Elementary Science with iPad - Free iBook
Learn how other teachers have taught science with iPad, and how you can integrate a variety of content for iPad into your own classroom. You’ll find examples of science lessons to complement your instruction and help you understand how to use different types of content for iPad together. And you’ll explore curated science collections to help you find apps, books, and iTunes U materials that you can use to build your own science lessons. ’
Middle School Science with iPad Free Book ‘Learn how other teachers have taught science with iPad, and how you can integrate a variety of content for iPad into your own classroom. You’ll find examples of science lessons to complement your instruction and help you understand how to use different types of content for iPad together. And you’ll explore curated science collections to help you find apps, books, and iTunes U materials that you can use to build your own science lessons. ‘
High School Biology with iPad Free Book This book provides tips and resources for discovering and integrating great high school biology content into everyday instruction with iPad.’
Science Journal App Keep a journal of your science observations and experiments with this digital science notebook from Google ( Android )
Science Today - Read the latest science news from this free resource by the California Academy of Sciences.
Learn how other teachers have taught science with iPad, and how you can integrate a variety of content for iPad into your own classroom. You’ll find examples of science lessons to complement your instruction and help you understand how to use different types of content for iPad together. And you’ll explore curated science collections to help you find apps, books, and iTunes U materials that you can use to build your own science lessons. ’
Middle School Science with iPad Free Book ‘Learn how other teachers have taught science with iPad, and how you can integrate a variety of content for iPad into your own classroom. You’ll find examples of science lessons to complement your instruction and help you understand how to use different types of content for iPad together. And you’ll explore curated science collections to help you find apps, books, and iTunes U materials that you can use to build your own science lessons. ‘
High School Biology with iPad Free Book This book provides tips and resources for discovering and integrating great high school biology content into everyday instruction with iPad.’
Science Journal App Keep a journal of your science observations and experiments with this digital science notebook from Google ( Android )
Science Today - Read the latest science news from this free resource by the California Academy of Sciences.
Multiples Science Content Area Portals
Smithsonian Channel for iPad watch educational videos without having to go to YouTube. You can browse and search for full-length educational videos as well as shorter clips produced by Smithsonian. The app allows you to create your own thematic channels or collections of educational videos. The channel creation interface uses a webbed format. When you drag a topic into your channel, the app creates a visual web of videos related to your chosen topic.
Video Science provides kids with a library of video tutorials to help them understand key science concepts. The library includes over 80 hands-on science lessons to engage students in a variety of science activities.
Explain 3D: How Things Work - Play with interactive digital 3D engines, tools, and other mechanical objects to learn their inner workings.
NSF Science Zone Featuring hundreds of exciting videos and high-resolution photos from a dozen areas of science, you can spend hours absorbed in discoveries that take you from the depths of space, to the wonders of the unimaginably small, to the far corners of our own planet. All brought to you by the National Science Foundation."
Muse Magazine the magazine of life, the universe, and pie throwing for kids 9 and up—will bring readers articles, comics, contests and more in each interactive digital edition! Packed with surprises, Muse is ideal for curious and humor-loving kids."
Kids Love Science series of stories are written for children of ages 3-10, with the aim entertaining these youngsters while introducing them to significant achievements in the history of science, exploration and adventure. These books offer a friendly and fun-filled learning environment appropriate for both school and home use, and provide the seeds for inquisitive kids to discover world events
JigSpace platform. Using the app (for iOS), students can view step-by-step interactive 3D breakdowns of complex ideas, objects, and phenomena. The app includes a small library of animated 3D graphics with accompanying text that students can explore to learn how certain objects function.
Use your iPad as a document camera with the Stage Interactive Whiteboard and Document Camera. With this app, and the help of a dedicated, or DIY, mount you can use your iPad as a document camera, annotate over anything you set under the camera, and even record what you show. Got another $10? Make your own microscope attachment for up to x175 magnification!
ExploreLearning Gizmos is the world’s largest collection of math and science simulations for grades 3-12. Teachers can use Gizmos to supplement and enhance instruction with powerful interactive visualizations that allow students to manipulate key variables, generate and test hypotheses, and engage in extensive “what-if” experimentation to develop a deep understanding challenging concepts.
Video Science Over 80 science lessons with videos
Gooru Collections (gr 5-12) The goal of organizing educational videos and other resources according to subject and grade level. Through Gooru Collections students can find collections of resources for studying and learning about mathematics and science. To find some resources select science or math then choose a subject within either of those categories. Before you open a collection of resources you can preview the material to see if it contains videos, text, or links to websites. Watch a tour of Gooru Collections in this video
Wolfram|Alpha ($2) is a source for instant expert knowledge and computation.
Bill Nye The Science Guy Students can watch Bill Nye videos, play games, and discover kitchen table science experiments to do at home with their parents. Students enter the app by “scanning” their thumbprints. After entering the app students select an object on Bill Nye’s desk. Each object launches a new element of the app. My only complaint about the app is that in the video section it looks like you have to buy the videos (it’s an option) even though you can watch them for free.
Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab shows children aged 5–9 how much fun science can be. Using this app, students set out on an adventure to an unknown world—a world where Thomas Edison had a secret lab in which he invented a virtual version of himself and a nearly completed robot to guide and inspire future generations of young scientists. Students can explore the lab, play games, learn about Thomas Edison and other inventors, meet the Secret Lab Kids, learn about inventions and discoveries, create holograms, and enjoy videos. The app is available for iOS, Android,
Shout Science is an interactive book that tells stories behind science discoveries. Students can scroll through a timeline and read about famous scientists.
Science Today brings quality informational text to the fingertips of your students. Kids can read about a variety of high interest topics. They’ll interact with a wide range of content while building their skills as nonfiction readers. This app could be used to enhance a science lesson, provide background knowledge, or just give students a space to read about animals, ecosystems, or any topic that grabs their attention.
Data Analysis a general purpose iPad App for the plotting and analysis of all types of data that can be formulated as x,y pairs. The program can be used easily by both students and professionals. It is particularly useful for quick analysis of various types of data by curve fitting, analysis of data via a standard curve, and analysis of various types
Discovery Channel Clips of new shows that can hook your students
Time lapse video OSnap is an iPad app (available in a free version and in a paid version) that you can use to create stop motion and time lapse videos. The app is quite easy to use. To create a video with the OSnap app you simply need to start a project and take a series of still pictures using your iPad’s camera. Then adjust the number of frame per second to edit your video. If you want to, you can add a sound track to your video by selecting audio files that are stored on your iPad.
Video Science provides kids with a library of video tutorials to help them understand key science concepts. The library includes over 80 hands-on science lessons to engage students in a variety of science activities.
Explain 3D: How Things Work - Play with interactive digital 3D engines, tools, and other mechanical objects to learn their inner workings.
NSF Science Zone Featuring hundreds of exciting videos and high-resolution photos from a dozen areas of science, you can spend hours absorbed in discoveries that take you from the depths of space, to the wonders of the unimaginably small, to the far corners of our own planet. All brought to you by the National Science Foundation."
Muse Magazine the magazine of life, the universe, and pie throwing for kids 9 and up—will bring readers articles, comics, contests and more in each interactive digital edition! Packed with surprises, Muse is ideal for curious and humor-loving kids."
Kids Love Science series of stories are written for children of ages 3-10, with the aim entertaining these youngsters while introducing them to significant achievements in the history of science, exploration and adventure. These books offer a friendly and fun-filled learning environment appropriate for both school and home use, and provide the seeds for inquisitive kids to discover world events
JigSpace platform. Using the app (for iOS), students can view step-by-step interactive 3D breakdowns of complex ideas, objects, and phenomena. The app includes a small library of animated 3D graphics with accompanying text that students can explore to learn how certain objects function.
Use your iPad as a document camera with the Stage Interactive Whiteboard and Document Camera. With this app, and the help of a dedicated, or DIY, mount you can use your iPad as a document camera, annotate over anything you set under the camera, and even record what you show. Got another $10? Make your own microscope attachment for up to x175 magnification!
ExploreLearning Gizmos is the world’s largest collection of math and science simulations for grades 3-12. Teachers can use Gizmos to supplement and enhance instruction with powerful interactive visualizations that allow students to manipulate key variables, generate and test hypotheses, and engage in extensive “what-if” experimentation to develop a deep understanding challenging concepts.
Video Science Over 80 science lessons with videos
Gooru Collections (gr 5-12) The goal of organizing educational videos and other resources according to subject and grade level. Through Gooru Collections students can find collections of resources for studying and learning about mathematics and science. To find some resources select science or math then choose a subject within either of those categories. Before you open a collection of resources you can preview the material to see if it contains videos, text, or links to websites. Watch a tour of Gooru Collections in this video
Wolfram|Alpha ($2) is a source for instant expert knowledge and computation.
Bill Nye The Science Guy Students can watch Bill Nye videos, play games, and discover kitchen table science experiments to do at home with their parents. Students enter the app by “scanning” their thumbprints. After entering the app students select an object on Bill Nye’s desk. Each object launches a new element of the app. My only complaint about the app is that in the video section it looks like you have to buy the videos (it’s an option) even though you can watch them for free.
Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab shows children aged 5–9 how much fun science can be. Using this app, students set out on an adventure to an unknown world—a world where Thomas Edison had a secret lab in which he invented a virtual version of himself and a nearly completed robot to guide and inspire future generations of young scientists. Students can explore the lab, play games, learn about Thomas Edison and other inventors, meet the Secret Lab Kids, learn about inventions and discoveries, create holograms, and enjoy videos. The app is available for iOS, Android,
Shout Science is an interactive book that tells stories behind science discoveries. Students can scroll through a timeline and read about famous scientists.
Science Today brings quality informational text to the fingertips of your students. Kids can read about a variety of high interest topics. They’ll interact with a wide range of content while building their skills as nonfiction readers. This app could be used to enhance a science lesson, provide background knowledge, or just give students a space to read about animals, ecosystems, or any topic that grabs their attention.
Data Analysis a general purpose iPad App for the plotting and analysis of all types of data that can be formulated as x,y pairs. The program can be used easily by both students and professionals. It is particularly useful for quick analysis of various types of data by curve fitting, analysis of data via a standard curve, and analysis of various types
Discovery Channel Clips of new shows that can hook your students
Time lapse video OSnap is an iPad app (available in a free version and in a paid version) that you can use to create stop motion and time lapse videos. The app is quite easy to use. To create a video with the OSnap app you simply need to start a project and take a series of still pictures using your iPad’s camera. Then adjust the number of frame per second to edit your video. If you want to, you can add a sound track to your video by selecting audio files that are stored on your iPad.
Physics
High School Physics with iPad - Free iBook
Learn how other teachers have taught physics with iPad and how you can integrate a variety of iPad content into your own physics classrooms. You’ll find examples of physics lessons that can complement your instruction and help you understand how to use different types of content for iPad together. And you’ll explore curated physics collections to help you discover apps, books, and iTunes U materials for building your own physics lessons.
Learn how other teachers have taught physics with iPad and how you can integrate a variety of iPad content into your own physics classrooms. You’ll find examples of physics lessons that can complement your instruction and help you understand how to use different types of content for iPad together. And you’ll explore curated physics collections to help you discover apps, books, and iTunes U materials for building your own physics lessons.
Circuit Playground Circuit Playground simplifies electronics reference & calculation so you can have more fun hacking, making, & building your projects.’
Gravity App G allows you to quickly experiment the effects of the Universal Gravitation by adding bodies into a simulation, seeing how they react to each other in real time, all in a true multitouch environment. G offers a vast universe to add your bodies into, potentially allowing you to create stable planetary systems, binary star systems, and other multiple-body complex systems.’
BridgeBasher Design a bridge and then destroy it. Powered by a sophisticated physics engine, BridgeBasher realistically simulates your bridge reacting to destructive forces in real-time.’
Quantum Rascals interactive AR puzzle game, by University of Southern Denmark, teaches students about quantum physics in a playful and innovative way. In the game, which is free to download on iOS devices, students help Quantum Kate discover subatomic particles and become a true Quantum Rascal.
SpeedClock A unique, advanced app designed to easily measure the speed of cars, boats, skaters, skiers, cyclists, animals, models, footballs, tennis serves, etc. The system is based on motion detection, enabling you to track a moving object using a hand-held device alone. SpeedClock includes three separate speed measurement tools and two distance estimation tools.
ExploreLearning Gizmos is the world’s largest collection of math and science simulations for grades 3-12. Teachers can use Gizmos to supplement and enhance instruction with powerful interactive visualizations that allow students to manipulate key variables, generate and test hypotheses, and engage in extensive “what-if” experimentation to develop a deep understanding challenging concepts.
Crazy MachinesCrazy Machine is a puzzle game that takes students into a simulated physics lab and provides them with the tools to design physics-based puzzles and self-solving chain reactions. "Lasers, Nitros, Dynamite, and Explosives can be used to cause constructive damage. Tie objects with Balloons or Weights for a rise or fall. Activate the Mouse or Truck to push and pull your objects to their destination. The possibilities are endless!"
Problem-Solving App Introducing Simple Machines and Mechanical Motion Crazy Gears ($2.50) gets children to think critically and explore physics and other STEM topics. This puzzle-like app for iOS asks students to construct gears to find a way to “pull themselves to the next level.”
Lab4Physics - A Lab in Your Pocket
‘Lab4Physics is an educational solution designed to support teachers around the world improve science education, by making it easy and inexpensive to bring lab experiences into the classroom. In this lab, students can find tools (like an accelerometer, a sonometer or a speedometer) that can help them measure gravity or acceleration in real time.
LabInApp Physics Demo a 3D, interactive virtual laboratory tool that focuses on heuristic approach of understanding science. This heuristic ideology facilitates students and teachers to perform science experiments on computers or mobile devices, and eliminates the physical barriers of actual laboratory. LabInApp’s real-time 3D computer graphics technology promotes “learn by doing” pedagogy. This enhances the ability of teacher to deliver a live demonstration of experiments/concepts/phenomenon/complex ideas in a controlled environment.’
Truss Me! utilizes real algorithms and simulation techniques practiced by aerospace, mechanical, and civil engineers to test for stress and structure failure. Students can design and test structures in a realistic virtual environment. If well designed, the structure will resist as it would in real life. If the design has flaws, the structure will fail realistically. The “For Teachers” section of the site provides educational resources and instructional videos. Truss Me! is made available by Scientific Monkey for iOS and Android devices. Cost: $1.99 for iOS; free for Android. Website version coming in 2018
Physics in Hand MyTech app designed for iOS and Android. Ideal for a physics lab environment, the app allows students to analyze the motion of the device using raw data from the phone’s internal sensors as the phone falls, spins, or collides with springs. Each recording can be exported onto a spreadsheet for more in-depth analysis. With MyTech, students can watch live data update from the accelerometer and gyroscope as the device moves and rotates. They can focus on one or all 3D-axes on their device and take recordings with their device, which they can save for later or export for deeper analysis in CSV format. Students can also conduct physics experiments with just their device and some simple tools. They can learn how different physical forces act in the real world and how their device actually detects and monitors these physical forces
Gravity App G allows you to quickly experiment the effects of the Universal Gravitation by adding bodies into a simulation, seeing how they react to each other in real time, all in a true multitouch environment. G offers a vast universe to add your bodies into, potentially allowing you to create stable planetary systems, binary star systems, and other multiple-body complex systems.’
BridgeBasher Design a bridge and then destroy it. Powered by a sophisticated physics engine, BridgeBasher realistically simulates your bridge reacting to destructive forces in real-time.’
CuriositySchool focuses on solving engineering problems, including Biology, Chemistry, and Physics all in one, simple to use app.
Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab shows children aged 5–9 how much fun science can be. Using this app, students set out on an adventure to an unknown world—a world where Thomas Edison had a secret lab in which he invented a virtual version of himself and a nearly completed robot to guide and inspire future generations of young scientists. Students can explore the lab, play games, learn about Thomas Edison and other inventors, meet the Secret Lab Kids, learn about inventions and discoveries, create holograms, and enjoy videos. The app is available for iOS, Android,
Monster Physics (gr. 3 - 12) students can construct inventions with 68 interchangeable parts, complete with realistic physics interactions
Tinkerbox ( gr. 3 - 12) physics game and puzzle that puts you in the role of inventor, problem solver, and engineer
Inventioneers is a physics engineering game iPad, iPhone, and Android devices. Using given tools and helpers, students design, test, and revise fun, crazy inventions that will meet challenges and help special characters achieve success. A “Create” mode allows students to create and share their inventions with others. A free version of the app includes only the first chapter with 14 inventions and 40 different objects to use in creating the inventions. The full version, at a cost of $2.99, includes eight chapters with a total of 112 inventions and 100-plus objects that students can use.
Finger Physics Grades 3-5 Fun physics puzzles
iCricuit
‘iCircuit is the premier iPad and iPhone app for designing and experimenting with circuits. Its advanced simulation engine can handle both analog and digital circuits and features realtime always-on analysis. It is the perfect companion to students, hobbyists, and engineers.’
Circuit Playground
‘Circuit Playground simplifies electronics reference & calculation so you can have more fun hacking, making, & building your projects.’
Building Parallel Circuits
‘Using 3D graphics and 2D electronic symbols, you will build simple parallel circuits by using wires, batteries, switches, and light bulbs. By constructing their own closed circuit with two light bulbs, you will develop a deeper understanding of series and parallel circuits and discover that electricity follows the path of least resistance.
Physics Lab AR provides students with a virtual physics lab where they can build their own 3D electric circuits, play with different circuit components, and visualize chemical reactions in real time. "Anyone can enjoy the fun of scientific experiments. Perfect for teachers to demonstrate physics experiments in class and for students to explore inside and beyond classroom.
Gravity App
‘G allows you to quickly experiment the effects of the Universal Gravitation by adding bodies into a simulation, seeing how they react to each other in real time, all in a true multitouch environment. G offers a vast universe to add your bodies into, potentially allowing you to create stable planetary systems, binary star systems, and other multiple-body complex systems.’
Physics Sandbox This is a 3D physics sandbox game that allow students to build and destroy various objects. The game includes 3 simple shapes (pillar, box, ball) and 2 complex shapes (tower and pyramid) with varying levels of difficulty. The app comes with two key modes: a no gravity mode (space) and a drag mode. Students experiment with each mode in their creation.
SimplePhysics
‘SimplePhysics lets you design complex structures for everything from tree houses to ferris wheels and then simulates your design with a sophisticated physics engine.
SpeedClock
‘A unique, advanced app designed to easily measure the speed of cars, boats, skaters, skiers, cyclists, animals, models, footballs, tennis serves, etc. The system is based on motion detection, enabling you to track a moving object using a hand-held device alone. SpeedClock includes three separate speed measurement tools and two distance estimation tools.’
Venier Video Physics ( 4.99) brings automated object tracking and video analysis to iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Capture video of an object in motion, then tap to track automatically. Video Physics instantly creates trajectory, position, and velocity graphs for the object.
Playground Physics (2.99) Designed for middle and high school students, Playground Physics helps users explore physics in the real world. Students record a video of someone moving and tap points to trace a path of motion.
Algodoo (4.99) is a 2D-simulation app. Algodoo is designed in a playful, cartoony manner, making it a perfect tool for creating interactive scenes. Explore physics, build inventions, design cool games or experiment. Algodoo encourages students and children’s own creativity, ability and motivation to construct knowledge.
LabInApp Physics Demo Android is a 3D, interactive virtual laboratory tool that focuses on heuristic approach of understanding science. This heuristic ideology facilitates students and teachers to perform science experiments on computers or mobile devices, and eliminates the physical barriers of actual laboratory. LabInApp’s real-time 3D computer graphics technology promotes “learn by doing” pedagogy. This enhances the ability of teacher to deliver a live demonstration of experiments/concepts/phenomenon/complex ideas in a controlled environment.’
Thomas Edison's Secret Lab android Together with Thomas Edison, the greatest inventor of all time, the Secret Lab Kids will show you how fun science can be. In fact, it’s a BLAST! Unknown to the world, Thomas Edison had a secret lab where he invented a virtual version of himself and Von Bolt, a nearly-completed robot, to guide and inspire future generations of young scientists.
Physics Calculate values such as momentum, elastically, distance, time, potential energy.
Newton' Laws 0.99 Study and understand Newton's Laws of Motion right on your favorite mobile device. Newton's Laws uses a gaming-grade physics engine to simulate all the effects right before your eyes. No more reading abstract text books - see, touch and experience physics at your fingertips.
Wind Tunnel Lite test objects aerodynamics in a virtual wind tunnel
Coaster Physics 2.99 Create roller coasters and ride it to observe acceleration, kinetic energy, and velocity
Video Physics 4.99 Take videos of physical phenomenon and graph, calculate and analyze results
Simple Physics (1.99) presents users with fun and challenging engineering problems. The app has twelve challenges that progress in difficulty as you move through the app. The challenge is to create a structure like a bridge or staircase that can support a given amount of weight. You’re given a budget for materials for each structure and you have to stay under that budget. When your structure is complete, test it to find out if it will work.
Algodoo gives you the opportunity to play with physics. Use your own hands and simple drawing tools to design, construct and explore the world of physics. Explain 3D’s iPad app includes the same animations that you can find on the website. The animations allow viewers to zoom-in, zoom-ou
Gravity App G allows you to quickly experiment the effects of the Universal Gravitation by adding bodies into a simulation, seeing how they react to each other in real time, all in a true multitouch environment. G offers a vast universe to add your bodies into, potentially allowing you to create stable planetary systems, binary star systems, and other multiple-body complex systems.’
BridgeBasher Design a bridge and then destroy it. Powered by a sophisticated physics engine, BridgeBasher realistically simulates your bridge reacting to destructive forces in real-time.’
Quantum Rascals interactive AR puzzle game, by University of Southern Denmark, teaches students about quantum physics in a playful and innovative way. In the game, which is free to download on iOS devices, students help Quantum Kate discover subatomic particles and become a true Quantum Rascal.
SpeedClock A unique, advanced app designed to easily measure the speed of cars, boats, skaters, skiers, cyclists, animals, models, footballs, tennis serves, etc. The system is based on motion detection, enabling you to track a moving object using a hand-held device alone. SpeedClock includes three separate speed measurement tools and two distance estimation tools.
ExploreLearning Gizmos is the world’s largest collection of math and science simulations for grades 3-12. Teachers can use Gizmos to supplement and enhance instruction with powerful interactive visualizations that allow students to manipulate key variables, generate and test hypotheses, and engage in extensive “what-if” experimentation to develop a deep understanding challenging concepts.
Crazy MachinesCrazy Machine is a puzzle game that takes students into a simulated physics lab and provides them with the tools to design physics-based puzzles and self-solving chain reactions. "Lasers, Nitros, Dynamite, and Explosives can be used to cause constructive damage. Tie objects with Balloons or Weights for a rise or fall. Activate the Mouse or Truck to push and pull your objects to their destination. The possibilities are endless!"
Problem-Solving App Introducing Simple Machines and Mechanical Motion Crazy Gears ($2.50) gets children to think critically and explore physics and other STEM topics. This puzzle-like app for iOS asks students to construct gears to find a way to “pull themselves to the next level.”
Lab4Physics - A Lab in Your Pocket
‘Lab4Physics is an educational solution designed to support teachers around the world improve science education, by making it easy and inexpensive to bring lab experiences into the classroom. In this lab, students can find tools (like an accelerometer, a sonometer or a speedometer) that can help them measure gravity or acceleration in real time.
LabInApp Physics Demo a 3D, interactive virtual laboratory tool that focuses on heuristic approach of understanding science. This heuristic ideology facilitates students and teachers to perform science experiments on computers or mobile devices, and eliminates the physical barriers of actual laboratory. LabInApp’s real-time 3D computer graphics technology promotes “learn by doing” pedagogy. This enhances the ability of teacher to deliver a live demonstration of experiments/concepts/phenomenon/complex ideas in a controlled environment.’
Truss Me! utilizes real algorithms and simulation techniques practiced by aerospace, mechanical, and civil engineers to test for stress and structure failure. Students can design and test structures in a realistic virtual environment. If well designed, the structure will resist as it would in real life. If the design has flaws, the structure will fail realistically. The “For Teachers” section of the site provides educational resources and instructional videos. Truss Me! is made available by Scientific Monkey for iOS and Android devices. Cost: $1.99 for iOS; free for Android. Website version coming in 2018
Physics in Hand MyTech app designed for iOS and Android. Ideal for a physics lab environment, the app allows students to analyze the motion of the device using raw data from the phone’s internal sensors as the phone falls, spins, or collides with springs. Each recording can be exported onto a spreadsheet for more in-depth analysis. With MyTech, students can watch live data update from the accelerometer and gyroscope as the device moves and rotates. They can focus on one or all 3D-axes on their device and take recordings with their device, which they can save for later or export for deeper analysis in CSV format. Students can also conduct physics experiments with just their device and some simple tools. They can learn how different physical forces act in the real world and how their device actually detects and monitors these physical forces
Gravity App G allows you to quickly experiment the effects of the Universal Gravitation by adding bodies into a simulation, seeing how they react to each other in real time, all in a true multitouch environment. G offers a vast universe to add your bodies into, potentially allowing you to create stable planetary systems, binary star systems, and other multiple-body complex systems.’
BridgeBasher Design a bridge and then destroy it. Powered by a sophisticated physics engine, BridgeBasher realistically simulates your bridge reacting to destructive forces in real-time.’
CuriositySchool focuses on solving engineering problems, including Biology, Chemistry, and Physics all in one, simple to use app.
Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab shows children aged 5–9 how much fun science can be. Using this app, students set out on an adventure to an unknown world—a world where Thomas Edison had a secret lab in which he invented a virtual version of himself and a nearly completed robot to guide and inspire future generations of young scientists. Students can explore the lab, play games, learn about Thomas Edison and other inventors, meet the Secret Lab Kids, learn about inventions and discoveries, create holograms, and enjoy videos. The app is available for iOS, Android,
Monster Physics (gr. 3 - 12) students can construct inventions with 68 interchangeable parts, complete with realistic physics interactions
Tinkerbox ( gr. 3 - 12) physics game and puzzle that puts you in the role of inventor, problem solver, and engineer
Inventioneers is a physics engineering game iPad, iPhone, and Android devices. Using given tools and helpers, students design, test, and revise fun, crazy inventions that will meet challenges and help special characters achieve success. A “Create” mode allows students to create and share their inventions with others. A free version of the app includes only the first chapter with 14 inventions and 40 different objects to use in creating the inventions. The full version, at a cost of $2.99, includes eight chapters with a total of 112 inventions and 100-plus objects that students can use.
Finger Physics Grades 3-5 Fun physics puzzles
iCricuit
‘iCircuit is the premier iPad and iPhone app for designing and experimenting with circuits. Its advanced simulation engine can handle both analog and digital circuits and features realtime always-on analysis. It is the perfect companion to students, hobbyists, and engineers.’
Circuit Playground
‘Circuit Playground simplifies electronics reference & calculation so you can have more fun hacking, making, & building your projects.’
Building Parallel Circuits
‘Using 3D graphics and 2D electronic symbols, you will build simple parallel circuits by using wires, batteries, switches, and light bulbs. By constructing their own closed circuit with two light bulbs, you will develop a deeper understanding of series and parallel circuits and discover that electricity follows the path of least resistance.
Physics Lab AR provides students with a virtual physics lab where they can build their own 3D electric circuits, play with different circuit components, and visualize chemical reactions in real time. "Anyone can enjoy the fun of scientific experiments. Perfect for teachers to demonstrate physics experiments in class and for students to explore inside and beyond classroom.
Gravity App
‘G allows you to quickly experiment the effects of the Universal Gravitation by adding bodies into a simulation, seeing how they react to each other in real time, all in a true multitouch environment. G offers a vast universe to add your bodies into, potentially allowing you to create stable planetary systems, binary star systems, and other multiple-body complex systems.’
Physics Sandbox This is a 3D physics sandbox game that allow students to build and destroy various objects. The game includes 3 simple shapes (pillar, box, ball) and 2 complex shapes (tower and pyramid) with varying levels of difficulty. The app comes with two key modes: a no gravity mode (space) and a drag mode. Students experiment with each mode in their creation.
SimplePhysics
‘SimplePhysics lets you design complex structures for everything from tree houses to ferris wheels and then simulates your design with a sophisticated physics engine.
SpeedClock
‘A unique, advanced app designed to easily measure the speed of cars, boats, skaters, skiers, cyclists, animals, models, footballs, tennis serves, etc. The system is based on motion detection, enabling you to track a moving object using a hand-held device alone. SpeedClock includes three separate speed measurement tools and two distance estimation tools.’
Venier Video Physics ( 4.99) brings automated object tracking and video analysis to iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Capture video of an object in motion, then tap to track automatically. Video Physics instantly creates trajectory, position, and velocity graphs for the object.
Playground Physics (2.99) Designed for middle and high school students, Playground Physics helps users explore physics in the real world. Students record a video of someone moving and tap points to trace a path of motion.
Algodoo (4.99) is a 2D-simulation app. Algodoo is designed in a playful, cartoony manner, making it a perfect tool for creating interactive scenes. Explore physics, build inventions, design cool games or experiment. Algodoo encourages students and children’s own creativity, ability and motivation to construct knowledge.
LabInApp Physics Demo Android is a 3D, interactive virtual laboratory tool that focuses on heuristic approach of understanding science. This heuristic ideology facilitates students and teachers to perform science experiments on computers or mobile devices, and eliminates the physical barriers of actual laboratory. LabInApp’s real-time 3D computer graphics technology promotes “learn by doing” pedagogy. This enhances the ability of teacher to deliver a live demonstration of experiments/concepts/phenomenon/complex ideas in a controlled environment.’
Thomas Edison's Secret Lab android Together with Thomas Edison, the greatest inventor of all time, the Secret Lab Kids will show you how fun science can be. In fact, it’s a BLAST! Unknown to the world, Thomas Edison had a secret lab where he invented a virtual version of himself and Von Bolt, a nearly-completed robot, to guide and inspire future generations of young scientists.
Physics Calculate values such as momentum, elastically, distance, time, potential energy.
Newton' Laws 0.99 Study and understand Newton's Laws of Motion right on your favorite mobile device. Newton's Laws uses a gaming-grade physics engine to simulate all the effects right before your eyes. No more reading abstract text books - see, touch and experience physics at your fingertips.
Wind Tunnel Lite test objects aerodynamics in a virtual wind tunnel
Coaster Physics 2.99 Create roller coasters and ride it to observe acceleration, kinetic energy, and velocity
Video Physics 4.99 Take videos of physical phenomenon and graph, calculate and analyze results
Simple Physics (1.99) presents users with fun and challenging engineering problems. The app has twelve challenges that progress in difficulty as you move through the app. The challenge is to create a structure like a bridge or staircase that can support a given amount of weight. You’re given a budget for materials for each structure and you have to stay under that budget. When your structure is complete, test it to find out if it will work.
Algodoo gives you the opportunity to play with physics. Use your own hands and simple drawing tools to design, construct and explore the world of physics. Explain 3D’s iPad app includes the same animations that you can find on the website. The animations allow viewers to zoom-in, zoom-ou
Life and Biology Science
Turn Your iPad into a Microscope Sure, you could buy a simple magnifying attachment for your iPad at any toy store, but why not go a step further and build your own microscope? This hack from Instructables is meant for an iPhone but is easily adapted for an iPad, and it only requires about $10 worth of materials. Video
The hack itself would make for an excellent group project, but that’s just the beginning of what you can do. Of course, any kind of scientific exploration or experiments you would normally do with a microscope can be done here, except now you can take photos and video of the action. As described in the Instructables video, students will be amazed to witness plasmolysis in red onion epithelial cells with time lapse photography. Or, take your iPad microscope out into the field for real-time magnification in the elements.
The hack itself would make for an excellent group project, but that’s just the beginning of what you can do. Of course, any kind of scientific exploration or experiments you would normally do with a microscope can be done here, except now you can take photos and video of the action. As described in the Instructables video, students will be amazed to witness plasmolysis in red onion epithelial cells with time lapse photography. Or, take your iPad microscope out into the field for real-time magnification in the elements.
DIY Human Body is full of ideas to bring to your classroom
DIY Nano HD which focuses on concepts related to small (or “nano”) science topics.
DIY Human Body is full of ideas to bring to your classroom
A is for Amphibians nonfiction reading app for children ages five to eight. Immersive environments to present young children with nonfiction text. The BrightWorld apps have a conversational, friendly tone and share information about different natural science topics. The designers of the app have included activities like reading, unstructured play, and traditional gaming to reinforce one another and prompt children’s language acquisition.
Marine Missions This app from National Geographic Kids teaches children about ocean animals and the importance of water conservation in a fun and interactive adventure game.
Ocean Forests gr K - 3: Ocean environment non-fiction reading with interactive options.Includes printables, story starters, BINGO games, and a teacher’s guide. Visit BrightWorld’s website
Sharks: This nonfiction selection has lots of facts about one of my favorite marine creatures.
CuriositySchool focuses on solving engineering problems, including Biology, Chemistry, and Physics all in one, simple to use app.
Audubon Bird Guide is a free and complete field guide to more than 800 species of North American birds that fits right in a user’s pocket. Developed for all experience levels, it will help users identify the birds around them, keep track of the birds they’ve seen, and get outside to find new birds near them. The guide is available as an app for iOS and Android devices.
Click and Learn Interactively explore topics in biology with the Click and Learn app. Each module features supporting videos and animations (Internet connection required). Learn about topics in Earth history and climate change, evolution, neurobiology, infectious diseases, bioinformatics, stem cells, RNA, obesity, cancer, and genomics.
Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp ( as a free iPad app, and as a free Android app. ) is an educational game produced by the Smithsonian. The purpose of the game is to help children recognize the movements of animals. In the game children move through a virtual zoo with a zoo keeper. As they go through the virtual zoo the zoo keeper will ask students to take pictures of animals who are demonstrating running, jumping, stomping, and other movements. Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp can be played online,
Classify It! from the American Association for the Advancement of Science has an awesome free app that helps students learn about different animals. This multi-level app asks children to identify different organisms.
Image Recognition Technology for Exploring Nature
Students can take their nature knowledge up a notch with Seek, a free iOS photo-identification app from iNaturalist that encourages outdoor exploration and learning by harnessing image recognition technology to help users identify plants and animals from their photos. Students can choose from a list of nearby plants, animals, and fungi and collect photographs of as many species as they can find.
Nature Cat’s Great Outdoors - Explore the outdoors with Nature Cat using a compass, camera, sound recorder, sketching tool, and journal.
Experience Biology
‘invites students to investigate basic scientific phenomena and concepts in biology through simulations and interactive labs. Using an inquiry-based learning approach, the apps challenge middle-school students with investigations and quizzes based on the students' explorations of each interactive unit.’
Expedition Insects is aninteractive book from the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The new book was written to helps students in third through fifth grade learn about insects from all over the world. The book is full of pictures and videos to complement the text. Throughout the book students can click or tap on underlined words to quickly access their definitions. Created for the iBooks platform. It is interactive if you read it on a Mac or on an iPad. Eat and Move. Consider this app a “health calculator” because users can find out the calories of common foods and how much time they’ll need to swim, dance, jump rope, etc. to burn the calories in their meal.
My Molecularium a free game app that challenges players to build a wide variety of molecules. It is available at the Apple App Store and Google Play. The mission of the Molecularium Project is to expand science literacy and get people of all ages excited about science. This is an engaging way for students to learn about molecules and the world around them. Games are a great way to introduce and reinforce ideas.
Molecules Molecules is an application for viewing three-dimensional renderings of molecules and manipulating them
3D Molecules Edit & Test allows one to build and manipulate 3D molecular models of organic and inorganic compounds. The key features of “3D Molecules Edit & Test” are 3D printing support and the "Test yourself" mode that allows learners to check their knowledge of the 3D structure of molecules. This is a valuable tool for chemistry students when learning about molecular bonding and orbitals with the aid of 3D visualisation. The app is great for any high school or college student in chemistry courses.
Virtual Cell Virtual cell animations, stills, narrative and quiz
The Virtual Cell Animations app includes an animation, still images, narrative, and content quiz.
In version 1.4, the modules covered are aerobic respiration; cellular respiration; meiosis and mitosis; photosynthesis; protein expression; RNA expression; secretion; and signaling.
iCell developed by the Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology. The app provides students with 3D models of plant, animal, and bacteria cells. Each cell model can be viewed in detail by zooming in and rotating the model on your iPad. Students can learn about the parts of the cells by tapping on them to reveal their labels and a brief description of that part’s function. There are a basic, intermediate, and advanced description options.
3D Cell Simulation and Stain Tool In addition to accessing video content, users can create their own cell image.
VCell The purpose of the app is to provide a place where students can learn about cellular respiration, protein expression, and RNA expression.
3D Cell Simulation and Stain Tool Learn about the cell and all its structures using our new 3D Cell tool. Enjoy the ability to rotate the cell 360 degrees and zoom in on any cell structure. Choose from a list of cell structures to learn more about how each structure functions and relates to the other components of the cell. Dive even deeper and create your own stained cell image by using Molecular Probes™ products. There are over 250 image combinations to explore!
Solve the Outbreak is a free iPad app produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The app is a game that contains three epidemics for students to research. In each investigation students have to read the background, read clues, analyze data, and answer questions. The questions put students in the role of a medical professional tasked with helping to curtail the spread of the epidemic.
Operation Outbreak is an innovative platform for STEM education on infectious diseases and outbreak preparedness. The app is free for iOS and Android users.
Germ Blaster game that is appropriate for students in elementary school.
students learn about six types of pathogens and the “weapons” used to fight them. Before starting the game students review each pathogen and what makes it different from the others. Then they review the methods used to fight those pathogens. In the Germ Blaster game students fight off the pathogens by selecting the appropriate weapon to kill the approaching pathogens. If they get stuck and can’t remember which weapons fight which pathogens, students can pause the game to look up information about the pathogens
Sugar Shake - What better way to learn how molecules interact than by shaking your iPad and seeing the collisions happen?
Enzymatic ENZYMES are extremely important in Biology! Essentially EVERY life process relies for EVERY living thing relies on ENZYMES! So... it might be important to understand them (at least a little bit...) In this amazing interactive experience, you will learn about enzymes by playing games, performing virtual experiments, and solving puzzles!
Cell Defense: The Plasma Membrane The only barrier between the cell and the dangers of the outside world is the plasma membrane. Defend your cell by building a functional plasma membrane and thwart the evil plans of Dr. Vial to destroy all life on earth! Learn how the membrane works and its parts, including phospholipids, cholesterol, proteins, and carbohydrates. Also, learn about cell transport!
Snurfle Meiosis and Genetics Snurfles, just like any other organism, must reproduce in order to continue as a species! But how does this happen? By the end of this game, you will understand how MEIOSIS and FERTILIZATION work to make offspring! You will also see how GENETIC characteristics are passed on through these processes and the connection between meiosis and genetics!
HudsonAlpha iCell
Cell and Cell Structure
Powers of Minus Ten
OnScreen DNA Model
Snurfle Meiosis and Genetics 2: Genetic Diversity When Snurfles reproduce, their offspring can have a lot of different traits (lots of diversity). But how? By the end of this game, you will understand how the processes of CROSSING OVER, INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT, and RANDOM FERTILIZATION result in increased diversity of offspring! Also, you will learn how to perform a DIHYBRID CROSS!
Powers of Minus Ten: Cells and Genetics (1.99) zoom into a human hand and explore environments with scientifically-accurate 3D content. Discover some of the basic concepts in biology and learn about the structures of a few of the key cells, proteins, and molecules found in our bodies.
Bacteria ID Science and techniques to identify types of bacteria
Mitosis
ENZYMATIC are extremely important in Biology! Essentially EVERY life process relies for EVERY living thing relies on ENZYMES! So... it might be important to understand them (at least a little bit...) In this amazing interactive experience, you will learn about enzymes by playing games, performing virtual experiments, and solving puzzles! Welcome to ENZYMATIC (the ultimate enzyme learning experience!) Germ Blaster developed by Rice University’s Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning. By playing Germ Blaster students learn about six types of pathogens and the “weapons” used to fight them. Before starting the game students review each pathogen and what makes it different from the others.
Miracle of Life designed to teach kids about the human growth cycle and development. This is done in a tasteful and educational way through the use of interactive games, animations, and illustrations. Focuses on the 3 stages of development such as: fertilization, gestation, and growth.
Gene Screen: A fun way to learn how recessive genetic traits and diseases are inherited and why certain diseases are more prevalent in different populations. Gene Screen also provides information on some recessive genetic diseases and genetic screening programs.
Solve the Outbreak app Get clues, analyze data, solve the scenario, and save lives! In this fun app, you get to be the Disease Detective.
Mysteries of the Unseen World based on the National Geographic film of the same name. Students see common, everyday objects under an electron microscope. The app contains three types of games based on the images. The “solve” games show students an image and a clue as to which object they are seeing. There is a multiple choice “solve” and a cypher “solve.” The multiple choice game is good for beginners. The cypher game is for advanced players. In the cypher game students have to spell the name of what they think they are seeing. In the puzzle game students are given the name of an object and then have to assemble the electron microscope picture.
BioDigital Human A better way to understand health and the human body. The BioDigital Human is the most comprehensive set of true 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled. Choose from 1000’s of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models. This app is an extension of the award winning BioDigital Human online, allowing users from web to mobile to seamlessly experience exploring the human body in 3D!
DIY Human Body app. The app uses everyday items to let you explore your body's complex machinery in 13 fun, hands-on STEM activities.
Know Your Body app has a major focus on the function of each vital organ of our body. It provides detailed description of each organ with beautiful illustrations and provides a valuable exercise for it tests your knowledge about the human body systems.
Learning Human Body Parts IOS
‘Learning body parts app is a learning and quiz app which helps preschoolers to learn about the names of different parts of human body. It's simple but effective in its nature and has 2 main features to play with, Learning and Quiz.’
The Human Body IOS
‘Learn anatomy and biology in an interactive model of the human body — the heart beats, guts gurgle, lungs breathe, the skin feels, and eyes see.’
interactive biology textbooks. You’ll see just how powerful an interactive textbook can be! Look at the bottom of the page for more titles.
BioDigital Human is a comprehensive set of 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled. Choose from thousands of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models. ’
A Life Cycle (0.99) This app covers the following life cycles:
- Life Cycle of a Frog- Phases of the Moon- Life Cycle of a Butterfly
- Plant Life Cycle- Pollination and Fertilization- Rock Cycle- Water Cycle- Photosynthesis- Nitrogen Cycle- Oxygen Cycle- Life Cycle of a Ladybug
Each cycle of life is illustrated in a kid-friendly manner. In addition, each step in each cycle is accompanied by explanatory text and a narrator is available to read the text too. Both of those options can be turned off - making the app customizable to meet your needs.
The Human Body helps elementary and middle school students learn human anatomy. The app features interactive diagrams of the major systems of the human body. A few of the things that students can see on the app are how lungs breathe, the heart beats, and the ears hear. Through the app students will also see how the feeling of a touch of the hand is received in the brain. Students can turn layers and labels on and off throughout the app.
Science Heroes 1 Digestion takes players on a tour of the digestive system, from mouth to large intestine, in the “Chompercraft.” The Captain gives kids various missions in order to stop the nefarious Ignarus (this time, in bacterial form), from wreaking havoc at important digestive pit-stops.
Living Lung Interactive 3D model. You can speed up or slow down the respiratory rate. Also allows users to add or remove labeled layers of respiratory system
Virtual Heart, a free iPad app from Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, allows students to speed up and slow down the virtual heart rate and take a close look at how the human heart functions. Four views of the heart show the electrical system, the valves, blood flow, and the interior of the heart. Students can experience each view with or without labels. When students first tap each view, the app displays a short introduction to that view. Click Here to Visit iTunes App Store
iHeartTouch Interactive Anatomy of Heart
Monster Heart Medic is a free iPad app produced by the Lawrence Hall of Science with funding from the National Institutes of Health. The purpose of the app is to help students learn about the cardiovascular system through a game environment.
The basic premise of Monster Heart Medic is that students have to help a friendly monster named Ragnar live a healthier life. Throughout the game students conduct exams on Ragnar to monitor components of his health like blood pressure and cholesterol. Students also have to teach Ragnar how to take care of himself by making better food choices and exercising. In all there are 37 tasks called Health Fact Achievements that students need to complete in the game. (www.freetech4teachers.com)
Monster Heart Medic. is a well crafted educational adventure game that explores the cardiovascular system by examining how it is affected by healthy living.
BioDigital Human A better way to understand health and the human body. The BioDigital Human is the most comprehensive set of true 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled. Choose from 1000’s of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models. This app is an extension of the award winning BioDigital Human online, allowing users from web to mobile to seamlessly experience exploring the human body in 3D!’
Energy for Life (2 - 12)This beautifully designed interactive app takes students through the different systems of the body: digestive, respiratory, and circulatory. Easy to understand explanations and interactive animations that engage students and allow them to learn in a fun way
Experience Life (2.99) Through the nervous system’s response to external stimuli, we relate to other living beings and to our surroundings. Our senses receive stimuli; the nervous system processes the information and responds in the most appropriate manner; then, the musculoskeletal system implements the action.
My Incredible Body (currently free) designed to help students learn how the human body works. The app features eight sections. Those sections are circulation, muscles, senses (vision, smell, hearing, touch), kidneys & urine, skeleton, respiration, digestion, and brain & nerves. Each section of the app contains short animated videos that explain the functions of each system and how it works.
Build a Body with. Build a Body students construct a human body system-by-system. To build a body students drag and drop into place the organs and bones of a human body. Each organ and bone is accompanied by a description of the purpose of that bone or organ. The systems that students can build in the Build a Body activity are the skeletal, digestive, respiratory, nervous, excretory, and circulatory systems.
Anatomy 4D Through this free app and a simple printed image, Anatomy 4D transports students, teachers, medical professionals, and anyone who wants to learn about the body into an interactive 4D experience of human anatomy. Visually stunning and completely interactive, Anatomy 4D uses augmented reality and other cutting edge technologies to create the perfect vehicle for 21st century education
DIY Human Body that includes informational text, activities and videos. Students can read about body systems and examine different diagrams. There are video clips that show children what it’s like to visit a doctor’s office and give them extra information that translates best in this multimedia format.
Virtual Heart allows users to take a closer look at how the human heart functions.
Science Heroes 1: Digestive System for Kids - This is a game that focuses on all 5 phases of digestion through 15 levels of play.
3D Brain Rotate and zoom around 29 interactive structures. Consider functions, disorders, links
Monster Heart Medic from The Lawrence Hall of Science (creators of DIY Sun Science and DIY Human Body) is a free app that helps student explore the cardiovascular system. Simulating a video game, this iPad app takes students on a journey to learn about the way the heart works. It provides lots of information on how to keep the heart healthy with colorful graphics and interesting characters to follow around. Combining images, diagrams and informational text with important facts about the human body,
Essential Skeleton Users can manipulate a 3D skeleton, highlight different sections and read information about each bone.
Powers of Minus Ten: Bone takes students through ten levels of viewing the inside of human bones. Students can zoom through and explore each of the microscopic levels.
Visual Anatomy Lite Visual Anatomy Lite is an interactive reference, and education tool. The Lite version contains 130 high-resolution images and more than 350 feature points which can be interactively selected. Each feature has its own label and short description. Add-on Images from 6 chapters of Gray's anatomy can be used as a quick reference. 6 chapters are bones, muscles and circulation system. In additional, a quiz with 23 multi-choice questions also is included.’
Bone Genius Bone Genius makes learning skeletal anatomy fun! Whether you are pre- med, pre- nursing, or just looking to explode some bones, Bone Genius can help. Put away your anatomy book and learn while you play!’
Visual Anatomy Lite Visual Anatomy Lite is an interactive reference, and education tool. The Lite version contains 120 high-resolution images and more than 300 feature points which can be interactively selected. Each feature has its own label and short description. Add-on Images from 6 chapters of Gray's anatomy can be used as a quick reference.
Living Lung The app provides an interactive 3D model of human lungs. Users of the app can speed up or slow down the respiratory rate of the model. This free educational iPad app also allows users to add or remove labeled layers of the respiratory system.
Solve the Outbreak is a free iPad app produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The app is a game that contains three epidemics for students to research. In each investigation students have to read the background, read clues, analyze data, and answer questions. The questions put students in the role of a medical professional tasked with helping to curtail the spread of the epidemic. Points are awarded to students for correct answers.
The Brain AR App The app lets you explore the layers of the head from skin, muscle and skeleton down to the inner areas of the brain. By using augmented reality (AR), the user gains an amazing insight into the tissues, structures and areas of the mind by moving the device around the special artwork provided. You can choose to view the mind in AR or switch to a 3D mode within the device and rotate with your fingers
Nico and Nor Wonder Farm (IOS App) children plant digital seeds and help them grow! In this app, children create a sequence of conditions for the seeds and observe how tomato, cabbage, bean, and carrot plants transform as time passes. Children also mix up a colorful salad using a healthy variety of garden vegetables. Part simulation and part game, Wonder Farm helps children explore how factors like the weather and hungry animals can affect plants’ growth.
LeafSnap uses visual recognition to identify leaves
Trees Pro HD explore trees in your neighborhood and beyond. Forty tree species are listed with beautiful, high quality photographs and information on their leaves, fruit and general characteristics.
Libraries of Life - Learn about plants and animals with these augmented reality digital collection cards.
WWF Together features eight interactive stories about endangered animals around the world. Each of the interactive stories includes beautiful images and videos, facts about the animals and their habitats, and the threats to each of the animals.
VIRRY combines high definition live and pre-recorded video to help spark students’ curiosity in wild animals. The app is interactive while incorporating information about different animals and habitats.
Creatures of Light is a beautiful free iPad app from the American Museum of Natural History. The app contains five chapter about bioluminescent animals like jellyfish, fireflies, and glow worms. In each chapter students learn about what causes bioluminescence and how it helps animals survive in their environments. Each chapter includes an interactive map of the world that students on which students can tap to learn about the bioluminescent animals of a particular region.
Wildlife Monograph A glimpse of some of the worlds increasingly rare and endangered species, captured on camera in their natural habitats. The spell binding intimate images captured by some of the worlds premier wildlife photographers breath with vivid insight and a sense of being closer than most of us can ever hope to be.
Study Insects in Their Natural Habitats Giant deadly hornets, gorgeous fluttering butterflies and stealthy crawling stink bugs … students will discover these and other mesmerizing world insects in Expedition: Insects, a free ebook for the iPad, written, illustrated and animated by the Smithsonian Science Education Center. In the ebook, young explorers travel around the world to visit six types of insects in their natural habitats. Expedition: Insects is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards and designed for use both in the classroom and at home. Among the ebook’s features are images and videos that show children what the insects look like in real life. Readers can zoom in on labeled images, watch exciting video footage and experience the sounds of the habitats they visit. Click Here to Access Free eBook
GeoEndangered Animals all around the world are in danger but how familiar are you with vulnerable and endangered species? This app present you with a picture of an animal and you have to guess whether it is Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. Raise awareness for endangered species as you educate yourself.
Disneynature Explore designed to help children learn about bear, butterflies, lions, chimpanzees, and sea turtles. The activities for learning about each animal include augmented reality components. Students can use their iPads to take pictures to put animals into settings that they photograph.The app encourages students to go on nature walks with their parents. On the nature walks students can take pictures and record observations in their digital field journals.The interactive augmented reality aspect of the brown bear lesson. The lesson starts with a prompt for students to growl like a bear. After growling like a bear students swipe at salmon swimming up a river. video
My Environment: FREEFrom the Australian Government, find the Australian environmental places and species that make up your neighbourhood. See the heritage places, wetlands, protected species, protected areas, weeds and invasive species near you. Drill down to see photos and location maps of environmental places and species.
Plum’s Creaturizer from PBS Kids lets students create their own creatures. They can snap pictures of the outdoors to show where their creature might live and complete missions. This app pushes students to think about what type of habitat their creature might live and details about their lives.
Virry is an awesome app that students of all ages will love to explore. It gives users access to live cams for different animals as well as tons of interactive content. Kids can play games as they check out each animal, including lions, meerkats, giraffes, and more. Children can watch a lion move around a pen and learn about it’s feeding habits. Students can gather information for a research project and find inspiration for persuasive writing.
Project Noah document the world's organisms. Beyond documentation, the app offers users an opportunity to participate in ongoing citizen science research projects by tagging contributions into specific field missions and can be used as a location-based field guide as well.
Creek Watch Users input data to help monitor local watersheds.
American Museum of Natural History: Cosmic Discoveries: Take a ride with the Museum’s astrophysicists through our Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy, and beyond. Cosmic Discoveries is the first app to collect nearly 1,000 stunning astronomic images.
Nature Cat’s Great Outdoors - Explore the outdoors with Nature Cat using a compass, camera, sound recorder, sketching tool, and journal.
iNaturalist Users record observations from the natural world and contribute them to iNaturalist.com
DIY Nano HD which focuses on concepts related to small (or “nano”) science topics.
DIY Human Body is full of ideas to bring to your classroom
A is for Amphibians nonfiction reading app for children ages five to eight. Immersive environments to present young children with nonfiction text. The BrightWorld apps have a conversational, friendly tone and share information about different natural science topics. The designers of the app have included activities like reading, unstructured play, and traditional gaming to reinforce one another and prompt children’s language acquisition.
Marine Missions This app from National Geographic Kids teaches children about ocean animals and the importance of water conservation in a fun and interactive adventure game.
Ocean Forests gr K - 3: Ocean environment non-fiction reading with interactive options.Includes printables, story starters, BINGO games, and a teacher’s guide. Visit BrightWorld’s website
Sharks: This nonfiction selection has lots of facts about one of my favorite marine creatures.
CuriositySchool focuses on solving engineering problems, including Biology, Chemistry, and Physics all in one, simple to use app.
Audubon Bird Guide is a free and complete field guide to more than 800 species of North American birds that fits right in a user’s pocket. Developed for all experience levels, it will help users identify the birds around them, keep track of the birds they’ve seen, and get outside to find new birds near them. The guide is available as an app for iOS and Android devices.
Click and Learn Interactively explore topics in biology with the Click and Learn app. Each module features supporting videos and animations (Internet connection required). Learn about topics in Earth history and climate change, evolution, neurobiology, infectious diseases, bioinformatics, stem cells, RNA, obesity, cancer, and genomics.
Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp ( as a free iPad app, and as a free Android app. ) is an educational game produced by the Smithsonian. The purpose of the game is to help children recognize the movements of animals. In the game children move through a virtual zoo with a zoo keeper. As they go through the virtual zoo the zoo keeper will ask students to take pictures of animals who are demonstrating running, jumping, stomping, and other movements. Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp can be played online,
Classify It! from the American Association for the Advancement of Science has an awesome free app that helps students learn about different animals. This multi-level app asks children to identify different organisms.
Image Recognition Technology for Exploring Nature
Students can take their nature knowledge up a notch with Seek, a free iOS photo-identification app from iNaturalist that encourages outdoor exploration and learning by harnessing image recognition technology to help users identify plants and animals from their photos. Students can choose from a list of nearby plants, animals, and fungi and collect photographs of as many species as they can find.
Nature Cat’s Great Outdoors - Explore the outdoors with Nature Cat using a compass, camera, sound recorder, sketching tool, and journal.
Experience Biology
‘invites students to investigate basic scientific phenomena and concepts in biology through simulations and interactive labs. Using an inquiry-based learning approach, the apps challenge middle-school students with investigations and quizzes based on the students' explorations of each interactive unit.’
Expedition Insects is aninteractive book from the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The new book was written to helps students in third through fifth grade learn about insects from all over the world. The book is full of pictures and videos to complement the text. Throughout the book students can click or tap on underlined words to quickly access their definitions. Created for the iBooks platform. It is interactive if you read it on a Mac or on an iPad. Eat and Move. Consider this app a “health calculator” because users can find out the calories of common foods and how much time they’ll need to swim, dance, jump rope, etc. to burn the calories in their meal.
My Molecularium a free game app that challenges players to build a wide variety of molecules. It is available at the Apple App Store and Google Play. The mission of the Molecularium Project is to expand science literacy and get people of all ages excited about science. This is an engaging way for students to learn about molecules and the world around them. Games are a great way to introduce and reinforce ideas.
Molecules Molecules is an application for viewing three-dimensional renderings of molecules and manipulating them
3D Molecules Edit & Test allows one to build and manipulate 3D molecular models of organic and inorganic compounds. The key features of “3D Molecules Edit & Test” are 3D printing support and the "Test yourself" mode that allows learners to check their knowledge of the 3D structure of molecules. This is a valuable tool for chemistry students when learning about molecular bonding and orbitals with the aid of 3D visualisation. The app is great for any high school or college student in chemistry courses.
Virtual Cell Virtual cell animations, stills, narrative and quiz
The Virtual Cell Animations app includes an animation, still images, narrative, and content quiz.
In version 1.4, the modules covered are aerobic respiration; cellular respiration; meiosis and mitosis; photosynthesis; protein expression; RNA expression; secretion; and signaling.
iCell developed by the Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology. The app provides students with 3D models of plant, animal, and bacteria cells. Each cell model can be viewed in detail by zooming in and rotating the model on your iPad. Students can learn about the parts of the cells by tapping on them to reveal their labels and a brief description of that part’s function. There are a basic, intermediate, and advanced description options.
3D Cell Simulation and Stain Tool In addition to accessing video content, users can create their own cell image.
VCell The purpose of the app is to provide a place where students can learn about cellular respiration, protein expression, and RNA expression.
3D Cell Simulation and Stain Tool Learn about the cell and all its structures using our new 3D Cell tool. Enjoy the ability to rotate the cell 360 degrees and zoom in on any cell structure. Choose from a list of cell structures to learn more about how each structure functions and relates to the other components of the cell. Dive even deeper and create your own stained cell image by using Molecular Probes™ products. There are over 250 image combinations to explore!
Solve the Outbreak is a free iPad app produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The app is a game that contains three epidemics for students to research. In each investigation students have to read the background, read clues, analyze data, and answer questions. The questions put students in the role of a medical professional tasked with helping to curtail the spread of the epidemic.
Operation Outbreak is an innovative platform for STEM education on infectious diseases and outbreak preparedness. The app is free for iOS and Android users.
Germ Blaster game that is appropriate for students in elementary school.
students learn about six types of pathogens and the “weapons” used to fight them. Before starting the game students review each pathogen and what makes it different from the others. Then they review the methods used to fight those pathogens. In the Germ Blaster game students fight off the pathogens by selecting the appropriate weapon to kill the approaching pathogens. If they get stuck and can’t remember which weapons fight which pathogens, students can pause the game to look up information about the pathogens
Sugar Shake - What better way to learn how molecules interact than by shaking your iPad and seeing the collisions happen?
Enzymatic ENZYMES are extremely important in Biology! Essentially EVERY life process relies for EVERY living thing relies on ENZYMES! So... it might be important to understand them (at least a little bit...) In this amazing interactive experience, you will learn about enzymes by playing games, performing virtual experiments, and solving puzzles!
Cell Defense: The Plasma Membrane The only barrier between the cell and the dangers of the outside world is the plasma membrane. Defend your cell by building a functional plasma membrane and thwart the evil plans of Dr. Vial to destroy all life on earth! Learn how the membrane works and its parts, including phospholipids, cholesterol, proteins, and carbohydrates. Also, learn about cell transport!
Snurfle Meiosis and Genetics Snurfles, just like any other organism, must reproduce in order to continue as a species! But how does this happen? By the end of this game, you will understand how MEIOSIS and FERTILIZATION work to make offspring! You will also see how GENETIC characteristics are passed on through these processes and the connection between meiosis and genetics!
HudsonAlpha iCell
Cell and Cell Structure
Powers of Minus Ten
OnScreen DNA Model
Snurfle Meiosis and Genetics 2: Genetic Diversity When Snurfles reproduce, their offspring can have a lot of different traits (lots of diversity). But how? By the end of this game, you will understand how the processes of CROSSING OVER, INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT, and RANDOM FERTILIZATION result in increased diversity of offspring! Also, you will learn how to perform a DIHYBRID CROSS!
Powers of Minus Ten: Cells and Genetics (1.99) zoom into a human hand and explore environments with scientifically-accurate 3D content. Discover some of the basic concepts in biology and learn about the structures of a few of the key cells, proteins, and molecules found in our bodies.
Bacteria ID Science and techniques to identify types of bacteria
Mitosis
ENZYMATIC are extremely important in Biology! Essentially EVERY life process relies for EVERY living thing relies on ENZYMES! So... it might be important to understand them (at least a little bit...) In this amazing interactive experience, you will learn about enzymes by playing games, performing virtual experiments, and solving puzzles! Welcome to ENZYMATIC (the ultimate enzyme learning experience!) Germ Blaster developed by Rice University’s Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning. By playing Germ Blaster students learn about six types of pathogens and the “weapons” used to fight them. Before starting the game students review each pathogen and what makes it different from the others.
Miracle of Life designed to teach kids about the human growth cycle and development. This is done in a tasteful and educational way through the use of interactive games, animations, and illustrations. Focuses on the 3 stages of development such as: fertilization, gestation, and growth.
Gene Screen: A fun way to learn how recessive genetic traits and diseases are inherited and why certain diseases are more prevalent in different populations. Gene Screen also provides information on some recessive genetic diseases and genetic screening programs.
Solve the Outbreak app Get clues, analyze data, solve the scenario, and save lives! In this fun app, you get to be the Disease Detective.
Mysteries of the Unseen World based on the National Geographic film of the same name. Students see common, everyday objects under an electron microscope. The app contains three types of games based on the images. The “solve” games show students an image and a clue as to which object they are seeing. There is a multiple choice “solve” and a cypher “solve.” The multiple choice game is good for beginners. The cypher game is for advanced players. In the cypher game students have to spell the name of what they think they are seeing. In the puzzle game students are given the name of an object and then have to assemble the electron microscope picture.
BioDigital Human A better way to understand health and the human body. The BioDigital Human is the most comprehensive set of true 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled. Choose from 1000’s of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models. This app is an extension of the award winning BioDigital Human online, allowing users from web to mobile to seamlessly experience exploring the human body in 3D!
DIY Human Body app. The app uses everyday items to let you explore your body's complex machinery in 13 fun, hands-on STEM activities.
Know Your Body app has a major focus on the function of each vital organ of our body. It provides detailed description of each organ with beautiful illustrations and provides a valuable exercise for it tests your knowledge about the human body systems.
Learning Human Body Parts IOS
‘Learning body parts app is a learning and quiz app which helps preschoolers to learn about the names of different parts of human body. It's simple but effective in its nature and has 2 main features to play with, Learning and Quiz.’
The Human Body IOS
‘Learn anatomy and biology in an interactive model of the human body — the heart beats, guts gurgle, lungs breathe, the skin feels, and eyes see.’
interactive biology textbooks. You’ll see just how powerful an interactive textbook can be! Look at the bottom of the page for more titles.
BioDigital Human is a comprehensive set of 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled. Choose from thousands of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models. ’
A Life Cycle (0.99) This app covers the following life cycles:
- Life Cycle of a Frog- Phases of the Moon- Life Cycle of a Butterfly
- Plant Life Cycle- Pollination and Fertilization- Rock Cycle- Water Cycle- Photosynthesis- Nitrogen Cycle- Oxygen Cycle- Life Cycle of a Ladybug
Each cycle of life is illustrated in a kid-friendly manner. In addition, each step in each cycle is accompanied by explanatory text and a narrator is available to read the text too. Both of those options can be turned off - making the app customizable to meet your needs.
The Human Body helps elementary and middle school students learn human anatomy. The app features interactive diagrams of the major systems of the human body. A few of the things that students can see on the app are how lungs breathe, the heart beats, and the ears hear. Through the app students will also see how the feeling of a touch of the hand is received in the brain. Students can turn layers and labels on and off throughout the app.
Science Heroes 1 Digestion takes players on a tour of the digestive system, from mouth to large intestine, in the “Chompercraft.” The Captain gives kids various missions in order to stop the nefarious Ignarus (this time, in bacterial form), from wreaking havoc at important digestive pit-stops.
Living Lung Interactive 3D model. You can speed up or slow down the respiratory rate. Also allows users to add or remove labeled layers of respiratory system
Virtual Heart, a free iPad app from Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, allows students to speed up and slow down the virtual heart rate and take a close look at how the human heart functions. Four views of the heart show the electrical system, the valves, blood flow, and the interior of the heart. Students can experience each view with or without labels. When students first tap each view, the app displays a short introduction to that view. Click Here to Visit iTunes App Store
iHeartTouch Interactive Anatomy of Heart
Monster Heart Medic is a free iPad app produced by the Lawrence Hall of Science with funding from the National Institutes of Health. The purpose of the app is to help students learn about the cardiovascular system through a game environment.
The basic premise of Monster Heart Medic is that students have to help a friendly monster named Ragnar live a healthier life. Throughout the game students conduct exams on Ragnar to monitor components of his health like blood pressure and cholesterol. Students also have to teach Ragnar how to take care of himself by making better food choices and exercising. In all there are 37 tasks called Health Fact Achievements that students need to complete in the game. (www.freetech4teachers.com)
Monster Heart Medic. is a well crafted educational adventure game that explores the cardiovascular system by examining how it is affected by healthy living.
BioDigital Human A better way to understand health and the human body. The BioDigital Human is the most comprehensive set of true 3D anatomy and health condition models ever assembled. Choose from 1000’s of interactive visualizations to build your own custom library of models. This app is an extension of the award winning BioDigital Human online, allowing users from web to mobile to seamlessly experience exploring the human body in 3D!’
Energy for Life (2 - 12)This beautifully designed interactive app takes students through the different systems of the body: digestive, respiratory, and circulatory. Easy to understand explanations and interactive animations that engage students and allow them to learn in a fun way
Experience Life (2.99) Through the nervous system’s response to external stimuli, we relate to other living beings and to our surroundings. Our senses receive stimuli; the nervous system processes the information and responds in the most appropriate manner; then, the musculoskeletal system implements the action.
My Incredible Body (currently free) designed to help students learn how the human body works. The app features eight sections. Those sections are circulation, muscles, senses (vision, smell, hearing, touch), kidneys & urine, skeleton, respiration, digestion, and brain & nerves. Each section of the app contains short animated videos that explain the functions of each system and how it works.
Build a Body with. Build a Body students construct a human body system-by-system. To build a body students drag and drop into place the organs and bones of a human body. Each organ and bone is accompanied by a description of the purpose of that bone or organ. The systems that students can build in the Build a Body activity are the skeletal, digestive, respiratory, nervous, excretory, and circulatory systems.
Anatomy 4D Through this free app and a simple printed image, Anatomy 4D transports students, teachers, medical professionals, and anyone who wants to learn about the body into an interactive 4D experience of human anatomy. Visually stunning and completely interactive, Anatomy 4D uses augmented reality and other cutting edge technologies to create the perfect vehicle for 21st century education
DIY Human Body that includes informational text, activities and videos. Students can read about body systems and examine different diagrams. There are video clips that show children what it’s like to visit a doctor’s office and give them extra information that translates best in this multimedia format.
Virtual Heart allows users to take a closer look at how the human heart functions.
Science Heroes 1: Digestive System for Kids - This is a game that focuses on all 5 phases of digestion through 15 levels of play.
3D Brain Rotate and zoom around 29 interactive structures. Consider functions, disorders, links
Monster Heart Medic from The Lawrence Hall of Science (creators of DIY Sun Science and DIY Human Body) is a free app that helps student explore the cardiovascular system. Simulating a video game, this iPad app takes students on a journey to learn about the way the heart works. It provides lots of information on how to keep the heart healthy with colorful graphics and interesting characters to follow around. Combining images, diagrams and informational text with important facts about the human body,
Essential Skeleton Users can manipulate a 3D skeleton, highlight different sections and read information about each bone.
Powers of Minus Ten: Bone takes students through ten levels of viewing the inside of human bones. Students can zoom through and explore each of the microscopic levels.
Visual Anatomy Lite Visual Anatomy Lite is an interactive reference, and education tool. The Lite version contains 130 high-resolution images and more than 350 feature points which can be interactively selected. Each feature has its own label and short description. Add-on Images from 6 chapters of Gray's anatomy can be used as a quick reference. 6 chapters are bones, muscles and circulation system. In additional, a quiz with 23 multi-choice questions also is included.’
Bone Genius Bone Genius makes learning skeletal anatomy fun! Whether you are pre- med, pre- nursing, or just looking to explode some bones, Bone Genius can help. Put away your anatomy book and learn while you play!’
Visual Anatomy Lite Visual Anatomy Lite is an interactive reference, and education tool. The Lite version contains 120 high-resolution images and more than 300 feature points which can be interactively selected. Each feature has its own label and short description. Add-on Images from 6 chapters of Gray's anatomy can be used as a quick reference.
Living Lung The app provides an interactive 3D model of human lungs. Users of the app can speed up or slow down the respiratory rate of the model. This free educational iPad app also allows users to add or remove labeled layers of the respiratory system.
Solve the Outbreak is a free iPad app produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The app is a game that contains three epidemics for students to research. In each investigation students have to read the background, read clues, analyze data, and answer questions. The questions put students in the role of a medical professional tasked with helping to curtail the spread of the epidemic. Points are awarded to students for correct answers.
The Brain AR App The app lets you explore the layers of the head from skin, muscle and skeleton down to the inner areas of the brain. By using augmented reality (AR), the user gains an amazing insight into the tissues, structures and areas of the mind by moving the device around the special artwork provided. You can choose to view the mind in AR or switch to a 3D mode within the device and rotate with your fingers
Nico and Nor Wonder Farm (IOS App) children plant digital seeds and help them grow! In this app, children create a sequence of conditions for the seeds and observe how tomato, cabbage, bean, and carrot plants transform as time passes. Children also mix up a colorful salad using a healthy variety of garden vegetables. Part simulation and part game, Wonder Farm helps children explore how factors like the weather and hungry animals can affect plants’ growth.
LeafSnap uses visual recognition to identify leaves
Trees Pro HD explore trees in your neighborhood and beyond. Forty tree species are listed with beautiful, high quality photographs and information on their leaves, fruit and general characteristics.
Libraries of Life - Learn about plants and animals with these augmented reality digital collection cards.
WWF Together features eight interactive stories about endangered animals around the world. Each of the interactive stories includes beautiful images and videos, facts about the animals and their habitats, and the threats to each of the animals.
VIRRY combines high definition live and pre-recorded video to help spark students’ curiosity in wild animals. The app is interactive while incorporating information about different animals and habitats.
Creatures of Light is a beautiful free iPad app from the American Museum of Natural History. The app contains five chapter about bioluminescent animals like jellyfish, fireflies, and glow worms. In each chapter students learn about what causes bioluminescence and how it helps animals survive in their environments. Each chapter includes an interactive map of the world that students on which students can tap to learn about the bioluminescent animals of a particular region.
Wildlife Monograph A glimpse of some of the worlds increasingly rare and endangered species, captured on camera in their natural habitats. The spell binding intimate images captured by some of the worlds premier wildlife photographers breath with vivid insight and a sense of being closer than most of us can ever hope to be.
Study Insects in Their Natural Habitats Giant deadly hornets, gorgeous fluttering butterflies and stealthy crawling stink bugs … students will discover these and other mesmerizing world insects in Expedition: Insects, a free ebook for the iPad, written, illustrated and animated by the Smithsonian Science Education Center. In the ebook, young explorers travel around the world to visit six types of insects in their natural habitats. Expedition: Insects is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards and designed for use both in the classroom and at home. Among the ebook’s features are images and videos that show children what the insects look like in real life. Readers can zoom in on labeled images, watch exciting video footage and experience the sounds of the habitats they visit. Click Here to Access Free eBook
GeoEndangered Animals all around the world are in danger but how familiar are you with vulnerable and endangered species? This app present you with a picture of an animal and you have to guess whether it is Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. Raise awareness for endangered species as you educate yourself.
Disneynature Explore designed to help children learn about bear, butterflies, lions, chimpanzees, and sea turtles. The activities for learning about each animal include augmented reality components. Students can use their iPads to take pictures to put animals into settings that they photograph.The app encourages students to go on nature walks with their parents. On the nature walks students can take pictures and record observations in their digital field journals.The interactive augmented reality aspect of the brown bear lesson. The lesson starts with a prompt for students to growl like a bear. After growling like a bear students swipe at salmon swimming up a river. video
My Environment: FREEFrom the Australian Government, find the Australian environmental places and species that make up your neighbourhood. See the heritage places, wetlands, protected species, protected areas, weeds and invasive species near you. Drill down to see photos and location maps of environmental places and species.
Plum’s Creaturizer from PBS Kids lets students create their own creatures. They can snap pictures of the outdoors to show where their creature might live and complete missions. This app pushes students to think about what type of habitat their creature might live and details about their lives.
Virry is an awesome app that students of all ages will love to explore. It gives users access to live cams for different animals as well as tons of interactive content. Kids can play games as they check out each animal, including lions, meerkats, giraffes, and more. Children can watch a lion move around a pen and learn about it’s feeding habits. Students can gather information for a research project and find inspiration for persuasive writing.
Project Noah document the world's organisms. Beyond documentation, the app offers users an opportunity to participate in ongoing citizen science research projects by tagging contributions into specific field missions and can be used as a location-based field guide as well.
Creek Watch Users input data to help monitor local watersheds.
American Museum of Natural History: Cosmic Discoveries: Take a ride with the Museum’s astrophysicists through our Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy, and beyond. Cosmic Discoveries is the first app to collect nearly 1,000 stunning astronomic images.
Nature Cat’s Great Outdoors - Explore the outdoors with Nature Cat using a compass, camera, sound recorder, sketching tool, and journal.
iNaturalist Users record observations from the natural world and contribute them to iNaturalist.com
- Image Recognition Technology for Exploring Nature
Students can take their nature knowledge up a notch with Seek, a free iOS photo-identification app from iNaturalist that encourages outdoor exploration and learning by harnessing image recognition technology to help users identify plants and animals from their photos. Students can choose from a list of nearby plants, animals, and fungi and collect photographs of as many species as they can find.
Environmental and Earth Science
Trash Chaos -learning about recycling. This app is ideal for younger kids, has excellent animated graphics
MarcoPolo Weather This app allows children to control and interact w/ 9 different types of weather (i.e. sun, rain, snow, etc). The way this works is by having the user control different atmospheric conditions such as temperature, wind speeds, and much much more.
DIY Sun Science includes activity ideas related to the sun and solar energy.
DIY Lake Science, you can explore ecosystems with your class. If you’re studying the human body with your students,
GeoXplorer app for iOS and Android devices helps students understand the complex, three-dimensional nature of geologic structures. Rather than having to physically travel around the world to study specific geologic specimens, students can use GeoXplorer to browse thousands of 3D terrain models, learn about them, and view them in augmented reality just as they appear in the real world.
iSeeChange Tracker by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, students can use their iOS mobile devices to help NASA scientists investigate how climate change affects their communities. Using the app, students simply choose an investigation that scientists are actively researching and then add sightings from their backyard, neighborhood, or city. Each sighting will be paired with NASA satellite and weather data to help scientists identify ground-level changes that correlate with the bigger picture they are seeing from space.
Marine Missions This app from National Geographic Kids teaches children about ocean animals and the importance of water conservation in a fun and interactive adventure game.
Minigames to Increase Environmental AwarenessFighting climate change becomes interactive with the free Cleanopolis VR app for iOS and Android by Groupe EDF. Students learn about CO2 and battle along with Captain Clean in the fight against climate change. Assisted by their faithful companion, Tobby, students and Captain Clean explore a 3D city and discover its four districts. The app features eight minigames in which students must reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases in each district. Quizzes let students evaluate their ecological footprint and learn how to improve it. And a movie theaterplays an educational film starring Igloo the penguin, who explains climate change. For an immersive experience and a wow effect, students can use 3D glasses (cardboards).
Reference App to Explore Earth’s EcosystemsCan your students find frogs on Mount Everest? Do they know what the climate is like in the Congo Basin in February? Do they have endangered species in their own neighborhood? BiomeViewer, from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), is a free reference app for iPad about planet Earth. The app covers a myriad of data for the entire planet, including ecosystems and biomes, wildlife, climate, and photos.
Kids vs Rain: Where Does Rain Come From? This multi-touch, interactive iBook is a great choice for early learners.
WWF Together now features the stories of threatened or endangered animals around the world. The stories include facts about the animals' ranges, threats to their habitats, and latest news about efforts to help preserve these animals and their habitats. Within each story there is an opportunity for students to take a selfie with an animal. This is done through the use of augmented reality that lets users place an origami rendering of an animal into any setting including a selfie. And for those who want a hands-on activity, WWF Together includes directions for making origami animals.
WWF Free Rivers is a free augmented reality app produced by the World Wildlife Foundation. The app uses augmented reality to present a story about rivers. WWF Free Rivers tells students stories about the implications of changes in weather patterns, damming rivers, and pollution on river ecosystems. Students interact with these stories by moving their iPads and or by pinching and zooming on elements in the stories.
iRecycle find local, convenient recycling opportunities when you are on the go or at home. iRecycle provides access to more than 1,500,000 ways to recycle over 350 materials, including digital equipment.
National Geographic is Marine Missions, a bright and colorful game that teaches children about water conservation and the animals that live in the ocean. A great tool for reinforcing lessons on ecosystems or extending a unit on biodiversity!
Weatherwise ( Also an android app) Experience creative animated weather scenes crafted by artists, illustrators, and photographers. A different kind of weather app that allows for infinite possibilities of weather visualization built upon a 2D game engine.
iBiome – Wetland app for the iPad is an engaging way for students aged 9–11 to learn about a variety of wetland ecosystems. By drawing connections between different species and creating a web, students learn about producers and consumers, and predator–prey relationships. Web version
Click and Learn Interactively explore topics in biology with the Click and Learn app. Each module features supporting videos and animations (Internet connection required). Learn about topics in Earth history and climate change, evolution, neurobiology, infectious diseases, bioinformatics, stem cells, RNA, obesity, cancer, and genomics.
EarthViewer app takes you through 4.5 billion years on Earth. EarthViewer allows you to select eons and eras to view. Within each eon and era you can view tectonic plates, continental drift, and other geological events. You can view major biological events in EarthViewer too. Climate data for the last one hundred years is available in the app. EarthViewer users can manipulate the virtual globe to see how each continent has moved and been altered over time.
Marine Missions a bright and colorful game that teaches children about water conservation and the animals that live in the ocean.
Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab have produced a virtual underwater ecosystem to allow students to observe firsthand what coral reefs are expected to look like by the end of the century if carbon dioxide emissions are not curbed.The researchers have designed an educational experience that makes the impossible possible: students can watch the ocean absorb invisible carbon dioxide molecules, a coral reef degrade, and marine life disappear as the ocean acidifies. Each step in the journey is based on decades of marine science research. This experience is free to download and can be viewed on the HTC Vive.
Ocean Science. free app is full of beautiful pictures and rich information about ocean life. You and your students will learn all about the power of the ocean and why it’s considered the final frontier!
More Apps about the Ocean, marine animals and Ecology Recycle Hero App Store is an adventure game that teaches kids about recycling and taking care of the environment, a real life skill. With different game dynamics and the help of the ECOfriends, we want to motivate kids to take action in real life adopting green-friendly habits. Recycle Hero integrates 6 different game dynamics, including puzzles, sorting, logic and strategy games.
iNaturalist Users record observations from the natural world and contribute them to iNaturalist.com
Common Rocks Reference
Mineral Identifier
Google's Science Journal app provides some neat tools for recording data and writing observations. Within the app students create notebooks for recording experiment data and observations. Students can also use those notebooks to simply organize observations by topic. There are sensors built into the app for recording sound, speed, light, direction, and magnetism. Learn more about the app here. You can download the Android version here and the iOS version here. (www.freetech4tearchers.com)
Nature Cat's Great Outdoors is a free app from PBS Kids. The app, available for iOS and Android, provides students with activities they can do outdoors in all kinds of weather. To use the Nature Cat's Great Outdoors app students simply open it, press play, and select a "daily nature adventure." There are adventures for sunny days, rainy days, and snowy days. An example of a rainy day adventure is recording the sounds of rain drops and the sounds of splashing in puddles. The app has more than 100 adventure suggestions built into it. Students earn digital badges for completing adventures. (www.freetech4tearchers.com)
Geocaching is a fun activity for students to do to learn about latitude and longitude, to discover geological features, learn or relearn basic math concepts, and to practice good digital citizenship. Seven years ago Jen Lefebvre, née Deyenberg wrote a great overview of geocaching in an education context. You can read that blog post here. When Jen wrote that post you had to use handheld GPS units to go on geocaching activities. Today, you can simply use the Geocaching Android app or iOS apps. (www.freetech4tearchers.com)
NASA’s Earth Now ( Android )allows users to spin the earth with different filters. Check out daily temperatures, ozone, sea level and more!
Ocean Science The app is essentially a seven chapter, multimedia ebook about the basics of ocean science. Each chapter includes animations, pictures, video, and text. You can toggle back and forth between the multimedia elements and the text in a document. A useful aspect of the app for students is that you can take notes within the margins of the text.
Marine Missions from National Geographic. The app features a series of educational missions for elementary school students to complete.
MarcoPolo Weather This app allows children to control and interact w/ 9 different types of weather (i.e. sun, rain, snow, etc). The way this works is by having the user control different atmospheric conditions such as temperature, wind speeds, and much much more.
DIY Sun Science includes activity ideas related to the sun and solar energy.
DIY Lake Science, you can explore ecosystems with your class. If you’re studying the human body with your students,
GeoXplorer app for iOS and Android devices helps students understand the complex, three-dimensional nature of geologic structures. Rather than having to physically travel around the world to study specific geologic specimens, students can use GeoXplorer to browse thousands of 3D terrain models, learn about them, and view them in augmented reality just as they appear in the real world.
iSeeChange Tracker by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, students can use their iOS mobile devices to help NASA scientists investigate how climate change affects their communities. Using the app, students simply choose an investigation that scientists are actively researching and then add sightings from their backyard, neighborhood, or city. Each sighting will be paired with NASA satellite and weather data to help scientists identify ground-level changes that correlate with the bigger picture they are seeing from space.
Marine Missions This app from National Geographic Kids teaches children about ocean animals and the importance of water conservation in a fun and interactive adventure game.
Minigames to Increase Environmental AwarenessFighting climate change becomes interactive with the free Cleanopolis VR app for iOS and Android by Groupe EDF. Students learn about CO2 and battle along with Captain Clean in the fight against climate change. Assisted by their faithful companion, Tobby, students and Captain Clean explore a 3D city and discover its four districts. The app features eight minigames in which students must reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases in each district. Quizzes let students evaluate their ecological footprint and learn how to improve it. And a movie theaterplays an educational film starring Igloo the penguin, who explains climate change. For an immersive experience and a wow effect, students can use 3D glasses (cardboards).
Reference App to Explore Earth’s EcosystemsCan your students find frogs on Mount Everest? Do they know what the climate is like in the Congo Basin in February? Do they have endangered species in their own neighborhood? BiomeViewer, from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), is a free reference app for iPad about planet Earth. The app covers a myriad of data for the entire planet, including ecosystems and biomes, wildlife, climate, and photos.
Kids vs Rain: Where Does Rain Come From? This multi-touch, interactive iBook is a great choice for early learners.
WWF Together now features the stories of threatened or endangered animals around the world. The stories include facts about the animals' ranges, threats to their habitats, and latest news about efforts to help preserve these animals and their habitats. Within each story there is an opportunity for students to take a selfie with an animal. This is done through the use of augmented reality that lets users place an origami rendering of an animal into any setting including a selfie. And for those who want a hands-on activity, WWF Together includes directions for making origami animals.
WWF Free Rivers is a free augmented reality app produced by the World Wildlife Foundation. The app uses augmented reality to present a story about rivers. WWF Free Rivers tells students stories about the implications of changes in weather patterns, damming rivers, and pollution on river ecosystems. Students interact with these stories by moving their iPads and or by pinching and zooming on elements in the stories.
iRecycle find local, convenient recycling opportunities when you are on the go or at home. iRecycle provides access to more than 1,500,000 ways to recycle over 350 materials, including digital equipment.
National Geographic is Marine Missions, a bright and colorful game that teaches children about water conservation and the animals that live in the ocean. A great tool for reinforcing lessons on ecosystems or extending a unit on biodiversity!
Weatherwise ( Also an android app) Experience creative animated weather scenes crafted by artists, illustrators, and photographers. A different kind of weather app that allows for infinite possibilities of weather visualization built upon a 2D game engine.
iBiome – Wetland app for the iPad is an engaging way for students aged 9–11 to learn about a variety of wetland ecosystems. By drawing connections between different species and creating a web, students learn about producers and consumers, and predator–prey relationships. Web version
Click and Learn Interactively explore topics in biology with the Click and Learn app. Each module features supporting videos and animations (Internet connection required). Learn about topics in Earth history and climate change, evolution, neurobiology, infectious diseases, bioinformatics, stem cells, RNA, obesity, cancer, and genomics.
EarthViewer app takes you through 4.5 billion years on Earth. EarthViewer allows you to select eons and eras to view. Within each eon and era you can view tectonic plates, continental drift, and other geological events. You can view major biological events in EarthViewer too. Climate data for the last one hundred years is available in the app. EarthViewer users can manipulate the virtual globe to see how each continent has moved and been altered over time.
Marine Missions a bright and colorful game that teaches children about water conservation and the animals that live in the ocean.
Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab have produced a virtual underwater ecosystem to allow students to observe firsthand what coral reefs are expected to look like by the end of the century if carbon dioxide emissions are not curbed.The researchers have designed an educational experience that makes the impossible possible: students can watch the ocean absorb invisible carbon dioxide molecules, a coral reef degrade, and marine life disappear as the ocean acidifies. Each step in the journey is based on decades of marine science research. This experience is free to download and can be viewed on the HTC Vive.
Ocean Science. free app is full of beautiful pictures and rich information about ocean life. You and your students will learn all about the power of the ocean and why it’s considered the final frontier!
More Apps about the Ocean, marine animals and Ecology Recycle Hero App Store is an adventure game that teaches kids about recycling and taking care of the environment, a real life skill. With different game dynamics and the help of the ECOfriends, we want to motivate kids to take action in real life adopting green-friendly habits. Recycle Hero integrates 6 different game dynamics, including puzzles, sorting, logic and strategy games.
iNaturalist Users record observations from the natural world and contribute them to iNaturalist.com
Common Rocks Reference
Mineral Identifier
Google's Science Journal app provides some neat tools for recording data and writing observations. Within the app students create notebooks for recording experiment data and observations. Students can also use those notebooks to simply organize observations by topic. There are sensors built into the app for recording sound, speed, light, direction, and magnetism. Learn more about the app here. You can download the Android version here and the iOS version here. (www.freetech4tearchers.com)
Nature Cat's Great Outdoors is a free app from PBS Kids. The app, available for iOS and Android, provides students with activities they can do outdoors in all kinds of weather. To use the Nature Cat's Great Outdoors app students simply open it, press play, and select a "daily nature adventure." There are adventures for sunny days, rainy days, and snowy days. An example of a rainy day adventure is recording the sounds of rain drops and the sounds of splashing in puddles. The app has more than 100 adventure suggestions built into it. Students earn digital badges for completing adventures. (www.freetech4tearchers.com)
Geocaching is a fun activity for students to do to learn about latitude and longitude, to discover geological features, learn or relearn basic math concepts, and to practice good digital citizenship. Seven years ago Jen Lefebvre, née Deyenberg wrote a great overview of geocaching in an education context. You can read that blog post here. When Jen wrote that post you had to use handheld GPS units to go on geocaching activities. Today, you can simply use the Geocaching Android app or iOS apps. (www.freetech4tearchers.com)
NASA’s Earth Now ( Android )allows users to spin the earth with different filters. Check out daily temperatures, ozone, sea level and more!
Ocean Science The app is essentially a seven chapter, multimedia ebook about the basics of ocean science. Each chapter includes animations, pictures, video, and text. You can toggle back and forth between the multimedia elements and the text in a document. A useful aspect of the app for students is that you can take notes within the margins of the text.
Marine Missions from National Geographic. The app features a series of educational missions for elementary school students to complete.
Space and Astronomy
NASA HD News features, tweets from NASARocket Science 101 You don't have to be a rocket scientist to launch a NASA spacecraft with NASA's Rocket Science 101 (RS101)! Select your favorite NASA mission and build a rocket to send the spacecraft into orbit. As you take the RS101 challenge, you can learn more about thrilling missions and the various components of the launch vehicles, how they are configured and how they work together to successfully launch a NASA spacecraft. NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) does the same things for real rockets and exciting spacecraft missions every day - now it's your turn!
Spacecraft AR - ( Android ) Interact with 3D models of NASA spacecraft, including the Curiosity rover, SMAP, Voyager, and more.
Kids vs Planets: The Solar System Explained: Full of fun information on the planets, kids will explore science concepts as they turn each page.
Earthlapse: Turn your iPad or iPhone into a window aboard the International Space Station. Experience stunning views of planet Earth captured by NASA astronauts. Touch the views and control the planet with your finger.
Spacecraft 3D: NASA’s Spacecraft 3D is an augmented reality application that lets you learn about and interact with a variety of spacecraft that are used to explore our solar system, study Earth, and observe the universe.
Rocket Science 101 offered by NASA designed to help students understand how rockets work. The app also helps students understand the differences between the four types of rockets most frequently used by NASA. In Rocket Science 101 students can build all four rockets in a jigsaw-like activity then virtually launch their rockets.
Planets: A 3D guide to the solar system for aspiring astronomers. Hold up to sky to get closeup of the sky you are seeing at thetime. Lets students locate planets with a flat view of sky in 2D, or a planetarium style view of the sky in 3D.
3D Sun Satellite photos and more
Interactive Minds: Solar System is an iPad app designed to help students learn about the size of the solar system and to help learn a little history of space exploration. One of the highlights of the free version is an interactive comparison of the size of planets and moons in our solar system. Students can select the planets and moons that they want to compare. Students can also compare the size of the planets and the moons to the sun. Another nice feature of the app is the embedded video clips of both simulations and real footage from space.
Explain 3D’s iPad app includes the same animations that you can find on the website. The animations allow viewers to zoom-in, zoom-out, and rotate animations 360 degrees. Students can manipulate animations of simple machines like elevators and hand pumps. The app also offers models and animations of space shuttles and the International Space Station. To help students learn about electricity Explain 3D offers 3D models nuclear power plants, wind turbines, and hydro-electric dams.
Spacecraft AR - ( Android ) Interact with 3D models of NASA spacecraft, including the Curiosity rover, SMAP, Voyager, and more.
Kids vs Planets: The Solar System Explained: Full of fun information on the planets, kids will explore science concepts as they turn each page.
Earthlapse: Turn your iPad or iPhone into a window aboard the International Space Station. Experience stunning views of planet Earth captured by NASA astronauts. Touch the views and control the planet with your finger.
Spacecraft 3D: NASA’s Spacecraft 3D is an augmented reality application that lets you learn about and interact with a variety of spacecraft that are used to explore our solar system, study Earth, and observe the universe.
Rocket Science 101 offered by NASA designed to help students understand how rockets work. The app also helps students understand the differences between the four types of rockets most frequently used by NASA. In Rocket Science 101 students can build all four rockets in a jigsaw-like activity then virtually launch their rockets.
Planets: A 3D guide to the solar system for aspiring astronomers. Hold up to sky to get closeup of the sky you are seeing at thetime. Lets students locate planets with a flat view of sky in 2D, or a planetarium style view of the sky in 3D.
3D Sun Satellite photos and more
Interactive Minds: Solar System is an iPad app designed to help students learn about the size of the solar system and to help learn a little history of space exploration. One of the highlights of the free version is an interactive comparison of the size of planets and moons in our solar system. Students can select the planets and moons that they want to compare. Students can also compare the size of the planets and the moons to the sun. Another nice feature of the app is the embedded video clips of both simulations and real footage from space.
Explain 3D’s iPad app includes the same animations that you can find on the website. The animations allow viewers to zoom-in, zoom-out, and rotate animations 360 degrees. Students can manipulate animations of simple machines like elevators and hand pumps. The app also offers models and animations of space shuttles and the International Space Station. To help students learn about electricity Explain 3D offers 3D models nuclear power plants, wind turbines, and hydro-electric dams.
Chemistry
Turn Your iPad into a Microscope Sure, you could buy a simple magnifying attachment for your iPad at any toy store, but why not go a step further and build your own microscope? This hack from Instructables is meant for an iPhone but is easily adapted for an iPad, and it only requires about $10 worth of materials. Video
The hack itself would make for an excellent group project, but that’s just the beginning of what you can do. Of course, any kind of scientific exploration or experiments you would normally do with a microscope can be done here, except now you can take photos and video of the action. As described in the Instructables video, students will be amazed to witness plasmolysis in red onion epithelial cells with time lapse photography. Or, take your iPad microscope out into the field for real-time magnification in the elements.
The hack itself would make for an excellent group project, but that’s just the beginning of what you can do. Of course, any kind of scientific exploration or experiments you would normally do with a microscope can be done here, except now you can take photos and video of the action. As described in the Instructables video, students will be amazed to witness plasmolysis in red onion epithelial cells with time lapse photography. Or, take your iPad microscope out into the field for real-time magnification in the elements.
Periodic Table Tabular display of chemical elements. Students will digitally explore the molecules that they built using physical models.
Toca Lab Explore the colorful and electrifying world of science and meet all 118 of the elements from the periodic table…Toca Lab is a place for playing and having fun, and with it we hope to inspire kids to explore science. While the periodic table in Toca Lab is accurate, the way new elements are created is not. Instead, it’s a fun way to experiment, discover and create curiosity in the world of science. Toca Lab is just a starting point for further exploration
MEL Chemistry is a course of lessons in virtual reality that turns studying into an engaging process for learning about the rudiments of chemistry. Using scientific games and the immersion method, the app, which is designed for iOS and Android devices, invites students to become researchers in a scientific laboratory where they dive into solids and gases to learn about their structure on the atomic and molecular level.
Beaker is an iOS and Android app that lets students virtually mix chemicals. In the app students can select chemicals to mix to see how they react to each other. The app also has a virtual match that students can light to see how chemicals react to heat. The most impressive feature of the app is called Air Mix. The Air Mix feature in Beaker lets students virtually pour chemicals from one Beaker to another. When you have two phones or tablets that have Beaker installed, you can "pour" chemicals from one device to the other to virtually mix them. www.freetech4teachers.com
Collisions: Play Chemistry ( iPad | Android )Interact with the basic building blocks of chemistry in order to explore and solve challenges.
Elements 4D Paired with either paper or wood blocks that are inscribed with the symbols of 36 elements from the periodic table, this app will instantly transform a simple, inanimate object into dynamic, dimensional, 4D representations of each element.
ChemLab offers high school students a chance to build simple chemical compounds in an approachable game-like environment.
Chairs Mastering organic chemistry is tough. Memorizing terms and formulas might get you through general chemistry, but may lead to failure in organic chemistry. Success requires learning to think visually. Chair conformations, called ring flips, offer great exercises in spatial reasoning, which is key for mastering organic chemistry.
The Chemical Touch easy to use periodic table for your iPhone or iPod touch
NOVA Elements ‘Did you ever wonder why the periodic table is shaped the way it is, what gives each element its own unique set of properties, or even how elements combine to make everyday objects such as a cup of coffee? With “NOVA Elements,” explore an interactive periodic table, play a game hosted by David Pogue, or watch the two-hour NOVA program, “Hunting the Elements.’
VideoScience
‘A growing library of over 80 hands-on Science lessons that are great for home and the classroom. These short videos demonstrate inexpensive and easy to recreate experiments that are designed to inspire and excite kids of all ages.’
Happy Atoms Students digitally explore the molecules that they built using physical models.
Mechanisms is an interactive learning app that enables students to learn and practice key concepts in organic chemistry. Students get to move and manipulate electrons, visualize mechanisms, and practice chemistry-based puzzles.
Chemical Formula Practice mastery of the fundamental skill of naming compounds and writing formulas. The practice categories include ionic and molecular compounds, acids, bases, polyatomic ions, hydrocarbons, and organic functional groups
My Molecularium challenges students to launch atoms at target bond sites to assemble essential molecules of increasing complexity and difficulty. Students move their device to direct their shots by aiming the laser-guided gyroscope. Learning and using chemical and structural formulas help students to build a wide range of fascinating molecules, from water and vitamin C to caffeine and adrenaline. The game features Oxy, Carbón, and a crew of atom characters, along with MEL, the computer of the Molecularium. Students encounter new challenges on every level as they build more than 30 accurate, 3D molecular models. Available for iOS and Android,
Elements 4D by DAQRI is an app for students exploring the Periodic Table of Elements. Using augmented reality technology, users can scan a trigger and see one of 36 elements come to life on their screen. It’s a unique way to get children excited about science and learn important chemistry facts at the same time. NOVA Elements from PBS has an interactive app that includes video clips and an option to build each element.
Oresome Elements has a game where players match the symbol to the element. Both apps are free so you don’t have to pick just one!
goREACT - There are dozens of periodic table apps, but this one has a twist. Drag & drop elements together and watch the resulting chemical reactions.
Khan Academy Chemistry (videos 1-20). Khan Academy Chemistry allows students to learn Chemistry through various videos which are downloaded directly
Mild Elements 2 interactive periodic table that can plot graph; electron diagram; other information.
Elements 4D an AR app from Daqri, allows students explore chemical elements in a fun way while learning about real-life chemistry. To get started, download Elements4D and print the cubes. Overview
CuriositySchool focuses on solving engineering problems, including Biology, Chemistry, and Physics all in one, simple to use app.
Chem Pro is an iOS/Android app for learning Chemistry. This is for HS/College students looking for help in Chemistry. This app consists of 80 video lessons designed by students as well as other great tools such as: interactive periodic table, reference tables, and flash cards. There's also a molar mass calculator w/ equation sheet and unit converter to help w/ problems.
ChemCrafter create a virtual chemistry lab to conduct virtual experiments. ChemCrafter is designed as a series of three interactive books. Each book contains a series of lab tutorials for conducting experiments. As students work through the experiments they earn virtual coins which can be redeemed for more lab materials to use subsequent experiments.
NOVA Elements for iPad is hosted” by NY Times technology reviewer David Pogue. There are three primary features of the app. Those features are called Explore, Watch, and Play. The Explore feature contains an interactive periodic table. Students can also try to create each element by combining virtual protons, neutrons, and electrons until they have the correct combination. The Watch feature contains twelve short video clips in which David Pogue explains some of the elements and how they are used in consumer products. The Play feature presents students with common consumer goods like watches and tee shirts. Students have to identify the elements found in those consumer goods and construct the product.
Chemist iPad app ($4,99). Chemist is a virtual chemistry lab that allows students and teachers to do the kind of work they would normally do in a brick and mortar chemistry lab. They can conduct experiments, explore chemistry reactions, and mix chemicals to enhance their chemistry learning. Chemist also provides a 3D stage which enables students to do their experiments and view them from different angles. Using Chemist virtual lab enables students to "Conduct dangerous experiments without worrying about breaking beakers or getting cut by broken glass. To avoid explosions and be able the see the reactions of the chemicals without breaking the containers, turn off the Explosive option to disable all explosions.
Chem Lab Grade Range: 8-12 With this app one can build simple chemical compounds in an approachable game-like domain. It includes about 60 organic and inorganic compounds. This app can be introduced when students begin to learn about combining elements to make compounds. Students can keep track of their score and times to track their progress or to challenge their classmates. This would be especially helpful when studying for a quiz or an exam.
Molecules Grade Range: 8-12 View 3D images of molecules as well as manipulate them using fingers. Molecules can be viewed in different desired modes. This app can be introduced during a lesson on molecular structure. Students can view and manipulate molecules as the teacher reviews them in class
Sugar Shake - A interesting iPad game for Chemistry that has students shaking/tilting sugar molecules to set off chemical reactions.
Building Atoms Explore the composition of the elements. Build atoms, ions, and isotopes selecting appropriate numbers protons, neutrons and electrons. Includes atomic theory information and a periodic table.
Mahjong Chem Brought to you by the Chemistry Department at Stetson University, a FREE game to practice your chemistry knowledge using classic Mahjong game play! ChemDraw 9.99 This is an app that can be used by HS/College students and is ideal way for them to create/draw molecules and then share them easily w/ others. Also, this is a nice app for educators to use to help engage their students and help w/ them studying for tests.
iCelsius temperature probe
Wolfram General Chemistry Course Assistant This comprehensive app for chemistry will help you quickly solve your homework problems, ace your tests, and quiz your understanding of basic chemistry concepts so you're prepared for your courses.’
The Elements by Theodore Gray The Elements: A Visual Exploration is not just a reference app, it is a rich and engaging love story of the periodic table, told in words and pictures, and allowing you to experience the beauty and fascination of the building blocks of our universe in a way you've never seen before.’
EleMints: Periodic Table EleMints is a revolutionary periodic table for the science geek in all of us. Boasting phenomenal retina graphics and features such as element properties, a molar mass calculator, a plot graph and much more, EleMints will inspire you to bring out your inner mad scientist.’
Building Atoms, Ions, and Isotopes H With the Building Atoms, Ions, and Isotopes app, explore the composition of the elements. Build atoms, ions, and isotopes by selecting appropriate numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons.’
ChemCalc ‘This is a convenient chemistry tool for students and professionals to calculate molecular mass (molecular weight) of compounds and learn basic properties of chemical elements on iPad.’
Atom in a Box HD Rewritten from scratch for the iPad, Atom in a Box HD is an aid for visualizing the Hydrogen atomic orbitals, the three-dimensional states that the electron occupies in Hydrogen, a prime and otherwise unwieldy example of Quantum Mechanics. ’
Physics Chemistry Maths Formulas: Formula MAX Formula MAX is a universal app with a collection of over 1100+ Physics, Chemistry and Maths formulas, more formulas to be added constantly through updates. Use your Formula MAX app across your iOS devices with exclusive device based UI, with just one purchase. ’
Electrons Electrons is a charged particle simulator for iPad. It allows you to create dozens of positively or negatively charged particles, either freely roaming in space, or contained within conducting bodies. You can observe complex particle interactions and resulting electric forces, create capacitors, simulate a lightning rod, a cathode ray tube (CRT) and much, much more.’
iSpartan is a versatile app for molecular modeling on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. The app allows any chemist fast and easy access to computational methods that have proven reliable for a large range of molecules.’
VideoScience A growing library of over 80 hands-on Science lessons that are great for home and the classroom. These short videos demonstrate inexpensive and easy to recreate experiments that are designed to inspire and excite kids of all ages.’
Chemistry Formula Practice Free Chemistry Formulas Practice stimulates students’ mastery of the fundamental skill of naming compounds and writing formulas. The practice categories include ionic and molecular compounds, acids, bases, polyatomic ions, hydrocarbons, and organic functional groups.’
Wolfram General Chemistry Course Assistant
‘This comprehensive app for chemistry will help you quickly solve your homework problems, ace your tests, and quiz your understanding of basic chemistry concepts so you're prepared for your courses.’
The Elements by Theodore Gray
‘The Elements: A Visual Exploration is not just a reference app, it is a rich and engaging love story of the periodic table, told in words and pictures, and allowing you to experience the beauty and fascination of the building blocks of our universe in a way you've never seen before.’
Building Atoms, Ions, and Isotopes HD
‘With the Building Atoms, Ions, and Isotopes app, explore the composition of the elements. Build atoms, ions, and isotopes by selecting appropriate numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons.’
ChemCalc
‘This is a convenient chemistry tool for students and professionals to calculate molecular mass (molecular weight) of compounds and learn basic properties of chemical elements on iPad.’
Atom in a Box HD
‘Rewritten from scratch for the iPad, Atom in a Box HD is an aid for visualizing the Hydrogen atomic orbitals, the three-dimensional states that the electron occupies in Hydrogen, a prime and otherwise unwieldy example of Quantum Mechanics. ’
Physics Chemistry Maths Formulas: Formula MAX
‘Formula MAX is a universal app with a collection of over 1100+ Physics, Chemistry and Maths formulas, more formulas to be added constantly through updates. Use your Formula MAX app across your iOS devices with exclusive device based UI, with just one purchase. ’
Electrons
‘Electrons is a charged particle simulator for iPad. It allows you to create dozens of positively or negatively charged particles, either freely roaming in space, or contained within conducting bodies. You can observe complex particle interactions and resulting electric forces, create capacitors, simulate a lightning rod, a cathode ray tube (CRT) and much, much more.’
iSpartan
‘iSpartan is a versatile app for molecular modeling on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. The app allows any chemist fast and easy access to computational methods that have proven reliable for a large range of molecules.’
Toca Lab Explore the colorful and electrifying world of science and meet all 118 of the elements from the periodic table…Toca Lab is a place for playing and having fun, and with it we hope to inspire kids to explore science. While the periodic table in Toca Lab is accurate, the way new elements are created is not. Instead, it’s a fun way to experiment, discover and create curiosity in the world of science. Toca Lab is just a starting point for further exploration
MEL Chemistry is a course of lessons in virtual reality that turns studying into an engaging process for learning about the rudiments of chemistry. Using scientific games and the immersion method, the app, which is designed for iOS and Android devices, invites students to become researchers in a scientific laboratory where they dive into solids and gases to learn about their structure on the atomic and molecular level.
Beaker is an iOS and Android app that lets students virtually mix chemicals. In the app students can select chemicals to mix to see how they react to each other. The app also has a virtual match that students can light to see how chemicals react to heat. The most impressive feature of the app is called Air Mix. The Air Mix feature in Beaker lets students virtually pour chemicals from one Beaker to another. When you have two phones or tablets that have Beaker installed, you can "pour" chemicals from one device to the other to virtually mix them. www.freetech4teachers.com
Collisions: Play Chemistry ( iPad | Android )Interact with the basic building blocks of chemistry in order to explore and solve challenges.
- Atoms: Use protons and electrons to build atoms and explore atomic size.
- Ions: Manipulate energy to add or remove electrons and form ions.
- Covalent Bonding: Bond atoms to build molecules of various shapes and bond polarities.
- Ionic Bonding: Explore how ions of various charges interact to form ionic compounds.
- Acids & Bases: Remove protons from acids, then add them to bases while exploring the strengths of various acids.
Elements 4D Paired with either paper or wood blocks that are inscribed with the symbols of 36 elements from the periodic table, this app will instantly transform a simple, inanimate object into dynamic, dimensional, 4D representations of each element.
ChemLab offers high school students a chance to build simple chemical compounds in an approachable game-like environment.
Chairs Mastering organic chemistry is tough. Memorizing terms and formulas might get you through general chemistry, but may lead to failure in organic chemistry. Success requires learning to think visually. Chair conformations, called ring flips, offer great exercises in spatial reasoning, which is key for mastering organic chemistry.
The Chemical Touch easy to use periodic table for your iPhone or iPod touch
NOVA Elements ‘Did you ever wonder why the periodic table is shaped the way it is, what gives each element its own unique set of properties, or even how elements combine to make everyday objects such as a cup of coffee? With “NOVA Elements,” explore an interactive periodic table, play a game hosted by David Pogue, or watch the two-hour NOVA program, “Hunting the Elements.’
VideoScience
‘A growing library of over 80 hands-on Science lessons that are great for home and the classroom. These short videos demonstrate inexpensive and easy to recreate experiments that are designed to inspire and excite kids of all ages.’
Happy Atoms Students digitally explore the molecules that they built using physical models.
Mechanisms is an interactive learning app that enables students to learn and practice key concepts in organic chemistry. Students get to move and manipulate electrons, visualize mechanisms, and practice chemistry-based puzzles.
Chemical Formula Practice mastery of the fundamental skill of naming compounds and writing formulas. The practice categories include ionic and molecular compounds, acids, bases, polyatomic ions, hydrocarbons, and organic functional groups
My Molecularium challenges students to launch atoms at target bond sites to assemble essential molecules of increasing complexity and difficulty. Students move their device to direct their shots by aiming the laser-guided gyroscope. Learning and using chemical and structural formulas help students to build a wide range of fascinating molecules, from water and vitamin C to caffeine and adrenaline. The game features Oxy, Carbón, and a crew of atom characters, along with MEL, the computer of the Molecularium. Students encounter new challenges on every level as they build more than 30 accurate, 3D molecular models. Available for iOS and Android,
Elements 4D by DAQRI is an app for students exploring the Periodic Table of Elements. Using augmented reality technology, users can scan a trigger and see one of 36 elements come to life on their screen. It’s a unique way to get children excited about science and learn important chemistry facts at the same time. NOVA Elements from PBS has an interactive app that includes video clips and an option to build each element.
Oresome Elements has a game where players match the symbol to the element. Both apps are free so you don’t have to pick just one!
goREACT - There are dozens of periodic table apps, but this one has a twist. Drag & drop elements together and watch the resulting chemical reactions.
Khan Academy Chemistry (videos 1-20). Khan Academy Chemistry allows students to learn Chemistry through various videos which are downloaded directly
Mild Elements 2 interactive periodic table that can plot graph; electron diagram; other information.
Elements 4D an AR app from Daqri, allows students explore chemical elements in a fun way while learning about real-life chemistry. To get started, download Elements4D and print the cubes. Overview
CuriositySchool focuses on solving engineering problems, including Biology, Chemistry, and Physics all in one, simple to use app.
Chem Pro is an iOS/Android app for learning Chemistry. This is for HS/College students looking for help in Chemistry. This app consists of 80 video lessons designed by students as well as other great tools such as: interactive periodic table, reference tables, and flash cards. There's also a molar mass calculator w/ equation sheet and unit converter to help w/ problems.
ChemCrafter create a virtual chemistry lab to conduct virtual experiments. ChemCrafter is designed as a series of three interactive books. Each book contains a series of lab tutorials for conducting experiments. As students work through the experiments they earn virtual coins which can be redeemed for more lab materials to use subsequent experiments.
NOVA Elements for iPad is hosted” by NY Times technology reviewer David Pogue. There are three primary features of the app. Those features are called Explore, Watch, and Play. The Explore feature contains an interactive periodic table. Students can also try to create each element by combining virtual protons, neutrons, and electrons until they have the correct combination. The Watch feature contains twelve short video clips in which David Pogue explains some of the elements and how they are used in consumer products. The Play feature presents students with common consumer goods like watches and tee shirts. Students have to identify the elements found in those consumer goods and construct the product.
Chemist iPad app ($4,99). Chemist is a virtual chemistry lab that allows students and teachers to do the kind of work they would normally do in a brick and mortar chemistry lab. They can conduct experiments, explore chemistry reactions, and mix chemicals to enhance their chemistry learning. Chemist also provides a 3D stage which enables students to do their experiments and view them from different angles. Using Chemist virtual lab enables students to "Conduct dangerous experiments without worrying about breaking beakers or getting cut by broken glass. To avoid explosions and be able the see the reactions of the chemicals without breaking the containers, turn off the Explosive option to disable all explosions.
Chem Lab Grade Range: 8-12 With this app one can build simple chemical compounds in an approachable game-like domain. It includes about 60 organic and inorganic compounds. This app can be introduced when students begin to learn about combining elements to make compounds. Students can keep track of their score and times to track their progress or to challenge their classmates. This would be especially helpful when studying for a quiz or an exam.
Molecules Grade Range: 8-12 View 3D images of molecules as well as manipulate them using fingers. Molecules can be viewed in different desired modes. This app can be introduced during a lesson on molecular structure. Students can view and manipulate molecules as the teacher reviews them in class
Sugar Shake - A interesting iPad game for Chemistry that has students shaking/tilting sugar molecules to set off chemical reactions.
Building Atoms Explore the composition of the elements. Build atoms, ions, and isotopes selecting appropriate numbers protons, neutrons and electrons. Includes atomic theory information and a periodic table.
Mahjong Chem Brought to you by the Chemistry Department at Stetson University, a FREE game to practice your chemistry knowledge using classic Mahjong game play! ChemDraw 9.99 This is an app that can be used by HS/College students and is ideal way for them to create/draw molecules and then share them easily w/ others. Also, this is a nice app for educators to use to help engage their students and help w/ them studying for tests.
iCelsius temperature probe
Wolfram General Chemistry Course Assistant This comprehensive app for chemistry will help you quickly solve your homework problems, ace your tests, and quiz your understanding of basic chemistry concepts so you're prepared for your courses.’
The Elements by Theodore Gray The Elements: A Visual Exploration is not just a reference app, it is a rich and engaging love story of the periodic table, told in words and pictures, and allowing you to experience the beauty and fascination of the building blocks of our universe in a way you've never seen before.’
EleMints: Periodic Table EleMints is a revolutionary periodic table for the science geek in all of us. Boasting phenomenal retina graphics and features such as element properties, a molar mass calculator, a plot graph and much more, EleMints will inspire you to bring out your inner mad scientist.’
Building Atoms, Ions, and Isotopes H With the Building Atoms, Ions, and Isotopes app, explore the composition of the elements. Build atoms, ions, and isotopes by selecting appropriate numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons.’
ChemCalc ‘This is a convenient chemistry tool for students and professionals to calculate molecular mass (molecular weight) of compounds and learn basic properties of chemical elements on iPad.’
Atom in a Box HD Rewritten from scratch for the iPad, Atom in a Box HD is an aid for visualizing the Hydrogen atomic orbitals, the three-dimensional states that the electron occupies in Hydrogen, a prime and otherwise unwieldy example of Quantum Mechanics. ’
Physics Chemistry Maths Formulas: Formula MAX Formula MAX is a universal app with a collection of over 1100+ Physics, Chemistry and Maths formulas, more formulas to be added constantly through updates. Use your Formula MAX app across your iOS devices with exclusive device based UI, with just one purchase. ’
Electrons Electrons is a charged particle simulator for iPad. It allows you to create dozens of positively or negatively charged particles, either freely roaming in space, or contained within conducting bodies. You can observe complex particle interactions and resulting electric forces, create capacitors, simulate a lightning rod, a cathode ray tube (CRT) and much, much more.’
iSpartan is a versatile app for molecular modeling on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. The app allows any chemist fast and easy access to computational methods that have proven reliable for a large range of molecules.’
VideoScience A growing library of over 80 hands-on Science lessons that are great for home and the classroom. These short videos demonstrate inexpensive and easy to recreate experiments that are designed to inspire and excite kids of all ages.’
Chemistry Formula Practice Free Chemistry Formulas Practice stimulates students’ mastery of the fundamental skill of naming compounds and writing formulas. The practice categories include ionic and molecular compounds, acids, bases, polyatomic ions, hydrocarbons, and organic functional groups.’
Wolfram General Chemistry Course Assistant
‘This comprehensive app for chemistry will help you quickly solve your homework problems, ace your tests, and quiz your understanding of basic chemistry concepts so you're prepared for your courses.’
The Elements by Theodore Gray
‘The Elements: A Visual Exploration is not just a reference app, it is a rich and engaging love story of the periodic table, told in words and pictures, and allowing you to experience the beauty and fascination of the building blocks of our universe in a way you've never seen before.’
Building Atoms, Ions, and Isotopes HD
‘With the Building Atoms, Ions, and Isotopes app, explore the composition of the elements. Build atoms, ions, and isotopes by selecting appropriate numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons.’
ChemCalc
‘This is a convenient chemistry tool for students and professionals to calculate molecular mass (molecular weight) of compounds and learn basic properties of chemical elements on iPad.’
Atom in a Box HD
‘Rewritten from scratch for the iPad, Atom in a Box HD is an aid for visualizing the Hydrogen atomic orbitals, the three-dimensional states that the electron occupies in Hydrogen, a prime and otherwise unwieldy example of Quantum Mechanics. ’
Physics Chemistry Maths Formulas: Formula MAX
‘Formula MAX is a universal app with a collection of over 1100+ Physics, Chemistry and Maths formulas, more formulas to be added constantly through updates. Use your Formula MAX app across your iOS devices with exclusive device based UI, with just one purchase. ’
Electrons
‘Electrons is a charged particle simulator for iPad. It allows you to create dozens of positively or negatively charged particles, either freely roaming in space, or contained within conducting bodies. You can observe complex particle interactions and resulting electric forces, create capacitors, simulate a lightning rod, a cathode ray tube (CRT) and much, much more.’
iSpartan
‘iSpartan is a versatile app for molecular modeling on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. The app allows any chemist fast and easy access to computational methods that have proven reliable for a large range of molecules.’