This program is an online extension of the book "Natural Sciences in kindergarten" published by the Ministry of Education and culture of Cyprus. The goal of the program is to provide teachers of early childhood with additional teaching materials and other useful information. It includes new lesson plans for different subjects, samples of annual plans, photographs and descriptions of activities from scientific exhibitions organized in schools, information on on-site travel destinations, as well as posters prepared by early childhood educators who implemented the program in their schools. It also includes information about useful links, related references and articles.

 

 

 

This program resulted in the creation of an online interactive platform where the user of the page will have direct access to relevant scientific data that will allow appropriate and correct information about the correct criteria to be relevant for the selection of bottled water. The page offers access to scientific data on the chemical components of bottled water, its importance for the human body as well as worksheets on the goal of building a scientifically valid and updated selection process around the consumption of bottled water.

 

 

Stagecast Creator (Smith & Cypher, 1999) is microcosm creation software designed for young students that allows building symbolic simulations. The Stagecast Creator is an interactive  graphical system for computer - student interaction, and offers: proportional representation of objects, differentiation between natural aggregates,the use of object oriented interface,building microcosms through display using only a mouse without having to use a programming language The Stagecast Creator uses an object oriented interface that allows the construction of symbolic simulations, designed to reduce the problems associated with learning a new programming language. Programming occurs through the direct manipulation of objects, defining rules of behavior of objects in the form of "if... At that point...": for a given situation, a behavior is determined. During the creation of rules the user's actions are recorded by the computer, creating a script from rules. There is no need for using the keyboard, although this is an option. When running the program Stagecast Creator tries to match the world around an object to the term of a rule. When such a match is found, the world around the character changes as determined by the norm. In Stagecast Creator the variables are clearly differentiated from the rules of conduct. They are represented with boxes, stored together with the rules" behind " each object, and can be displayed by double-clicking on the objects. Variables can easily be integrated into programs by simply transferring them to the rules.