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This document outlines four activities for a science and technology class. The first activity asks students to brainstorm and list the top ten most significant scientific discoveries and inventions of the last hundred years. The second activity discusses science fiction books and whether any predicted futures have come true. The third activity involves discussing evidence for phenomena like ESP, palmistry, and life after death. The fourth activity considers the advantages and disadvantages of modern technologies like computers and telephones. It also asks students to imagine life without computers. For a project, students research the contributions of important scientists like Marie Curie and Albert Einstein.

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Science and Technology

This document outlines four activities for a science and technology class. The first activity asks students to brainstorm and list the top ten most significant scientific discoveries and inventions of the last hundred years. The second activity discusses science fiction books and whether any predicted futures have come true. The third activity involves discussing evidence for phenomena like ESP, palmistry, and life after death. The fourth activity considers the advantages and disadvantages of modern technologies like computers and telephones. It also asks students to imagine life without computers. For a project, students research the contributions of important scientists like Marie Curie and Albert Einstein.

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Science and Technology

Activity 1 - Discoveries and inventions

What technological developments and scientific discoveries have there been in the last
hundred years?

In small groups, brainstorm discoveries/inventions and the advances that have resulted
from them. Agree on a list of the top ten most significant discoveries and inventions. Here
are some suggestions.

the wheel, electricity, the light bulb, vaccinations, nuclear fission,


the silicon chip, the internal combustion engine, printing, the alphabet

What would happen if there was suddenly no electricity in the world?

Activity 2 - Science fact or fiction?

Has anybody in the class read a good science fiction book, e.g. Brave New World or
Fahrenheit 451? Tell us about the .kind of future society depicted in the book you read.
Has any of it already come true?

In small groups, discuss the ways technology can help society in the future, and the
ways it can also threaten society.

Activity 3 - Alternative science

In groups, discuss the evidence for these phenomena, and your opinions about them.

ESP (extra sensory perception), palmistry, life after death, UFOs, astrology, holistic medicine
Activity 4 - Information technology

 What are the greatest changes brought about by computers? Do you think there will
ever be intelligent computers, i.e. computers that can learn?

In groups, list the advantages and disadvantages of modern technologies, e.g. International
telephone calls are very cheap. Working on computers all day is bad for your health.

 In groups, imagine a world without computers. How would it affect your day-to-day life?
Make a list of five inconveniences, e.g. I'd have to go to the library to get information
rather than look on the Internet.

Project

Use the Internet to find out about one of these people and their contribution to science. In
the next lesson, exchange information with another student.

Guglielmo Marconi, Charles Babbage, Marie Curie, Elisha Otis, Louis Pasteur,
William Caxton, Thomas Edison, Jean Foucault, Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein

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