Science APPS

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 >

Like Leo’s Pad 1, the second Leo’s Pad appisode is an interactive story with several educational minigames. In this appisode, children work with childhood versions of Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo and Marie Curie... 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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

Powers of Minus Ten ($1.99 universal app, best for middle school) is a great example of the kind of learning opportunities that are available by taking advantage of the unique qualities of the iOS... 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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

Interested in particle physics? Maybe, but I just like knowing that there is a cool woman out there who creates subatomic particle plush toys.  Really.  This app uses her toys as images for... Read more >

An interactive field guide for "citizen scientists." Help and get help IDing plants and animals.

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 >

Get a short new educational movie each day that comes with a quiz on what you just watched.  The BrainPOP app is pretty cool!  It is educational both for knowledge acquisition as well... Read more >