The MEDCLIC KIDS APP is an app developed by the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB) within the framework of the “MEDCLIC: The Mediterranean in one click” project in collaboration with "la Caixa" Foundation.
APP MEDCLIC KIDS is free-of-charge and ad-free. It has an oceanography-related interactive screen, puzzles, and memory and vocabulary games.
Glidey is a friendly, yellow underwater glider who explains to us how marine technologies help us to get to know about and conserve our seas.
HOW IS IT PLAYED?
- Interactive screen:
Click on the objects appearing on the interactive screen and learn their names and what theyre used for. You can also go to the games from here by clicking on the icons on the top right of the screen.
- Icons:
Puzzle icon: go to the game.
Question mark icon: go to the vocabulary game.
Cards icon: go to the memory game.
Exclamation marks icon: click on it if you want Glidey to tell you more about his adventures.
Letter "A" icon: you can change the typeface for reading the texts describing the oceanographic instruments that Glidey shows you. Weve included capital letters, because we know the little ones are learning to read.
- Games:
Apart from the main screen, the App has 3 games and 2 levels of difficulty. They are all designed to improve memory and attention while also introducing young players to the world of oceanography.
PUZZLE: a game which boosts fine psycho-motor skills (2 levels of difficulty).
FIND IT!: a game to build vocabulary and comprehension (2 levels of difficulty).
MEMORY: a game which helps as a memory trainer (2 levels of difficulty and two game modes for up to 4 players). If you think its too difficult, click the float icon!!
LANGUAGES
Spanish, Catalan and English.
ABOUT US
MEDCLIC is a project spearheaded by ICTS SOCIB and "la Caixa" Foundation with the aim of understanding and forecasting the ocean processes occurring in the Mediterranean and bringing oceanography to everyone while. You can visit the projects web site for more information: http://www.medclic.es
SOCIB, Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System, is a public research infrastructure (ICTS) which has several marine and coastal observation platforms. Its main aims are to support marine research using operational oceanography, provide oceanographic data and make forecasts in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as designing products and services directed at the needs of the general public. All of this is done to advance sustainable management of our seas and oceans on the basis of scientific knowledge.
Contact or find us at:
-- Email: [email protected]
-- Twitter: @socib_icts
-- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ICTSSOCIB
-- Web: www.medclic.es
PRIVACY POLICY
We take you and the little ones privacy very seriously. We do not compile or share information and we do not allow any advertising either. You can find our privacy policy by clicking on the following link: http://medclic.es/en/politica-de-privacidad/app-medclic-kids/