AP German Language and Culture Unit 6 - Naturwissenschaft und Technologie

Unit 6 - Naturwissenschaft und Technologie Science and technology Essential questions: ● Welche Rolle spielen Erfindungen und Entdeckungen in Wissenschaft und Technologie? Politiker haben ein großes Mitspracherecht im Bereich Innovation und Technologie, weil sie Finanzmittel freigeben oder zurückhalten können. Andere Faktoren könnten die Gemeinschaft sein und entscheiden, wohin die Finanzierung geht. ● Welche Rolle spielt Ethik in wissenschaftlichem Fortschritt? Ethik spielt eine große Rolle in der Entwicklung der Wissenschaft, weil Ethik zu Regeln wird, gegen die Menschen nicht verstoßen. ● Was sind die gesellschaftlichen Konsequenzen von wissenschaftlichem und technologischem Fortschritt? Berücksichtigen Sie die kulturellen Aspekte und Konsequenzen, die eine erhöhte wissenschaftliche Forschung für die Gemeinschaft hat. Unit 6 sub themes and keywords: Entdeckungen und Erfindungen: ● There are many new inventions in Germany that influence culture and society. Consider how these inventions and new discoveries will affect the economy and society itself in the process. ● Many researches are being conducted regarding engineering, their discoveries have been the most recent and extremely effective. There are also studies at Swiss and Austrian universities. Important vocabulary for discoveries and inventions: ● Der Pionier -- pioneer ● Die Entdeckung -- discovery ● Die Erfindung -- invention ● Die Naturwissenschaft -- science ● Die Technologie -- technology Ethische und moralische Entscheidungen: ● Ethics greatly impact the manner in which people study technology, engineering and science as it pushes researchers to find sustainable ways to make discoveries. ● There are big consequences for unethical decisions and researches which is also incentive to be ethical and moral Important vocabulary for ethical and moral choices: ● Die Entscheidung -- choice ● Die Ethik -- ethics ● Die Moral -- morality ● Die Integrierung -- integrity Gesundheit und Medizin: ● The German health care system is very good and well organized giving people the option and opportunity to seek medical attention when necessary without having to worry about the cost of it. Societal values promote this health care because they want everyone to be healthy and have equal chances. ● Once again here we can see how societal and cultural values influence modern life and medicine and health. Important vocabulary for health and medicine: ● Die Gesundheit -- health ● Das Krankenhaus -- hospital ● Der Hubschrauber -- helicopter ● Der Krankenwagen -- ambulance ● die Gesundheitsversorgung -- health care Das Netzwerk und seine sozialen Auswirkungen: ● The internet helps many people from different German speaking areas interact and share ideas. This helps promote local culture and preserve it as well as preserving the language. ● It impacts society also negatively because sometimes teens will spend time on social media rather than interacting with people around them ● However generally the impact of social media and local culture is good and beneficial in preserving it. Teens will speak in traditional german or in their dialect which either way preserves it ● They notice the many differences especially between Swiss German, Austrian German and German. Important vocabulary for the network and its social impact: ● Das Netz -- the internet ● Die sozialen Medien-- social media ● Das Handy/das Telefon -- phone ● Die Sprache -- language