“The science of today is the technology of tomorrow” – Edward Teller
In school, a student learns that Science is a body of knowledge systematically arranged, a branch full of concepts, ideas, facts that can make theories into universal laws, though some remain theories. But behind the definition of Science, behind all the terminologies that a student need to memorize to pass his grade lies the very foundation of continuous survival of men because through these concepts a young scientist is born. Science offers a broad range of learning and applying skills from classroom to competition to a career as it caters knowledge, creativity and skills of an individual.
A student is taught of the definition of speed and acceleration that later on he learns to identify that objects that are light accelerates faster than those heavy objects. You might be able to think now that in a marathon if your friend becomes fatter the immediate idea is he won’t have a chance to win a race because of his weight that you might as well say that it is “common sense” which in reality it is really learned as universally true. Common sense still goes back to the root of universal laws which is Science. What becomes more interesting is when the child learns that heavy objects accelerates slower, when he becomes a man he’ll want to figure out how he can travel places faster with many travel buddies. Cars, vans, buses and airplanes can accommodate the dream of traveling with many people but they are all heavy. However, a child can learn that the kinetic energy of an object is always related to its mass and velocity. Moreover, he will learn that batteries may be operated by electricity and magnetism.
The very incredible thought is before the actual production of ships and airplanes all the child can see is a bird flying in the sky, a log floating on water, a piece of cloth hanging on a wire and a piece of paper boat that by imagining the application of all these concepts, to the materials and the grand design voila we can have a technology that we can use anytime to make life better. If technology comes from a piece of idea, its production always comes from a little boy wearing his school uniform. Even though the perception is Science is for the genius, Science is for all because all students have idea. When they become imaginative and creative then these can be the ‘symptoms’ of having a scientist someday.
By: Ms.Ana Rosette S. Garcia, LPT | Jose Rizal Institute | Orion, Bataan
