After the Easter vacations, on the 28th of April 2012, the second group of the”Junior Captain” Project was visited by the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA). An association’s member brought the participating children closer to the protection of the environment and the avoidance of sea pollution. Besides this, the […]
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On the 5th of May, 2012 the lesson of the second period of the “Junior Captain” project was about the awareness of disease, how they emerge and how they can be healed. The well-known cardiologist Anastasios Tripolitis, who was born and raised in Chios, held an interesting lesson in which […]
On the 12th May 2012 children had an occasion to take part in sailing cruise on the boat “Mania”, on which they have their workshop lessons on Saturday. The luxury boat belongs to the ‘Maria Tsakos’ Foundation. The cruise started in the port of Chios, it was a very hot […]
On the 8th of October 2011, the children got taught on board of “Mania” by Evi Psarrou, a professor for sailing history. She came all the way from Athens, to give to the very interested children a lecture about the development of ships and boats during the history. The children […]
As it was the beginning of the workshop, all the children and their parents gathered in the foundation’s building to be welcomed by the organization leader and the initiatives of the project. Afterwards about 20 of the children participated at the first lesson which was about different types of boats, […]
On the 12th of November 2011, the sea was pretty wild, so the workshop took part in the building of the “Maria Tsakos” Foundation to have the lesson there, instead of on the sailing boat. That week, the children learned more about the safety on a ship and how to […]
On the 15th of October 2011, the workshop’s lesson was about optimists. These are little sailing boats, in which children can learn and practice how to sail. A trainer of one sailing school was teaching them all the information about the optimists and sailing in general. The children were also […]
On the 22nd of October 2011, the children had the opportunity to learn many interesting facts about navigation. They were taught how to read a map correctly, how to use a compass and many other things. Especially, when they were shown how the instruments in the captain’s cab work, the […]
On the 12th of December 2011, the lesson of “Maria Tsakos” Foundation’s workshop was about meteorology, held by a well-known professor for meteorology. There, the children could gain some very good knowledge about e.g. clouds develop, about the circulation of water on the Earth, where the different streams of water […]
On the 5th of November 2011, the children in the workshop of “Maria Tsakos” Foundation could gain the knowledge about different types of ships and boats. There, they were shown the difference between e.g. a cargo ship and a cruise ship. Moreover, they learned how an engine of a ship […]
On the 17th of December 2011, was the last lesson the workshop. To end this successful workshop with a highlight, the children had the opportunity to visit a local sailing school. There, they were shown by children in the same age, how to sail with an optimist boat. The children […]
On the 26th of November 2011, the workshop’s lesson was about first aid and different kinds of disease. Which is important for the children to learn about. The lesson was held by Anastasios Tripolitis, who is a well-known cardiologist. The children learned a lot about diseases and their healing or […]