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Stone Age
•they made simple tools or weapons of stone flakes but eventually developed techniques for sawing, drilling and
3000 BC
•they were producing adzes ornaments of seashells and pottery of various designs.
Iron Age
•the early Filipinos learned to make metal tools and implements -- copper, gold, bronze and, later, iron.
•Before Spain colonized the country, some indigenous technology existed with regards to wet rice and dry rice
agriculture. The use of technology was also evident in the handicrafts, pottery, weaving, metal ware and
•Filipinos were already aware of the medicinal and therapeutic properties of plants and the methods of extracting
medicine from herbs. They already had an alphabet, number system, a weighing and measuring system and a
calendar. Filipinos were already engaged in farming, shipbuilding, mining and weaving. The Banaue Rice
Terraces are among the sophisticated products of engineering by pre-Spanish era Filipinos.
Spanish Period
•The colonization of the Philippines contributed to growth of science and technology in the archipelago. The
Spanish introduced formal education and founded scientific institution. During the early years of Spanish rule in
the Philippines. Parish schools were established where religion, reading, writing, arithmetic and music was taught.
Sanitation and more advanced methods of agriculture was taught to the natives. Later the Spanish established
colleges and universities in the archipelago including the oldest existing university in Asia, the University of
Santo Tomas.
The study of medicine in the Philippines was given priority in the Spanish era, especially in the later years. The
Spanish also contributed to the field of engineering in the islands by constructing government buildings, churches,
•Science during the American period was inclined towards agriculture, food processing, forestry, medicine and
pharmacy.
• On July 1, 1901 The Philippine Commission established the Bureau of Government Laboratories. The Bureau
• On December 8, 1933, the National Research Council of the Philippines was established. The Bureau of Science
became the primary research center of the Philippines until World War II.
• The Department of Education, with the National Science Development Board (NSDB), is organizing a project
to provide selected high schools with science teaching equipment over a four-year period.