Intro

From the Greek word empeirikos meaning "_____"

The term ______ was originally used in medicine for doctors making choices based on observation and experiment rather than theoretical ideas.

science _______ simply means that it is a body of knowledge built up out of the elements of experience. You need to use your senses- seeing, hearing, tasting touching, and smelling. But most importantly, we use our common sense above all! Simply put, science is not science without proof.

WHAT IS SCIENCE?

When we say something is _______, it follows specific steps in order to reach a certain conclusion.

The same goes with science as it requires a system so it can work. At its core lies a problem-solving approach called the _______.

Everything starts with an observation and naturally, questions will pop-up, making you
curious of something. That’s when you create potential answers or educated guesses, scientifically known as ______.

What is science?

science achieves social impact
alongside a financial return.

What is technology?

______ is a discipline that is used to apply existing scientific method and knowledge drawn from
conclusions to develop more practical goals and applications.

a collection of valuable information about a certain phenomenon. But we should realize that technology is also the same. From intelligent robots and self-driving cars to gene editing and 3D printing, dramatic technological change is happening at lightning speed all around us with the use of systematized knowledge and skills.

____ is a group of people with common interests, traditions, purpose, and/or activity

are characterized by patterns of relationships (social relations) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions

can enable its members to benefit in ways that would not otherwise be
possible on an individual basis

is a relatively new academic field. Its roots lie in the interwar period
and continue into the start of the Cold War, when historians and sociologists of science, and scientists
themselves, became interested in the relationship between scientific knowledge, technological systems, and society. The best-known product of this interest was Thomas Kuhn’s classic 1962 study, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

Originally, STS is only offered at the _______.

is an interdisciplinary field that studies the conditions under which the production, distribution and utilization of scientific knowledge and technological systems occur; the
consequences of these activities upon different groups of people. It tracks the history of disciplines, the
dynamics of science as a social institution and the philosophical basis for scientific knowledge