed, and used.
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Economics
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The study of past
events.
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History
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The study of how
people learn and are taught
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Education
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The use of
knowledge from natural sciences to
solve practical problems in daily life
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Applied science
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the universe
began with a huge explosion
(Big Bang) around
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13 - 15 billion years ago
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These gases came together to
form stars and the sun.
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Hydrogen and helium
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Stars, including the sun, are
made of about
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70% hydrogen
and 13–36% helium.
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These were the basic units of
life and the ancestors of all
other living organisms.
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unicellular organisms
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unicellular organisms like
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monera and protista
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lived both in
water and on land.
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Amphibians
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adapted fully to land
life.
Reptiles
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evolved from reptiles.
Birds
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warm-blooded
animals, gave birth to live
young.
Mammals
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The three-age system was
introduced in the early 19th
century by
Christian Jurgensen
Thomsen
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The earliest stage of human
history when people mainly
focused on food and survival.
Primitive era
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They lived by hunting animals,
fishing, and gathering plants for
food.
- The people in this era are called
Homo habilis, which means
“handy man".
Primitive era
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They lived about 2.4 to 1.4
million years ago. Uses their
hands to run fast to survive
from predators
Homo habilis
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They had small brains (about
the size of a human fist)
They accidentally discovered
fire because of the lightning,
volcano eruption and stone
rubbing.
- They were called "nomads"
Homo habilis
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The period of weapons made of
stone, wood, bone, or some
other material aside from metal
Stone age
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Divided the
Stone Age into the Paleolithic
and Neolithic periods
John Lubbock
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The Paleolithic era derives its
name from the Greek words
"palcos", meaning "old", and
"lithos", meaning "stone".
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Longest phase of human
history (2.5 MYA 10,000 BC)
Paleolithic period
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Humans evolve from homo
habilis to homo sapiens.
Mesolithic period
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Sapiens =
“wise” or “to think,”
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The people evolve from homo
habilis to home
- erectus. Came from the latin
word "erect" means to stand
upright
Neolithic period
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people that discovered that
mixing copper (90%) + tin (10%)
= bronze
Sumerians
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was
discovered when mixed with
bronze,
Iron ( ferrus )
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The religion here is called (Iron age)
Astrology
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is the
period of cultural history
between the 8th century BC
and 6th century AD centered on
the Mediterranean Sea
Classical antiquity
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were the people of
Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq
- Known as the “Cradle of
Civilization.”
Sumerians
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a major ancient Mesopotamian city, considered by many to be the world's first true city, located in modern-day Iraq
Uruk city
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one of
the first written legal codes.
They believed in the phrase
"Whatever you did, you will pay
for it.”
Code of Hammurabi (Babylonians)
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The population was
concentrated in the fertile
Lower Nile Valley
Egyptians
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a picture-based system
Hieroglyphics
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Later developed the
abstract form of
________ writing but
deliberately preserved
the hieroglyphic form.
Hieratic
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Considered the founders of
Natural Science (Science based
on natural laws) and all
Western Sciences.
Greeks
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Father of Abstract
Geometry
Greek
mathematician,
astronomer, A
geometer, military
engineer, logician,
part of the great
seven (7) sages of
Greece
Thales of Miletus
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Student of Thales
- Developed the first
cosmology
Created a map of the
known world.
- Invented the gnomon
(part of a sundial).
Anaximander of Miletus
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An Ionian Greek
Philosopher
- Founder of
Pythagoreanism
Pythagoras of Samos
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Formulated the
theory of the Four
Classical Elements
(Air, Fire, Water,
Earth).
Empidocles
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Founder of Atomic
Theory of the
Universe
- The laughing
scientist
Democritus of Abdera
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Father of Western
Philosophy.
- Founded the School
of thought of
Philosophy
Socrates
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- Student of Socrates
- Established the
Academy (first
university in Europe).
- In his work, "Republic,
illustrates the
theory of forms
Plato
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Student of Plato
- Rejected the theory of
Forms
- He’s the first one who
classified different
animals (and their
scientific terms)
- Father of Biology and
Zoology.
Aristotle
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Book of Aristotle
Historia Animalium
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Friend of Aristotle
- Father of Geography
- First to accurately
measure the
accurate
circumference of the
earth - 25,000 miles
- established the
concepts of latitude
and longitude
Erastosthenes of Cyrene
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First Physicist.
- Favored by the
Alexander the Great
Famous for the
Principle of
Buoyancy, the
________ Screw
Archimedes
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Father of Medicine.
Hippocrates of Cos
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Roman Empire's
greatest physician
- A student of
Hippocrates.
Galen
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Proposed the
Geocentric Universe
model (Earth is the
center).
Great Grandfather of
Cleopatra
Ptolemy
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- Founder of
Philosophical Taoism.
- Author of the Tao Te
Ching.
- The Tao (The Way)
Lao tzu
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Father of
Confucianism. (A
system of social and
ethical philosophy
focusing on respect,
tradition, and good
governance).
Confucius
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Greatest emperor of
Rome
Julius caesar
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First emperor to
profess Christianity
- Moved the capital to
Constantinople
- governance).
Constantine
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First draw the map of
Europe to China
Marco Polo
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Discovered America
(1492)
Christopher columbus
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Credited with the first
circumnavigation of
the globe
- Discovered the
Philippines (1521).
Ferdinand Magellan
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Drew the Vitruvian
Man.
- Designed early
concepts for
parachute and
flying machine
(ornithopter)
- Painter of the Mona
Lisa and The Last
Supper
Leonardo da vinci
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Debunked the Geocentric theory
and proposed the
Heliocentric
(Sun-centered)
model.
Nicolaus copernicus
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Student of
Copernicus.
- Established the Laws
of Planetary Motion,
proving the
heliocentric model.
Johannes kepler
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Created the
telescope and
provided
observational proof
for heliocentrism.
Galileo Galilei
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Established the Three
Laws of Motion
(Inertia, Acceleration,
Action/Reaction).
Isaac newton
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Father of Chemistry
- Created an early
version of the
Periodic Table.
Antoine lavoisier
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Chemist who studied
physics
- Known for ______
Law of gases
Robert boyle
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Improved the steam
engine.
- First Idea of printing
machine
James watt
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Invented the printing
machine (moveable
type).
Johannes Gutenberg
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Studied temperature
- Created the mercury
thermometer and
the Fahrenheit
temperature scale.
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
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First US president
- Ideas about
electricity
invented the _______
stove and a type of
chimney.
Benjamin franklin
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Augustinian Monk
studied religions
- Initiated the
Protestant
Reformation
Martin Luther
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Father of Electricity
- Conceptualized the
relationship between
magnetism and
electricity
Michael faraday
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Conceptualized
Voltage/Electricity
Alessandro volta
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Conceptualized
Ampere (unit of
electric current).
Andre marie ampere
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Father of Computer
- Designed First
Mechanical
Calculator (size big
as classroom)
Charles Babbage
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Developed Morse
Code
Samuel Morse
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Augustinian Monk
- Father of Genetics
- Studied DNA/heredity
of plants
Gregor Mendel
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Father of
psychoanalysis
- Studied the
unconscious mind
Sigmund freud
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3rd Darwinian Revolution
- Based on On the
Origin of
Species/Theory of
Revolution
Charles's darwin
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Created the Periodic
Table of Elements
(The one we used ‘til
today)
Dmitri Mendeleev
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Discovered the
Electron (disproving
Dalton’s model of the
invisible atom)
Joseph John Thompson
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Father of Nuclear
Physics
- Discovered the
Proton
Ernest Rutherford
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Developed the
modern model of
atom structure
Niels Bohr
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One of the good
chemist
- Discovered Polonium
and Radium
Marie curie sklodowska
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Developed the
Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein
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Discovered the
Neutron
James Chadwick
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Right hand of
Oppenheimer
- Wants the Nuclear
Powerplant
- Famous for her work
on radioactivity and
the Manhattan
Project.
Chien shung wu
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Invented the _______
Prize Award
- Also Dynamite
Alfred Nobel
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Invented the remote
control and
pioneered AC
electricity and radio
technology (like
Bluetooth).
Nikola Tesla
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American actress
and inventor
- Co-invented a
frequency-hopping
system (the basis for
modern remote
control and Wi-Fi).
Hedy Lamarr
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Pioneered the study
of dark matter in the
universe.
Vera rubin
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Theory of black hole
and time travel
Stephen Hawking
105
Founded facebook
Mark Zuckerberg
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