Science and Technology APPS

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

For those of us that felt squeamish doing dissections in school, this is going to take you back! Its safe to say that this $3.99 iPad only Frog Dissection app is about as close as... Read more >

We hope you have heard of Khan Academy, and if not you are in for a treat.  At the forefront of open source education, Khan Academy’s goal is to provide free world-class education to... Read more >

Monster Physics is a super fun, well-made app by the creator of Stack the States, Stack the Countries and Presidents vs. Aliens  (all of which we kind of love).  Basically, you... Read more >

Animal Tracks is another great app for the great outdoors. How many times has your family found a set of animal tracks in the wild and wondered about what animal might have made them? ... Read more >

Just what it says it is – nothing fancy, but a fun resource to have.  Your nature lovers will like all the knowledge that this Tree Guide App brings to their fingertips. Skills: trees,... Read more >

This app is amazing. It is updated constantly with the latest NASA mission information, videos, images, sighting opportunities based on your time / location, launch information, NASA TV.  It provides a ton of information... Read more >

Rat Dissection is a great app ($3.99 iPad only) although it does not have as many research activities as its cousin Frog Dissection. The user is shown a rat that is... Read more >

This is a great $.99 universal app for your budding engineer (4th grade-Middle School)! Got a kid who loves to build? Let him or her try their hand at building complicated structures that have... Read more >

The beautiful Star Walk app is what every app maker should aspire to.  Of course space inherently provides gorgeous images, wonder and endless quests for knowledge, but it is the rare app that... Read more >

Although Richard Dawkin’s The Magic of Reality app is really more of a book, it has enough super interesting and interactive components that we had to review it.  Dawkins is dogmatic about science and... Read more >

Touch Physics is stimulating and challenging. The premise is simple – all you have to do is get a small wheel to touch a specified target – but the learning is good. Using your... Read more >

Using the WordPress app, children can create their own personal blogs and share them with friends, family, teachers and classmates. Kids can express themselves while mastering important technology skills. In the classroom, blogs can... Read more >