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S&T AND NATION BUILDING Flashcards

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  • Among the contributors in recording medicinal plants.
  • Known to be the first local botanist to record more than 200 plants that thrived in the Philippines.
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Ignacio Mercado

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Was a leading chemist in the Philippines during the Spanish era

  • Regarded as the “Father of Philippine Science and Laboratory”
  • Invented the formula for producing a pure kind of alcohol from tuba in a nipa palm.

Won the first prize during the World Fair in Paris, France in 1889

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Anacleto del Rosario

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Anacleto Del Rosario extracted castor oil from the ___________, literally the “palm of Christ” (castor bean), a native plant in the Philippines

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palma christi

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Was a Filipino medical doctor who studied beriberi in infants in the
Philippines.

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Manuel Guerrero

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Filipino botanist claimed to be the inventor of Quink ink used by The Parker Pen Company.

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Francisco Quisumbing

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Quink, which was sold in the US from 1931, is claimed to stand for ‘_______________’

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Quisumbing Ink

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  • Was a Filipino engineer, physicist, a National Scientist, and inventor.
  • He was known as the father of videoconferencing; invented the first two-way videophone.
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Gregorio Zara

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  • He was also one of the country’s pioneer
    aeronautical engineer having invented an airplane engine that ran on plain alcohol as fuel.
  • Among his other notable inventions include a solar-
    powered water heater, the discovery of the physical law of electrical kinetic resistance called t h e Zara
    effect, and a propeller-cutting machine.
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Gregorio Zara

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developed “Enriched Rice,” a rice variety fortified with vitamin B1, which helps prevent beriberi.

  • His discovery helped reduce the cases of beriberi in t h e
    Philippines and in other countries.
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Dr. Juan Salcedo

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a rice variety fortified with vitamin B1, which helps prevent beriberi

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Enriched Rice

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Filipino biochemist and a National Scientist of the Philippines.

He is credited for his research in alternative fuel.

He researched on the production of ethyl ester fuels from sugarcane and coconuts and
devised a method of extracting residual coconut oil through chemical means.

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Julian Banzon

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A Filipino agriculturalist and National Scientist of the
Philippines awardee, known as “the Father of Philippine Plant Breeding.

  • He was awarded several international honors and distinctions for his outstanding achievements and improvements of rice, corn and other economic plants.
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Dioscoro Umali

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Was a Filipino biologist who was named a National Scientist of the Philippines in 2014.

Known for his fieldwork to build sanctuaries and to promote biodiversity in the aquatic ecosystems of the Philippines.

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Angel Alcala

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Was a Filipino inventor and horticulturist
best known for inventing a way to induce more flowers in mango trees using ethrel and potassium nitrate

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Ramon Barba

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Philippine science and technology has a long history, dating back to the early colonial period during which the __________ was created.

_____________ was created at about the same period.

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Bureau of Science
Public school system

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Major shifts in the direction of Philippine Science and
Technology took place right after the proclamation of __________ in 1946

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independence

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In the 1980s, r______________ was given stronger
emphasis, hence, the creation of various interrelated councils and research institutes in t h e country and
creation of strategic science and technology agenda

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research utilization

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18
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Identify what purpose: use of herbal medicines

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health

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Identify what purpose: use of writing, numerical, measurement & calendar systems

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trading

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Identify what purpose: farming, fishing, mining, &weaving

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Livelihood skills

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21
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Identify what purpose: Banaue Rice Terraces

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architecture

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22
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Include those covered by prehistory and early history of the Philippines
archipelago and its inhabitants,

Start of scientific and technological development

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pre-colonial period

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  • Agriculture: natives were trained to use innovative approaches in farming
  • Engineering: buildings, churches, bridges, roads and forts; developed
  • Trade was prioritized for bigger profits
  • Health and education system
  • Formal education was formed;
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COLONIAL PERIOD: SPANISH

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Institutions for science and technology were re-organized

The American occupation modernized almost all aspects of life in the Philippines.

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AMERICAN PERIOD

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  • They established a government agency, the Bureau of Science, for the sole purpose of nurturing development in the field of science and technology.
  • Promotion of Science and Technology in the Philippines was intensified.
  • The establishment of schools, universities, boards ,and bureaus: Bureau of Science (1905); University of the Philippines (1908).
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AMERICAN PERIOD

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What Period?

National Research Council (1933)

Focus of the American Colonization

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American pERIOD

27
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Laboratorio Municipal is now called?

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Institute of Science

28
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Each leadership had its own science and technology agenda

There was a deterioration of science in the pH that led to the creation of National Science Development Board

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Post colonial period

29
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Mandated the Department of Education and Culture to promote science courses in public high schools

Philippine Science Community (1968) was established

Philippine Coconut Research Institute (PHILCORIN)

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FERDINAND MARCOS

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DEPT OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE IS NOW?

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DEPED

31
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PHILIPPINE SCIENCE COMMUNITY IS THE SITE OF WHAT DEPT NOW?

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DOST

32
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National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) was established in 1976

  • The reservoir of scientific and technological expertise
  • Salary increase for teachers in PSHS
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FERDINAND MARCOS

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NAST IS NOW?

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DOST

34
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To play an integral role in the country’s sustainable economic recovery and growth

Science and TechnologyMaster Plan

NAST RENAMED TO DOST

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CORAZON AQUINO

35
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Had 3,000 competent scientist and engineers

“Doctors to the Barrio Program”

e.g., National Program for Gifted Filipino Children in Science and Technology

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FIDEL RAMOS

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Magna Carta for Scientist, Engineers, Research and other Science and Technology Personnel in Government

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RA 8439

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Science and Technology Scholarship Act of 1994

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RA 7687

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Inventors and Inventions Incentive Act

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RA 7459

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The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines

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RA 8293

40
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Cost effective irrigation technology

Providing basic health care services to those who cannot afford it

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JOSEPH ESTRADA

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Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

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RA 8749

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Electronic Commerce Act of 2000

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RA 8792

43
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S &T were developed to strengthen the education system and to address poverty

Farmers were encouraged to use rice that can withstand environmental hazards

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GLORIA ARROYO

44
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Philippines as an innovation hub IN Asia

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FILIPINNOVATION

45
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Biofuels Act; to use indigenous materials as sources of energy; failed toproduce positive outcome due to lack of technology

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RA 9367

46
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Agriculture and Fisheries Mechanization (AFMech) Law; for modernization of machinery

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RA 10601

47
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Focused on R&D, agriculture and disaster preparedness

More budget (6X)

Commercialization of R&D for more intellectual rights

Philippine Space Technology Program

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RODRIGO DUTERTE

48
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Was launched on March
23, 2016, via the Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and released into orbit on April 27, 2016, from the International Space Station (ISS).

last images of the Philippines it transmitted were of Samar
province, taken on Dec. 28, 2019, while its final captures were made on Feb. 2, 2020.

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DIWATA 1

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enters its fifth and
projected final year of mission in 2023, it will continue to orbit the Earth at 7.560 km/s at 602.8 km
altitude capturing thousands more images for environmental monitoring
and disaster response and management

LAUNCHED OCTOBER 29, 2018

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DIWATA 2

50
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IDENTIFY WHICH CONTRIBUTION OF S&T TO SOCIETY:

Mechanization of farming: mass food
production; tools to manage damaging effects of climate change

Genetically modified crops: grow faster and resistant to pests

Fertilizers: increase soil nutrients

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AGRICULTURE

51
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IIDENTIFY WHICH CONTRIBUTION OF S&T TO SOCIETY: Improved land, air and sea transport

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TRANSPORTATION

52
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Internet & social media: information

Learning management: computers, phones and other gadgets; online learning

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COMMUNICATION

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ADVERSE IMPACTS OF S&T

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ENVIRONMENT
RESOURCE DEPLETION
WASTE GENERATION
DEPENDENCE

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