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• The history of science and technology in the Philippines started way back before the country gained its independence from the American colonizers
• Science, in Pre-Spanish Philippines, is embedded in the way of life of the people. Scientific knowledge is observed in the way they plant their crops that provide them food, in taking care of animals to help them in their daily tasks and for food production.
• Science is observed in the way they interpret the movements of heavenly bodies to predict seasons and climates, and in organizing days into months and years.
• When the Spaniards colonizes the Philippines, they brought with them their own culture and practices. They established schools for boys and girl and

  introduced the concept of subject and disciplines. It was the beginning of formal science and technology in the country
• The Filipinos developed ways to replicate the technology brought by the Spaniards using indigenous materials
• Medicine and advance science were

  introduced in formal colleges and universities established by the Catholic orders.
• The Galleon trade has brought additional technology and development in the Philippines. Philippines was considered as one of the most developed places in the region.
• The Americans have more influences in the development of Science and technology in the Philippines compared to the Spaniards.
• They established the public education system, improved the engineering works and health conditions of the people.

  Americans
• They established a modern research university, the University of the Philippines and created more public hospitals.

  Americans
• The mineral resources of the country

  were also explored and exploited during the American times
• transportation and communication system were improved, though not accessible throughout the

  country during america’s colonization
• World War II has destabilized the development of the country in many ways. Institutions and public facilities were turned into ashes, houses were

  burned and many lives were destroyed.
• Padilla-Concepcion (2015) reported that in 2015, in response to the ASEAN 2015 Agenda, the government, particularly the Department of Science and Technology. (DOST), has sought the expertise of the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) to consult various sectors in the society to study how the Philippines can prepare itself in meeting the ASEAN 2015 Goals
• NRCP is expected to recommend policies and programs that will improve the competitiveness of the Philippines in the ASEAN Region.
• Caesar A. Saloma – an internationally renowned physicist
• Edgardo Gomez - famous scientist in marine science
• William Padolina – chemistry and president of National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) – Philippines
• Angel Alcala – marine science
• The University of the Philippines-Los Banos is a science paradise for agriculture, forestry, plant and animal science.
• The University of the Philippines-Visayas is also an national centre of marine science, fisheries, and other related

  sciences.
• The University of the Philippines-Manila is a center of excellence and has produced many researchers, doctors, health professionals, and scientist in the area of medical and public health
• The University of the Philippines-Diliman also has

  established a national science and engineering complex to develop more research and produced more scientists and engineers in the country
• John Dewey (2001) stressed the importance of utilizing the natural environment to teach students.
• Science Education provides skills and knowledge that are necessary for a person to live in what Knight (1986) describes as the age of

  science and to develop a citizenry that will meet the goals of science in the society

  (Tilghman, 2005).
• Scientific concepts typically begin with an idea followed by an experiment to substantiate that idea through technical methods and analysis
• Scientific method dictates a logical way of approaching unfamiliar topics, ensuring students can learn

  how to relate theoretical and practical work.
• Knowledge of mathematical concepts is a fundamental prerequisite that comes in handy for qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Scientific method is based on technical skills
• Special Science Elementary Schools (SSES) Project is in pursuance to DepEd order No. 73 s. 2008 and DepEd order no. 51 s. 2010. This project started in June 2007 with 7 unidentified elementary schools that participated or were identified as science elementary schools in the country. Since its inception, the number have grown to more than 60 schools nationwide and this is now its sixth

  year of implementation.
• This is a government program for gifted students in the Philippines. It is a service institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) whose mandate is to offer free scholarship basis for secondary course with special emphasis on subjects pertaining to the sciences

  Philippine Science High School System
• The subject Science and Health is taught in Grade I with a longer time compared to other subjects: 70 minutes for Grades I to III and 80 minutes for

  Grades IV to VI.
• Quezon City Regional High School was established on September 17, 1967. Originally, it was named Quezon City Science High School. It was turned into a regional science high school for the National Capital Region in 1999
• The school was established on October 1, 1963 as the Manila Science High School (MSHS). It is the first science high school in the Philippines
• It is the home and pioneer of the prominent school-based innovation known as the Dynamic Learning Program


  Central Visayan Institute Foundation
• The DLP is a synthesis of classical

  and modern pedagogical theories adapted to foster the highest level of learning, creativity, and productivity.
• central visayan institute foundation takes pride in its Research Center for Theoretical Physics (RCTP) established in 1992
• organizes small international workshops to foster

  the informal but intense exchange of ideas and perspectives on outstanding problems in physics and mathematics.

  Research Center for Theoretical physics
• Ramon Barba- for his outstanding research on tissue culture in Philippine mangoes.
• Josefino Comiso- for his works in observing the characteristics of Antarctica by using satellite images.