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Meet Science Teaches Kids About Electricity and Magnetism

March 26, 2014 by admin

Screen Shot 2014-03-26 at 6.55.41 PM Meet Science is an iPad app through which elementary school and middle school students can learn about the basic concepts of magnetism and small electric circuits. There are four primary parts to the Meet Science app; a glossary of terms, narrated lessons with quizzes, games to which students apply their knowledge, and directions for experiments to conduct offline with adult supervision.

The Meet Science glossary contains key words and terms as well mini-biographies of scientists. All of the text in the glossary is read aloud to students. The glossary contains a bookmarking tool that students can use to save the terms and definitions they’re studying through the app.

In the lesson section of Meet Science students flip through seven lessons on magnetism and electricity. Within each lesson there are diagrams (some interactive) and quizzes to check for understanding. Just like in the glossary, all of the text in the lessons is read aloud to the students.

The games section of Meet Science is the only section that wasn’t immediately clear to me during my testing of the app. Perhaps it is because I didn’t study enough beforehand or because I don’t play games on a regular basis, but either way I found the games not intuitive to play. That said, in reading about the games they did appear to be designed to match the lessons that students complete in the app.

Meet Science is currently available for $4.99.

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Filed Under: Elementary School, Middle School Tagged With: electricity, ipad apps, science, science apps

Seven Free Science Apps for iPads

October 17, 2013 by admin

eskimo-nebula-11125_640 I’m preparing to do a virtual presentation for a small district next month. My hosts asked for a list of some science apps that their middle school and high school students can use. This is part of the list that has free apps.

The Bill Nye The Science Guy  iPad app is a free iPad app on which students can watch Bill Nye videos, play games, and discover kitchen table science experiments to do at home with their parents. The app is beautifully designed. 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.

goREACT is a free iPad app from the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. This free iPad app allows students to virtually create chemical reactions. To create the reactions students simply drag elements from the periodic table to the “reaction area.” The app includes suggested reactions to help students get started. In all there are nearly 300 chemical reactions supported on the app. The app includes pictures and videos related to the reactions that students can virtually create on goREACT.

Powers of Minus Ten: Bone is a neat iPad app for biology students. The app takes students through ten levels of viewing the inside of human bones. Students can zoom through and explore each of the microscopic levels. The imagery starts at the level of viewing bones from the outside and ends with viewing the atoms within the bones. A neat aspect of the app is that students can select “healthy bone” or “broken bone.” By selecting “broken bone” students can view a broken bone and see how it heals.

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Virtual Heart is a free iPad app that allows users to take a closer look at how the human heart functions. The free app lets users speed up and slow down the virtual heart rate. Users have four views of the heart in the app. The views are of the electrical system, the valves, blood flow, and the interior of the heart. Each view can be experienced with or without labels. The first time each view is tapped, a short introduction to that view is displayed.

3D Brain is a free iPad app that features a model of the human brain. he app provides a three dimensional model of the human brain that students can rotate. To look at a specific part of the brain select it from the drop-down menu and it will be highlighted on the model for you to view. Click the “info” tab to read one page summaries about each part of the brain. On the app you can also find some case studies about disorders and brain damage.

Essential Skeleton is a free iPad app that students studying the human skeletal system should download. The app puts a 3D skeleton on your students’ iPads. Students can zoom-in, zoom-out, and rotate the skeleton 360 degrees. When students zoom-in and tap on a bone they will see its name in English and Latin, have the option to hear an audio pronunciation of the bone’s name, learn about the connected bones, and write their own notes about the highlighted bone.

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.

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Filed Under: High School, Middle School Tagged With: free apps, free ipad apps, ipads in education, science, science apps, teaching with ipads

3D Brain – A Model of the Human Brain

July 5, 2013 by admin

Screen Shot 2013-06-30 at 2.07.11 PM 3D Brain is a free iPad app that features a model of the human brain. he app provides a three dimensional model of the human brain that students can rotate. To look at a specific part of the brain select it from the drop-down menu and it will be highlighted on the model for you to view. Click the “info” tab to read one page summaries about each part of the brain. On the app you can also find some case studies about disorders and brain damage.

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Filed Under: College, High School, Middle School Tagged With: Anatomy, biology, free apps, free ipad app, science, science apps

Learn About Science With Bill Nye on the Bill Nye iPad App

June 25, 2013 by admin

Screen Shot 2013-06-25 at 6.14.53 PM Kids love learning about science with Bill Nye The Science Guy. Now they can learn about science with Bill Nye on his iPad app. The Bill Nye The Science Guy  iPad app is a free iPad app on which students can watch Bill Nye videos, play games, and discover kitchen table science experiments to do at home with their parents.

The app is beautifully designed. 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.

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Filed Under: Elementary School, Middle School Tagged With: free apps, free ipad apps, science, science apps

Virtual Frog Dissection on Your iPad

May 23, 2013 by admin

Screen Shot 2013-05-18 at 10.37.45 AM Frog Dissection for iPad is an app that is popular with biology teachers. The latest version of the app includes more labels, quizzes, and videos. Of course, the main purpose of the app still remains. That purpose is to provide a virtual environment in which students can dissect a frog just as they would if they had a frog and a scalpel in your classroom. The app provides step-by-step directions for students to follow as they virtually dissect their frogs.

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At $3.99 Frog Dissection for iPad is kind of pricey yet still cheaper than a lot of the frog dissection kits on the market. And your students can use the app until they get the dissection right. There’s no do-over with a real frog.

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Filed Under: High School Tagged With: Frog Dissection, ipad app, ipad apps, science, science apps

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