SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY

SCIENCE• knowledge about the world, based on

examining, testing and proving facts• school subject

Talk in pairs

I think the greatest scientific impact on our lives has been…..

Some technological changes are positive and some are negative…..

Technology is important because….

WHY IS SCIENCE IMPORTANT?

• progress• to improve, achieve and develop things so

that they are in a more advanced stage

• Are we victims of progress?• In what areas is the progress the

most important?• When has the science been

misused?

Discuss these questions:

INVENTIONS - DISCOVERIESHow important are these inventions for you ? (eg. - kitchen appliances, electronics, mobiles, computers... )

IMAGINE – why yes x why no

• LIVING WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY

• SPENDING A WEEK WITHOUT… computer any music playermobile phone hair dryercar fridgecentral heating in winter

• BEING A SCIENTIST

• living in an African village, in a space shuttle, on a desert island

Discuss in groups:

Computers

• What is a computerA computer is a general purpose device that can be programmed to carry out a set of arithmetic or logical

operations automatically. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve more than one kind of problem.

What are computers for?

• What do you use them for?

• How much do you use them?

• What computerized devices do you use?

• Is here any danger in computers?

• What would happen if all computers disappeared?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY-gr9taNMw

• What parts of What parts of computers can you computers can you name?name?

SPACE

• the area outside the Earth where the stars and planets are

• exploring space

Why do you think people want to reach

other planets so much?

SPACE - quiz

1. Which country sent the first man into the Space in 1961?A) Russia B) USA C) Japan

2. Who was the first man in the space?A) Neil Armstrong B) Yuri Gagarin C) Vladimir Remek

3. When did the first people land on the Moon?A) 1961 B) 1965 C) 1969

4. What was the name of the spacecraft in which Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins landed on the Moon?

A)Sputnik B) Apollo 11 C) Vostok

5. What is Cape Canaveral?A)launch site of spacecraft B) Air and Space MuseumC) the seat of NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

SOLAR SYSTEM• consists of the Sun and those celestial objects

bound to it by gravity.• these objects are the eight planets + their 166 known moons, five dwarf planets, and billions of small bodies = asteroids,

comets, meteoroids, and interplanetary dust

• the eight planets are: Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn Earth Uranus Mars Neptune

MYSTERIES

• UFO – unidentifying flying object

Do you believe in supernatural things?

(UFO, aliens,…)

Is there life in the space?

DO YOU BELIEVE IN…?

• reincarnation• telepathy• fortune-tellers• horospcopes• ghosts• vampires

Explain these words and then answer the question