Science+and+Technology

Der Spiegel: Dossiers Wissenschaft http://www.spiegel.de/dossiers/wissenschaft/ //Der Spiegel// provides "dossiers" on various scientific topics and ethical issues. Each dossier is an organized unit that includes various articles, graphs, and video clips that pertain to a particular scientific topic. For instance, there are dossiers on stem-cell research, genetic research and cloning .
 * __**ethical considerations**__

Reproduktionsmedizin: "Retortenbabys erwirtschaften mehr, als sie kosten" http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,555395,00.html This is an interview in "Der Spiegel" (5/26/2008) in which the fertilization expert Heribert Kentenich discusses insurance, the cost of in-vitro fertilization, and the German Embryo Protection Act. The article also includes graphs and figures about fertility, in-vitro fertilization, and differences between Germany and other countries with respect to stem-cell research.

GEO.de http://www.geo.de/ This is the internet site for the science/nature magazine. It provides interesting articles on scientific topics as well as videos, puzzles, and quizzes. Many articles can be found that deal with ethical issues in the sciences.

Klimaschutz durch Atomstrom? http://www.goethe.de/ges/umw/dos/ene/ate/de3977805.htm This site from the Goethe Institut provides articles, links, and audio recordings that pertain to the debate over the use of nuclear energy to help control climate change. Also included are a number of links to other issues pertaining to alternative energy sources.

Das Recht zu sterben? http://www.zeit.de/themen/wissen/gesundheit/tod-und-sterben/index This site in //Die Zeit// addresses the issues pertaining to euthanasia. It includes many different sides to the debate concerning patient rights.

 Ernährungswissenschaft http://www.inform24.de/index.html This site includes dozens of links and interactive exercises on all issues that pertain to nutrition and food science.
 * __**healthcare and medicine**__

Mediziner auf der Flucht http://www.focus.de/karriere/perspektiven/absolventen/aerzte-nachwuchs-70-prozent-wollen-ins-ausland_aid_348952.html http://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/studenten-mediziner-auf-der-flucht_aid_348791.html These two articles from the magazine //Focus//, along with the links associated with them, discuss the exodus of young doctors from Germany to find positions in other countries.

Hausmittel http://www.naturgesundheit.org/ This website could be used to highlight the importance that natural and alternative home remedies have in German culture. This is in stark contrast to the popularity of prescription medications in American culture. This website is dedicated to natural remedies for both general good health and specific illnesses. Under Hausmittel—Gesundheit, you can find recommendations for specific illnesses.

Kurorte http://www.kur-und-gesundheitsurlaub.de/ This website offers detailed information about the typical German phenomenon of the spa-vacation, which again highlights the importance of alternative health remedies in German-speaking culture. The vacations can be searched according to the goals of the participants, for example, weight loss, stress relief, etc.

Alternative Medizin http://wissen.spiegel.de/wissen/resultset.html?clsuchbegriff=%23sig_id_liste%3D7008068&clfilter=&quellen=&fo=SPIEGEL&vl=0&cl=0&cllabel=Alternative+Medizin This "Spiegel" dossier includes several articles, pictures, graphs, and essays about alternative medicine in German-speaking countries and around the world.

 Mensch Einstein http://www.einstein-heute.de/ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This site allows teachers and students to explore the impact of Albert Einstein on machines and inventions that would not exist without his theories and ideas (under "Einstein Apparate"). It also offers hundreds of useful quotes from Einstein that allow for interesting discussion on different themes regarding science, technology, and society (under "Zitatmaschine"). <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**inventions as catalysts**__

Wissenschaftliche Revolutionen: Das Wunder des Traktors http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,622717,00.html <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In this essay from "Der Spiegel", the theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli discusses the impact of various inventions in history, including the tractor. His thesis is that most people dream that they will live in a time when some invention will revolutionize the world. However, many times less glamorous inventions such as the tractor change our lives in revolutionary ways before we even know it. This essay is an attempt to answer the question "What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see?" which was posed to the scientific community by the "World Question Center" and the Edge Foundation for scientific inquiry <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">(http://www.edge.org/questioncenter.html).

Goethe Institut: Deutsche Stars--Innovationen Made in Germany http://www.goethe.de/wis/fut/prj/dst/deindex.htm <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> This site from the Goethe Institut provides links and information regarding dozens of interesting inventions and inventors (in German-speaking countries and elsewhere) who had an impact on the world <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">

Deutsches Museum http://www.deutsches-museum.de/sammlungen/ This site has a section on "Ausgewählte Objekte", organized into "Bände". Each "Band" has pictures and descriptions of dozens of inventions, their inventors, and their impact. Each description has a link to additional information and further reading on each topic. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> Das A Format http://www.goethe.de/ins/se/prj/afo/deindex.htm This site from the Goethe Institut explores the invention of the "A Format" for internationally-recognized paper formats and sizes. This little-known German invention has had a much greater impact on the world than anyone ever imagined. The site provides lots of interesting and fun facts behind the history, inventor, and spread of the "A format."

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Gutenberg-Museum Mainz http://www.gutenberg-museum.de/39.0.html This link to the Gutenberg museum offers interesting links, videos, pictures, and information about Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press. Under "Ausstellung", there are a number of links to the development of print media.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Heise Online http://www.heise.de/ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This site offers lots of articles about the use of the internet, portable music players, cell phones and other hand-held devices in German-speaking countries. In particular, many of its articles discuss issues concerning internet file-sharing, music and video downloads, and the laws that govern these actions in contemporary German-speaking countries and the world. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**personal technology**__

ZDnet http://www.zdnet.de/ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is a comprehensive technology site with international news about the impact and use of technology as well as reviews of the latest products. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">

Handys http://www.inside-handy.de/ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A site that covers all aspects of cell phones in Germany which includes reviews, polls, and even games to test cell-phone knowledge. This site could be used to send the students on an on-line scavenger hunt for specific information, such as what is the highest rated cellphone on the site. The games could be used as vocabulary builders which make use of the students’ prior knowledge: for example, the student could take an iPhone quiz and figure out some words by looking at the answers. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> ZDF Mediathek http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Mediathek offers thousands of video clips from TV/internet broadcasts on every topic. By using the search function to search for topics such as "Handy" or "Facebook", you can find interesting video clips on many relevant topics.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Deutsche Blogcharts http://www.deutscheblogcharts.de/archiv/2009-24.html <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> This site keeps track of Germany's top 100 most popular blogs. Teachers and students can follow what the most visited blogs are in Germany each week. > //Homo Faber.// Max Frisch. Suhrkamp Verlag. ISBN-13: 978-3518368541. > Technology and its role in forming personal identity are major themes in this 1957 novel by Swiss author Max Frisch. The main character, Walter Faber, is an engineer whose faith in technology is shaken by a number of coincidences and unusual events during a trip between Europe and North America. Short excerpts can be used to discuss the role of technology in modern society. > <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">http://www.lehrer-online.de/homo-faber.php > This site provides links and teaching materials that cover different aspects of the plot, themes, and characters of the novel. > <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> > Zum Teufel mit Darwin? > http://www.goethe.de/ges/phi/thm/deb/de4495579.htm > This site from the Goethe Institut explores the topics of evolutionary theory, creationism and how these topics are handled in schools in Germany. It provides links to various sites on both sides of the debate. > > //<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Der Papalagi. Die Reden des Südseehäuptlings Tuiavii aus Tiavea .// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">By Erich Scheurmann. Lübbe Verlag. 2002. ISBN: 978-3404146932. > <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is a short novel from which excerpts could be used. It tells the story of a chieftain (Tuiavii) from an island in the South Pacific who travels to a modern German city in the 1920s. Tuiavii uses his own vocabulary to describe the skyscrapers, trains, cars, and its citizens, comparing his own world of the South Pacific with the fast-paced, stressful, modern world. > > <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Computerspiel-Sucht > http://www.welt.de/welt_print/article1784927/Hinter_Computerspiel_Sucht_steckt_immer_eine_psychische_Erkrankung.html > This site includes interviews and articles in //Die Welt// which discuss the issue of addiction to computer games in youth in German-speaking countries. > > <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Andreas Lixl-Purcell. //Stimmen eines Jahrhunderts// 1888-1990. Fort Worth: Holt,Rinehart & Winston, 1990. > <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This book provides excerpts of short essays, speeches, and lectures from important figures in German-speaking countries who lived between 1888 and 1990. For example, one chapter on the "Zukunft des Films" by the actor/film director Paul Wegener, describes how technology and film will have an effect on society.
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**social impacts**__