Is Science Useful?

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ENGSecondary Education

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EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
I will be able to:
  •  understand the importance of scientific inquiry and discovery.
  •  appreciate various scientific inventions.
  • make inferences based on comprehension of the text and attempt questions 

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What are the most important scientific inventions?

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How did we live before the invention of electricity? How has our life changed since then?

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Share some of the inventions that were not possible without electricity.

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Is it possible to predict the utility of all scientific research? Should we still continue it?

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Let's talk about some eminent scientists who have left an imprint on the world.

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PLATO
Plato, (born 428/427 BCE, Athens, Greece—died 348/347, Athens), ancient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE), teacher of Aristotle (384–322 BCE), and founder of the Academy, best known as the author of philosophical works of unparalleled influence.

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Michael Faraday
Faraday became one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century and began his career as a chemist. 
His major contribution, however, was in the field of electricity and magnetism. He was the first to produce an electric current from a magnetic field, invented the first electric motor and dynamo.

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Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Edison was an American inventor who is considered one of America's leading businessmen and innovators. Edison rose from humble beginnings to work as an inventor of major technology, including the first commercially viable incandescent light bulb. He is credited today for helping to build America's economy during the Industrial Revolution. 

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 John Ambrose Fleming
Sir John Ambrose Fleming  (29 November 1849 – 18 April 1945) was an English electrical engineer and physicist who invented the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube, designed the radio transmitter with which the first transatlantic radio transmission was made, and also established the right-hand rule used in physics

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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.  His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for his mass-energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation"

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Chapter: Is Science Useful?
- Isaac Asimov
Page No. - 97

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What is the fate of a scientist?

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What did Plato teach in ancient Greece?

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What did the student of Plato ask him?


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What is the use of the theorems now?

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I can:
1. understand the importance of scientific inquiry and discovery.
2. appreciate various scientific inventions.
3.make inferences based on comprehension of the text and attempt questions
A
Strongly Agree
B
Agree
C
I need some help.
D
Can't Say

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EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
I will be able to:
  •  Solve a vocabulary game related to the prose.
  •  make inferences based on comprehension of the text and attempt questions.

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VOCABULARY GAME 

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astute
elicit
distinct
brush aside
elegance
consider
Probing
extract
peculiar
shrugged off
delicacy
envisage

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What was Faraday famous for?


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What did Faraday illustrate in his 1840s lecture?

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What did a member of the audience ask Faraday in this lecture? What was Faraday’s response?

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What is the relation between the two things Faraday compared?


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What did Faraday go on to discover using this phenomenon?

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What can the shrewdest of men not judge?


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What kind of man was Thomas Alva Edison? What did he discover?


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What were the things later discovered because of the ‘Edison effect’?


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What was the phenomenon Edison noticed? Why did he not explore it further?


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I can:
1. Solve a vocabulary game related to the text.
2. make inferences based on comprehension of the text and attempt questions.
A
Strongly Agree
B
Agree
C
I need some help.
D
Can't Say

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EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
I will be able to:
  •  make inferences based on comprehension of the text and attempt questions.
  • speak and logically discuss an in a group.

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What are the things the scientists did not foresee?


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What can we be sure of regarding scientific research?

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What remains to the wisdom of mankind?


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What does the writer suggest should we continue to do?

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Scientific knowledge often gets used in dangerous ways. The atomic bomb that a few countries have armed themselves with one major example. Can you think of two other instances which makes you realise how cautious we have to be with the application of scientific knowledge?

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I can:
1. make inferences based on comprehension of the text and attempt questions.
2.speak and logically discuss an in a group.
A
Strongly Agree
B
Agree
C
I need some help.
D
Can't Say

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