Development Of Natural Sciences Research Articles

The Analysis of the Relationship between God, Religion and Politics in Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan and De Cive

The Analysis of the Relationship between God, Religion and Politics in Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan and De Cive

PREFACE

It is with great pleasure that I introduce the proceedings of the 2019 High Performance Computing and Computational Intelligence Conference (HPCCI 2019) which was held recently Chengdu, China during October 25-27, 2019. HPCCI 2019 was dedicated to technical issues related to High Performance Computing and Computational Intelligence.High performance computing represents the national strength of a country and plays an essential supporting role in the development of national science and technology. Quantum computing, as a new computing method, could be an emerging area of high-performance computing in the future. The development of high performance computing may have some breakthroughs in these areas. At the same time, it is found that the implicit parallelism provided by the quantum system improves the performance of the algorithm. Quantum theory may be an important research direction to construct the basic theoretical system for some intelligence schemes in the future. The development of computational intelligence cannot be separated from the support of high-performance computing. The development of the two subject areas has gradually formed an integrated system. Based on it, the objectives of the conference were not only to provide opportunities to the international scientists to present state of the art research in High Performance Computing and Computational Intelligence but also to provide a forum to discuss ideas for future directions in the field and explore possibilities for collaborative research projects.The conference program included keynote, oral, and poster presentations from scholars working in the areas of High Performance Computing and Computational Intelligence from all over the world. It covered recent trends and progress made in the field of High Performance Computing and Computational Intelligence. Keynote lectures regarding the latest information in their respective areas of expertise were shared by experts.The proceedings present a selection of high quality papers submitted to the conference by researchers from universities, research institutes, and industry. All papers were subjected to peer-review by conference committee members and international reviewers. The papers were selected based on their quality and their relevance to the conference. The proceedings present recent advances in the fields of High performance Computing and Computing Intelligence.I would like to express special gratitude to members of the conference committee and organizers of the conference. I would also like to thank the reviewers for their valuable time and advice which helped in improving the quality of the papers selected for presentation at the conference and for publication in the proceedings. Finally I want to thank the authors, the members of the organizing committee, the reviewers, the chairpersons, sponsors, and all other conference participants for their support of HPCCI 2019.Conference ChairProf. Peng Wang Southwest Minzu University, China

Natural museums of Ukrainian universities (XIX - early XX centuries)

One of the most important tasks of the modern history of Biology is the study of natural museums work at universities, their influence on the development of world science and their importance in the process of training the relevant specialists. One of the tasks is to study the role of the personalities of prominent scholars who have made a significant contribution to the formation and development of natural science. The article is devoted to the analysis of the formation, development, and work of the university natural museums of Ukraine, the creation of collections, systematization of the collected material, equipment of specialized premises and buildings. On the basis of the analyzed sources, the work of university natural museums, the state of collections, their quantity, filling, and cost are highlighted. The names of scholars of museums, patrons who donated collections and people who sold their own collections to natural museums are given. The article reveals a rather long history of universities in Ukraine. The oldest of them, Lviv University, was created in 1661 on the basis of the Jesuit College. A number of universities appear in the nineteenth century. In 1805 Kharkiv University was opened, and then in 1834 Kyiv University. Later, in 1865, the Novorosiysk University was founded in Odesa on the basis of the Rishelie Lyceum; in 1875 the Chernivtsi University was opened on the basis of the seminary. Together with universities, natural museums are created, which were becoming centers of knowledge and research. Universities opened geological, mineralogical, zoological, botanical, paleontological museums with appropriate collections. During the writing of the article, the materials from reports on the state and work of Kharkiv, Novorosiysk, Kyiv and Lviv universities were used. The functions of museums at universities are considered. This is, first of all, the identification and selection of materials for collections, the study, systematization, organization of the registration and storage of museum collections and as a result the exhibition. The role of the use of museum collections for the training and education of future specialists is also considered. Not the last role is assigned to university museums as popularizers of a positive image of an educational institution, and hence prospective recruitment of a new generation of students. It can be said with certainty that the natural museums of Ukrainian universities of the 19th and early 20th centuries were advanced and in no way inferior to the university museums of Europe concerning the organization, collection, systematization and conducting of scientific research.

‘The awakening of our taste for natural science’: the magic lantern and popular education in imperial Russia (1721–1871)

ABSTRACTIn the early twentieth century, a well-known Russian botanist and physiologist, Kliment Timiriazev, reflected on the development of natural science in the 1860s in Russia. In a footnote, Timiriazev noticed that the public interest in natural science could have stemmed from a number of magic lantern lectures on related subjects that took place in the hall of the St. Petersburg Passage in 1858. In fact, by the late 1850s public magic lantern spectacles had been around for more than a century, although they had never before provoked such a large public response. In the following decades, the magic lantern was considered an all-purpose visual aid and widely used in popular education, above all in ‘popular readings’, probably the most widespread form of extramural education in the Russian Empire. Unlike previous scholarship that has focused on pedagogical applications of the magic lantern in late Imperial Russia, this article offers a broad, 150-year history of this tradition. The central aim of this work is to reveal the different stages of the magic lantern’s acceptance as a tool of education, beginning with its arrival in St. Petersburg in the early eighteenth century.

From Berlin to Belém: Theodor Koch-Grünberg’s Rio Negro collections

ABSTRACTDuring his expedition to the rivers Rio Negro and Japurá between 1903 and 1905, the German ethnologist Theodor Koch-Grünberg amassed an ethnographic collection. Part of it he sold to the Royal Museum of Ethnology in Berlin and a smaller part was purchased by the Swiss naturalist Emílio Goeldi for the Museu Paraense in Belém, in northern Brazil. A number of aspects arise from this singular transaction: research funding (including institutional and personal relations) at the beginning of the institutionalisation of anthropology; the importance of German speaking intellectuals to the development of natural sciences and ethnography of Brazil; the social and economic importance of collecting and the complexity of local political relations. The aim of this article is to analyze the social context in which this collection was formed, with special attention to the indigenous agency and social relations around material culture. It seeks to contribute to the history of collections, the history of science in Brazil and of the transatlantic relations between Brazilian museums and German ethnology.

The Dilemma of China Sci-tech Periodicals Lagging Behind the Rapid Development of Papers and the Win-Win Solutions

With the acceleration of scientific and technological progress in China, the number of scientific and technological papers published from China has soared, but the development of scientific and technological journals in China is relatively slow, and the problem that the development of periodicals lags behind the progress of science and technology and the growth of scientific and technological papers has become the focus of attention of Chinese scientific and periodical circles. In order to discover the way how to shorten the gap between scientific and technological innovation, rapid development of scientific and technological articles and slow development of scientific and technological journals in China, the authors studied and analyzed the problems and challenges encountered in the process of internationalization of Chinese scientific and technological journals based on the practice of academic journals, especially those of China petroleum industry in recent years. The authors put forword a set of strategies and experiences of developing sci-tech periodicals and science and technology at the same time. This paper reveals the deep-seated causes and negative effects of China sci-tech periodicals relatively lagging behind the rapid development of papers. The authors point out that well-known authoritative academic journals can increase the pace of internationalization on the basis of consolidating Chinese journals. According to the author's research, journals can give full play to the advantages of running journals in their mother tongue, stimulate the enthusiasm of scientists to create journals in their mother tongue, report on significant progress in scientific and technological innovation, carry forward the spirit of craftsmen, promote scientific editors, grasp academic trends, and promote the "four pairs" mode of running journals, so as to keep pace with the development of national science and technology. Synchronizely, sci-tech journals help national scientific and technological innovation, enhance the international influence of journals, and build the brand of authoritative academic journals. On this basis, multilingual publishing can even be launched for global scientific and technological dissemination.

Organizational and managerial problems of conservation, growth and improving the quality of the national scientific potential

A theoretical and analytical study of the national science development as a key factor in the development of society is done. The data published in articles devoted to science and action is shown. The analysis of the principles of supporting the development of science by the authorities is given; their systematic non-fulfillment, which leads to deteriorating conditions for the establishing sustainable potential movement and growth of the pace of development of science, is proved. The dynamic indicators of number of people, involved in science, the cost of the state to the scientific branch and other indicators of state statistical reporting of scientific results. Their insufficiency was noted for obtaining a consensus on the state of science and a proposal was made to expand their composition.The subject-objects of the scientific space of the country and documents reflecting the vision of the strategic course of the development of science, directions, stages and components, etc. are analyzed. Their inadequate organizational, institutional and substantive substantiation, late timing of development and observance is proved.The scheme of the through process of training of personnel potential of science is presented. A key factor in the development of the scientific system is the concept and the strategy for development of science. Their development, according to the author, should be carried out through using models of institutional, organizational, managerial, and structural-process approaches. Their development and implementation will create conditions for the establishing of close vertical and horizontal cooperation and integration of efforts and resources of the authorities and subjects of the scientific sphere to increase the efficiency of the activities in the system of science and whole competitiveness of the country. The general structure of the main components of the alternative project of the national strategy for the development of Ukrainian science is proposed.Future scientific developments in this direction should be the study of mechanisms of multisubjective interaction and cooperation between authorities, subjects and participants of scientific activities in the internal sphere of science and the environment on the basis of cooperation agreements and also taking into account the interests of all subjects of the scientific potential and their resource opportunities.

Aristotle on Science as Problem Solving

The paper provides an interpretation of Aristotle’s view on scientific inquiry as problem solving. It tackles passages where Aristotle emphasises the role that the problem-solving activity has in science, and where he describes the history of humans’ problem-solving activity and the historical development of natural science as a problem-solving activity. Further, the paper examines Aristotle’s practice of raising, assessing and solving problems as well as the heuristic procedures he employs to move from ignorance to scientific knowledge. Finally, it raises a question about Aristotle’s view on the epistemic status of scientific definitions: does Aristotle conceive of the definitions, which are the results of scientific inquiries, as truths (known with certainty to be true, i.e. known with certainty to be principles) or rather as plausible hypotheses that may or may not be true?

Schyłek metafory. Rzecz o księdze Natury

The book of nature expressed both the possibility of knowing/reading of nature and the relationship between the experimental science and other books, mainly the book of Revelation. However, the role and significance of the metaphor changed with the development of natural science, and now the book of nature seems to obscure other books, and, moreover, its reading became the model of reading in general. Actually this metaphor is not a living metaphor any more, as it does not create, but closes and eclipses. Hence the need to look for a new one. This story is told here on the basis of Teodor Parnicki’s prose, who was a very careful observer and connoisseur of history of ideas, and of history as a mode of literature.

Towards modest naturalization of personhood in law

Personhood is a foundational concept for legal order. Who counts as a person in law, is to a large extent conventional. At the same time, such legal determinations rely on deep philosophical underpinnings of the arrangements of positive law. For centuries, such meta-legal assumptions have been including a form of juridical humanism making human interests the sole and ultimate good that the law serves. Contemporary developments in natural science, however, undermine ever more the crucial beliefs on which such humanism has been based and compel imminent revision of some core philosophical and ethical foundations of the law. This paper examines this phenomenon and its potential solutions. It outlines the idea of the modest naturalisation of the legal approach to personhood, as opposed to its more extreme versions, as the optimal way to reconcile scientific advancements with the ethical and pragmatic concerns that jurisprudence must also address.

“YEA” or “NAY” in Psychology Science: An Analysis of the Postmodern Nature of Performing Psychology

Since becoming an independent subject, psychology has portrayed itself as a strict science on the way to the development of natural science. Because of breaking away from the social cultural and historical background of human life, scientific psychology is being questioned. In the doubt, non scientific psychology which is closer to social life and can adapt to the human need emerges as the times require. Performance psychology developing from social therapy insists on a new cultural-performatory approach to understanding human life, making psychology research return to life and helping people to restart their development. Non-epistemology, non-diagnosis and non-adaptability are the essential embodiment of performing psychology from the natural science to the post-modern humanities.

Specificities and origins of the Slovak nomenclature of inorganic chemistry

Nowadays the discussion on the symbiosis of the international and national nomenclature systems in different areas of science provides clear evidences that full implementation of conventional international (mainly English) nomenclature principles in the local ones is sometimes not only unnecessary, but even redundant or impossible. Rapid development of natural sciences necessitates creation of accurate, comprehensive and comprehensible nomenclature systems for objects and phenomena under research. This study outlines the origins and development of the Slovak chemical nomenclature which is based on the Czech model. We analyze the unique Slovak nomenclature items as well as the re-evaluation of linguistic means in the field of inorganic chemistry in the international context. A part of this work is devoted to the syntactical structure of the names of inorganic compounds. At the same time we draw a parallel between chemical nomenclature and the phenomenon of controlled language.

Mendeleevite-(Nd), (Cs,□)6 (□,Cs)6 (□,K)6 (REE,Ca)30(Si70O175)(OH,H2O,F)35, a new mineral from the Darai-Pioz alkaline massif, Tajikistan

AbstractMendeleevite-(Nd), (Cs,□)6(□,Cs)6(□,K)6(REE,Ca)30(Si70O175)(OH,H2O,F)35 is a new mineral from the Darai-Pioz alkaline massif, Tajikistan. Mendeleevite-(Nd) was found in a pectolite aggregate in silexites (quartz-rich rocks) which consist of fine to medium pectolite grains, quartz, aegirine and fluorite, with minor khvorovite, mendeleevite-(Ce), sokolovaite, hyalotekite, orlovite, kirchhoffite, pekovite, neptunite, zeravshanite, senkevichite, nordite-(Nd), alamosite, pyrochlore-group minerals and baratovite. Mendeleevite-(Nd) forms colourless cubic crystals 10–40 μm in size; it has a vitreous lustre and a Mohs hardness of 5–5.5; Dmeas. = 3.20(2) g/cm3, Dcalc. = 3.155 g/cm3. Mendeleevite-(Nd) is optically isotropic, with the refractive index n = 1.582(2). Mendeleevite-(Nd) is cubic, space group Pm3̄, a = 21.9106(4) Å; Z = 2. The six strongest reflections in the powder X-ray diffraction pattern are [d (Å), I (%), (h k l)] are: 11.01, 100, (0 0 2); 15.63, 55, (0 1 1); 3.47, 42, (2 0 6); 3.099, 42, (3 4 5); 2.192, 42, (0 0 10); 1.819, 41, (3 6 10). Chemical analysis by electron microprobe gave SiO2 42.30, Ce2O3 10.12, La2O3 3.60, Nd2O3 16.19, Pr2O3 2.79, Sm2O3 4.19, Gd2O3 1.69, Eu2O3 0.47, SrO 2.99, CaO 2.20, Cs2O 8.50, K2O 0.85, H2O 3.85, F 1.25, –O = F2 –0.53, sum 100.46 wt.%, with H2O calculated by analogy with mendeleevite-(Ce). The empirical formula based on 210 (O + F) apfu, with F + OH + H2O = 35 pfu, is Cs6(□4.20K1.80)∑6{[(Nd9.57Ce6.13Sm2.39La2.20Pr1.68Gd0.93Eu0.27)∑23.17(Ca3.90Sr2.87)∑6.77]∑29.94□0.06}∑30(Si70.03O175)(OH14.47F6.54)∑21.01 (H2O)14, Z = 2. The simplified and ideal formulae are (Cs,□)6 (□,Cs)6(□,K)6 (REE,Ca)30 (Si70O175)(OH, H2O,F)35 and Cs6(REE23Ca7)(Si70O175)(OH,F)19(H2O)16, respectively. The compatibility index (from measured density) = – 0.039 (excellent). Mendeleevite-(Nd) is a Nd analogue of mendeleevite-(Ce), (Cs,□)6(□,Cs)6(□,K)6(REE,Ca,□)30(Si70O175)(H2O,OH,F,□)35. Both minerals are named after Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907), the great Russian chemist, author of the periodic table of chemical elements, who has had a significant impact on the development of natural sciences and industry, both in Russia and around the world.

Scientific and educational providing of the horticulture sphere in the Umansky region at the beginning of the 20th century

The author considered the horticultural development state in the Umansky region in the first quarter of the last century. Also he described the role of the Uman National University of Horticulture for the Ukrainian horticulture sphere and its contribution to the development of national science. Besides the author examined the problems of research and generalized creative pursuits of the national scientists. The research is based on the use of general scientific complex and historical methods, a rich base of sources.

Biodiversity in the Anthropocene: prospects and policy.

Meeting the ever-increasing needs of the Earth's human population without excessively reducing biological diversity is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity, suggesting that new approaches to biodiversity conservation are required. One idea rapidly gaining momentum-as well as opposition-is to incorporate the values of biodiversity into decision-making using economic methods. Here, we develop several lines of argument for how biodiversity might be valued, building on recent developments in natural science, economics and science-policy processes. Then we provide a synoptic guide to the papers in this special feature, summarizing recent research advances relevant to biodiversity valuation and management. Current evidence suggests that more biodiverse systems have greater stability and resilience, and that by maximizing key components of biodiversity we maximize an ecosystem's long-term value. Moreover, many services and values arising from biodiversity are interdependent, and often poorly captured by standard economic models. We conclude that economic valuation approaches to biodiversity conservation should (i) account for interdependency and (ii) complement rather than replace traditional approaches. To identify possible solutions, we present a framework for understanding the foundational role of hard-to-quantify 'biodiversity services' in sustaining the value of ecosystems to humanity, and then use this framework to highlight new directions for pure and applied research. In most cases, clarifying the links between biodiversity and ecosystem services, and developing effective policy and practice for managing biodiversity, will require a genuinely interdisciplinary approach.

МИХАЙЛО ГРУШЕВСЬКИЙ ПРО ПЕРЕДУМОВИ, ПРИЧИНИ ТА РУШІЙНІ СИЛИ «ХМЕЛЬНИЧЧИНИ»

In the study of the early modern history of Ukraine it is primarily analyzed the achievements of the authors of positivistic direction, which coincided chronologically with the development of national science. However, with the introduction of new methods of historical search, characteristics of works of the fi rst phase of scientific studies often turn into criticism. It is quite natural that along with development of scientific knowledge the evaluation of various events and phenomena is transformed, submitted in the form according to the level of methodological tools. However, the application of innovations does not always lead to new approaches towards of understanding the past. A striking example is the analysis of preconditions, reasons and driving forces behind the rebellion in 1648, highlighted in the work of Mikhailo Hrushevskiy “Istoriia Ukrainy-Rusy (History of Ukraine-Rus)”, volume 8. The scientist considers the growing role of the nobility, who managed to block the initiatives of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth king Vladislav IV, implementation of “Ordination of Zaporozhskyi Army” in 1638, colonization movement of Ukrainian population to the Left Bank and confessionalfactors as main prerequisites. The reasons of the nationwide uprising in Ukraine in 1648, which M.Hrushevskyi called “Khmelnychchyna”, he fi nds out on the basis such sources as “Eyewitness Chronicle (Litopys Samovydtsia)”, the works by Hryhoriy Hrabianka and Samiylo Velychko, on the opposite camp — statements of Polish nobleman Jan Kushevych, writers Vespasian Kohovskyi, Samuil Grondsky and Nathan Hannover. The main reasons are defined as social ethnic and religious issues. The scientist drew attention to the formation of a broad opposition of noble-magnate regime in Ukraine. Besides Cossacks, it included peasants, tradesmen, petty nobles, Orthodox clergy. Detailed analysis made by M.Hrushevskyi regarding preconditions, reasons and driving forces of “Khmelnychchyna” gives the ground to define its purpose and character, which contravene with existing historiographical definitions: “civil war”, “peasant war”, “Cossack war”, “Cossack revolution”, “national revolution” etc. It seems more appropriate to use the term “liberation war” as it covers all the aspects of ethnos struggle against social and national oppression.

The Contributions of Postmodern Narratives to Master’s Degree Students’ Higher-Order Thinking Skills

Literature is a branch of fine arts performed with language, in its most general definition; it reveals people and their surrounding realities (listening, feeling, thinking, memorizing, believing, missing, worrying, rejoicing, hoping, etc.) through different aspects within aesthetic structures that start with history, culture and art.The written culture and art produced by humans since first ages of history teach individuals to understand level of civilization to which they belong and to live and interpret life they live carefully, as well as creating an environment of being open to universal culture and understandings by protecting their national values and making comparisons with them.In this context, literature education aims to train individuals who can express themselves to be able to use Turkish correctly, effectively, and beautifully; to enjoy reading and its culture; to have wide emotional, thoughtful, and imaginative worlds; to develop aesthetic tastes; to have refined tastes; to be virtuous; and to have a stable personality with humanistic and moral behaviors.The literature lesson, which has multiple functions and a rich content due to its nature, opens to students a way to use cognitive processes (higher-order skills) such as problem-solving, discovering, critical and creative thinking, questioning, discussing, synthesizing and evaluating. Post-modern narratives, which give opportunity to restructure a literary text by giving meaning from different dimensions, provide students countless treasures in this sense when compared to traditional narratives. This study will mention contributions of these narratives to literature education.As a 20th century work of art, postmodern compositions are products of a completely different world in terms of content, form, technical style, language, and pronunciation. Taking command of era, postmodernism has made in-depth changes in several scientific fields, most important being positive sciences. It has reflected onto art and literature education, as well.German physicist Max Planck's presentation of the quantum of action (Planck, 1996), Einstein's theory of relativity (Einstein, 2001), Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (Heisenberg, 1987, pp. 19-24), and Stephen Hawking's argument for absolute time that was examined on twin brothers (Hawking, 2013, p. 54) call into question Newtonian physics and are all signs of consequential new developments. These developments in natural sciences have changed perception of chronological time and have brought understanding to relativity and uncertainty of time.Recent Approaches and Theories in Field of PsychologyFreud's subconscious dimension of psychology, Jung's collective unconscious, Adler's individual psychology, and Bergson's attitudes toward intuition are based on observing human's spiritual nature from different points of view. In this regard, a variety of perspectives have been created to reveal its hidden aspects.The rapidly evolving and growing scientific discoveries of modern times have been reflected in technology. The technological revolution surrounds individuals' subjective and social lives and has created different values and perceptions. Advances in transportation, information, and communication technologies have entered into system of life. They have increased consumption and made people nervous, alone, and isolated in a world surrounded by objects.New media is a sector that has been created by these socio-economic conditions. The truth is that in relationship between man and society, media has grown prodigiously, and its power leads contact between a person and public. Hence, income that results has caused a struggle between media bosses. Jean Baudrillard calls this hyper reality (Doltac, 2003, p. 25; Lucy, 2003, p. 70).While Nietzsche was trying to question established judgments that were wellknown, Derrida, Foucault, Lacan, Levi-Strauss, and Baudrillard approached sciences from a postmodern aspect removed from any kind of dogma or ideology. …

A Review of Theory of Immanuel Kant: Distinguish of the Realm of Religion and Science

As we know, Kant was deeply affected by the development of natural science, especially Newtonian science. However, as a philosopher, he has sought to explain the principles of natural science and for this purpose founded a very complex philosophical system. In his Philosophical system, Reason in two distinct areas of act and thought has a Different Sentences. He believes that in the realm of theoretical knowledge, wisdom has limited for religious faith to be opened. Kant sought to break with the cognitive and human knowledge in both theory and practice and belong to the field of science to Theoretical dimension and religion to practice Dimension Declare that science and religion should never be assumed that conflicting according to Kant, the religion founded on ethics. Hence the moral and ethical law takes us towards religion. Therefore, Kant Distinguish science dimension and religion dimension and eliminate Conflict between the two realms. In this paper, we will Try to investigate Kant's theory about Religion and Science dimensions, theoretically review The Distinguish between the two dimensions. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s4p558

Mixis and Diagnôsis: Aristotle and the “Chemistry” of the Sublunary World

In On Generation and Corruption 1.10, Aristotle introduces the new idea of “chemical mixture” (mixis) to explain the constitution of those homogeneous substances from which all things in the sublunary world are comprised. In a mixture, the ingredients interact with one another to give rise to a new substance, qualitatively different, yet preserving the original ingredients in potentia, so that they can be separated again. In Book IV of the Meteorologica, Aristotle further suggests that bodies may be “diagnosed” according to certain passive properties, such as the fusibility of metals. While his theory of mixture has often led historians of science to identify Aristotle as one of the precursors of chemical science, his ideas have also been criticised as archaic, and implicated in a qualitative conception of the cosmos that delayed progress towards quantifying natural phenomena. In this paper, I take up the defence of Aristotle's theory by showing that his concept of mixture is not an obstacle to the development of natural science and chemistry, but, on the contrary, opens the way by offering an advanced model of qualitative analysis which does not exclude the possibility of quantitative development.

New Science Curriculum Based on Inquiry Based Learning - A Model of Modern Educational System in Republic of Macedonia

The process of globalization, more progressive development of the scientific findings, new technology and the way of communicating with the new forms of literacy in which the most secure spot has been taken by the development of natural sciences in the spirit of sustainable development have been the reasons that make science and sustainable development an educational imperative. The development of natural sciences in the educational processes in Republic of Macedonia has become an essential process which is being permanently improved with the goal to find the best solutions for its improvement. Currently, all of the elementary grade teachers have to face this process. One of the most recent changes is the study of natural sciences according to the adapted educational curriculum from the Cambridge International Examination Center. The goal of this reform is to lead the students on the right way of becoming future “scientists”. The programs include research that encourages students to ask questions and derive the answers themselves with the support from their teachers. This is a proven method with which natural science classes will become more interesting for the students and the findings will remain learned. The educational curriculum also allows the students to develop their critical thinking and to think and use the proofs. Students will easily learn that natural sciences are important and can help them in solving everyday life’s problems according to the principles of education for sustainable development. A very important part in the adaptation and realization of the adapted educational curriculum from the Cambridge International Examination Center is being played by the information and communication technology (ICT) that is a very useful resource for the development of the knowledge, skills and understanding among students. ICT needs to improve the quality of the teaching. The teachers will have the opportunity to choose and use the most appropriate and effective ICT resources.