By a strange coincidence I just happened to be reading http://www.vpri.org/pdf/sci_amer_article.pdf http://www.vpri.org/pdf/sci_amer_article.pdf when I spotted

By a strange coincidence I just happened to be reading http://www.vpri.org/pdf/sci_amer_article.pdf http://www.vpri.org/pdf/sci_amer_article.pdf when I spotted this thread on another tab. I found it after reading this quote from "A small matter of programming": Kay's colleagues have created a simulation construction kit for children so they can build their own simulations. The construction kit lets children write simple scripts that model animal behavior. Using the kit they can change parameters to see how changing conditions affect the animal. With the kit, the children have tools that give them tremendous scope for intellectual exploration and personal empowerment. Kay reported that the children have, with much enthusiasm, simulated an unusual animal, the clown fish, "producing simulations that reflect how the fish acts when it gets hungry, seeks food, acclimates to an anemone, and escapes from predators." http://www.amazon.com/Small-Matter-Programming-Perspectives-Computing/dp/0262140535 http://www.amazon.com/Small-Matter-Programming-Perspectives-...