6. Conclusions
It is important to realize that one of the reasons why science is perceived as difficult by many students in elementary education is that it
is a-priori viewed as dealing with concepts which are often difficult to be explained and understood. Some students feel that they have to
learn a lot of theory without ever considering how this theory might apply to the real world they are living in. Cartoons represent an at-
tempt to ask some of the questions that students might like to ask, if they would think in terms of everyday life situations/ideas, and actu-
ally get some answers. Through these animated cartoon situations science concepts can be given a breath of life and realism. And more
important is that animated cartoons attempt to provide learning opportunities such as to facilitate the differentiation of scientific concepts,
to recall effectively the prior knowledge and therefore, promote the process of conceptual development.
Furthermore, cartoons in a multimedia application provide evidence that science in a form of a multimedia application in science, pro-
vide evidence that science can be discovered even in the most surprising and informal places. The combination of the students’ familiarity
and acceptance of them, along with careful pedagogical integration, makes this resource an excellent and refreshing complement to learn-
ing and teaching. Our research showed that the presentation of cartoons in a multimedia application gave it an obvious advantage as a
learning aid, based upon the presentation of specific scientific knowledge in a popular form that is enjoyed by most young students. In
teacher’s hands, animated cartoons are consider to be an effective supplementary didactical tool that can used for reaching students learn-
ing goals inside the classroom. And this is what mainly we are looking for in the modern educational practice in the real school
environment.