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A Life Cycle App

A Life Cycle App

This is purely informative and not interactive.  It does what it says – shows the life cycles of quite a few things (frogs, water, butterflies, photosynthesis, plants…).We would have thought this was definitely... Read more >

A Life Cycle App - Nth Fusion LLC
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Britannica Kids: Dinosaurs

Britannica Kids:  Dinosaurs

This dinosaur app has lots of  information in an encyclopedic form, with lovely images, plus a few basic games (a matching game and a puzzle).  Nothing reinforces learning, but your reader can certainly gain... Read more >

Britannica Kids: Dinosaurs - Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc
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Britannica Kids: Rainforests

Britannica Kids:  Rainforests

This Encyclopedia of Rainforests has lots of  information in a more traditional encyclopedic form, and is good for ages 4-adult.  It is made more interesting by the lovely images, plus a few basic... Read more >

Britannica Kids: Rainforests - Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc
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Britannica Kids: Solar System

Britannica Kids:  Solar System

This solar system app has lots of  information in an encyclopedic form, with lovely images, plus a few basic games (puzzle, matching game).  Nothing reinforces learning, but your reader can certainly gain new knowledge.... Read more >

Britannica Kids: Solar System - Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc
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Britannica Kids: Volcanoes

Britannica Kids: Volcanoes

This Encyclopedia of Volcanoes app has lots of  information in (wait for it…) encyclopedic form and is good for preschool to adult.  It is made more interesting by the images, plus a few basic... Read more >

Britannica Kids: Volcanoes - Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc
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"There is a lot to learn, but no way to practice. It was very helpful for a 3rd grade project on volcanoes." Read more >

Casey’s Contraptions

Casey’s Contraptions

Casey’s Contraptions is a great app.  Explore the elements of physics with each mini challenge. Your child will learn about the laws of physics while creating complicated contraptions. You can use a variety of available... Read more >

Casey's Contraptions HD - Snappy Touch
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Cut the Rope

Cut the Rope

Your kids won’t even know that you consider Cut the Rope educational!  Using elements of physics (gravity and vectors), you move a ball of candy around the screen to collect three stars and then... Read more >

Cut the Rope - Chillingo Ltd
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"Our 5 year old girl AND 9 year old boy both love this app. It is really fun to watch them work through the levels." Read more >

Daisy the Dinosaur

Daisy the Dinosaur

Daisy the Dinosaur by Hopscotch Technologies introduces children to basic computer programming. A challenge mode tutorial shows how to make the dinosaur move, jump, shrink and grow using drag and drop instructions. Without explicitly... Read more >

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DoInk Animation and Drawing

DoInk Animation and Drawing

Remember making flip books with stick figures? Well DoInk is the high tech version of that. DoInk allows you to create vector animated cartoons. As you would assume from an animation program it does... Read more >

DoInk Animation & Drawing - DK Pictures, Inc.
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"We have three daughters - ages 5, 8 and 11. They all use and love this app - and get so much out of it. I highly recommend it." Read more >

Era of Dino

Era of Dino

Era of Dinosaurs is a $.99 encyclopedia for your dinosaur enthusiast (best for ages 7-11). The content is divided into three areas: Periods, Pterosaurs and Dinosaurs. There are no activities but many pictures and... Read more >

Era of Dino - AlphaWeb Plus LLP
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"I think this is best for young kids to do with a parent. It doesn't have enough information to keep my 8 year old interested, but when he was 5 and really into dinosaurs it would have been great to use with him." Read more >

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