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App Review: “NOVA Elements” From PBS
PBS released NOVA Elements on April 3, and we were eager to check it out. NOVA Elements is a free app about the periodic table, and it’s voiced by David Pogue, the New York Times technology columnist and host of NOVA’s “Making Stuff” series. The app gets down and dirty in explaining the [...]
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Our complaints about this app were so insignificant, they were practically…nanoscopic. Science apps for kids run the gamut from fantastic to absolutely rubbish. The best ones, we’ve found, aren’t necessarily those that are jam-packed with facts and overflowing with information. Rather, they’re the ones that manage to convey the information in a fun and [...]
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This iOS app is a fun, free download from Scholastic. The concept is straightforward – practicing addition and multiplication drills – but the “theme” of the app is novel and entertaining. The setting is a conveyor belt sushi restaurant, and each piece of sushi has a number. There’s a monster in the center of [...]
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Fotopedia has created a bunch of visual travel apps and with Wild Friends has turned its attention to the animal kingdom. A must-download for those interested in photography and/or animals, Wild Friends also makes an excellent teaching tool. With over 2,400 photographs of wild animals, the app is home to numerous “stories” about [...]
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Minds of Modern Mathematics is an interactive app from IBM that does a wonderful job of presenting the history of mathematics in a beautiful, easy-to-use interactive format. The app is derived from a timeline created by designers Charles and Ray Eames in 1961, and it spans almost 1,000 years. It invites users to delve into [...]
…“Until the screaming in your head stops”: We Try To Review The Fourth Dimension
2012/04/10 259 Comments
This educational app explains a complex mathematical idea in an effective if mind-bending way. Quick – what’s the fourth dimension? Don’t know? We’re not surprised. The fourth dimension is a tricky mathematical concept best explained visually…not the easiest thing in a 3D world. Thankfully, developers Drew Olbrich and Gilles Dezeustre have done the work [...]
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This Montessori app uses shapes and repetition to teach the geography of North America The Montessori method, famous the world over for an unconventional approach to learning, has made its way onto the iPad. Along with three other educational apps (Intro to Math, Intro to Letters and Alpha Writer), Intro to Geography – North [...]
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Just released by one of our favorite developers, Learn the States is a geography app that combines 21st-century technology with a gorgeous 1950s aesthetic. We took a quick look at the app to see what we could learn. We found a great geography learning supplement for kids! The retro colors and design charmed us [...]
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This 3D atlas will inspire kids to browse and learn for hours at a time. Once you stop to think about it, the atlas is really the first book that should have made the transition to the iPad. They’re made for each other! Touch Press, the smart people behind The Elements, released Barefoot World [...]
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