Module 1(Scientific Revolution)

• Science defined as

  Science as an Idea

  Science as an Intellectual Activity

  Science as a body of knowledge

  Science as a personal and social activity
• Science as an Idea

  It includes ideas, theories, and all available systematic explanations and observations about the natural and physical world.
• Science as Intellectual activity

  It encompasses a systematic and practical study of the natural and physical world. This process of study involves systematic observation and experimentation.
• Science as a body of knowledge

  It is a subject or a discipline, a field of study, or a body of knowledge that deals with the process of learning about the natural and physical world. This what we refer to as a school science.
• Science as a personal and social activity

  This explains that science is both knowledge and activities done by human beings to develop better understanding of the world around them, It is a means to improve life and to survive in life. It is interwoven with people’s lives.
• Scientific revolution


  as the period of enlightenment when the developments in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology, and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature
• NICOLAUS COPERNICUS


  Copernican heliocentrism Commentariolus (little commentary) the idea or model of the universe that complete in 1510
• Commentariolus (little commentary)

  The manuscript of Nicolaus Copernicus called a
• CHARLES DARWIN


   Famous for his theory of evolution. He changed our concept of the world’s creation and evolution. He introduced the idea off all organic life, including human beings, under the realm of evolutionary thinking.

   
• The Origin of Species

  Charles Darwin published a book in 1589 called
• SIGMUND FREUD


  Famous figure in the field of psychology. His method of psychoanalysis was proven to be effective in understanding some neurological conditions that were not understood by medicine at that time.
• Orthodox 


  The method of Sigmund Freud focuses on human sexuality and the evil of man.
• Cradles of Early Science

  Maya Civilization

  Inca Civilization
• Mesoamerica region


  The entire area of Central America form South Mexico up to the border of South America that rich in culture and knowledge before the arrival of its European colonizers.
• Maya Civilization


  the most famous civilizations that lasted for approximately 2,000 years. These people are known for their works in astronomy
•  Inca Civilization

  It is famous in Mesoamerica made advanced scientific ideas considering their limitations as an old civilization
• scientific ideas developed in the Inca Civilization

  1. Roads paved with stones;

  2. Stone buildings that surmounted earthquakes and other disaster;

  3. Irrigation system and technique for storing water for their crops to grow in all types of land;

  4. Calendar with 12 months to mark their religious festivals and prepare them for planting season;

  5. The first suspension bridge;

  6. Quipu, a system of knotted ropes to keep records that only experts can interpret; and

  7. Inca textiles since cloth was one of the specially prized artistic achievements.