Lesson 6 Selected Indigenous Science AND Technologies PDF

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LESSON 6 SELECTED INDIGENOUS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES Learning Objectives: At the end of the topic, the readers are expected to: 1. Compare indigenous science with indigenous technologies. 2. Analyze the importance of some indigenous knowledge and science in our lives.

INDIGENOUS SCIENCE Indigenous science -

A product of indigenous knowledge perfected by the people through life experiences.

Indigenous knowledge -

Connote traditional and non-scientific knowledge includes superstitious beliefs and practices which maybe products of human imagination. However, these products may also become the foundation of people’s creativity, originality, and inventiveness

Indigenous science includes :   

Metaphysics Philosophy Practical technology

Examples of indigenous science include:            

Knowledge in observing animal behavior to predict weather conditions and seasons Traditional health habits practices The use of herbal medicines Knowledge in preserving foods Preservation and selection of good seeds for planting Building irrigation system Classifying different types of soil for planting Making wines and juices from fruits Local methods of growing vegetables in the yard Indigenous methods of calculating and estimating Knowledge on mineral resources found in the community Making products such as vinegar, cheese and nata de coco

Indigenous technologies -

Are process or products which are the results of studying indigenous science

YOYO

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A toy consisting an axle connected to two disks and a string looped around the axle. This was used to fight intruders and Spaniards Pedro Flores, an undergraduate law student But even if the inventor was Filipino, it was mass produced in America

MEDICAL INCUBATOR -

Invented by Dr. Fe Del Mundo the first Asian student in Harvard University School of Medicine. Made from two laundry basket that placed inside the other. This tool was purposely invented to regulate the body temperature of newborn babies.

ERYTHROMYCIN -

Discovered by Dr. Abelardo Aguilar It is an antibiotic erythromycin produced by the Streptomyces erythreus found in the soil He sent it this to his employer in the U.S. to separate the strain but unfortunately did not get the credit for the discovery.

PATIS OR FISH SAUCE -

Ruperta David, who was popularly known as Aling Tentay was the woman behind the discovery of this condiment. Accidentally discovered in 1940s when she noticed that that some of the salted fish she stored in a jar turned into fragments then turned into liquid. It officially registered in 1949 as Tentay Food and Sauces

BANANA CATSUP -

Created by Maria Orosa y Ylagan Orosa was also the brain behind the creation of other food products like desiccated powdered form of calamansi called calamansi nip and powdered preparation of soya beans called soya-lac which was used to save the lives of many prisoners held by Japanese during World War II

ANTICANCER CREAM -

Rolando de la Cruz created the anticancer cream from cashew nuts and other local herbs to treat basal skin carcinoma He called this cream DeBCC anticancer cream Won a gold medal award in the International Investors’ Forum in November 2005

16-bit MICROCHIP -

Diosdado Banatao develop the first single chip graphical user interface accelerator. This chip allows the computer user to make graphical presentation using graphics for command Data processing is made much quicker using small chip instead of large board

MOLE REMOVER -

Invented by Rolando de la Cruz in 2000 Formulated to remove warts and moles on the skin...