Whether you’re looking to give students inspiration for a science project or simply hooking kids in the beginning of a lesson, add Weird But True to your routine! This is another wonderful app from National Geographic (National Parks, Marine Missions, Titanic Timeline). It’s a great way to start off class each day — try sharing a weird but true fact to get your students excited about the world around them.
Reaching children through games is one way to hook and excite students about a new topic. Whether you dedicate a few minutes during an after school program or suggest this app to parents, Science Heroes 1: The Digestive System for Kids is a fantastic choice!
There are tons of awesome iPad apps and these 24 totally free games, tools, and resources are perfect for the science classroom. Explore this list to see what works with your students!
- iPad Lab Timer for Experiments (lab experiments)
- WWF Animal App (life science)
- Smithsonian Channel for Tablets (earth science, biology, astronomy, and more)
- Common Core Activities with Frolyc (create your own science activities or search their library)
- Shout Science Interactive Storybook (history of the Scientific Revolution)
- National Parks on Your iPad (earth science, geology)
- Hopscotch for Coding (computer science)
- Marine Missions to Explore Ocean Science (marine biology)
- Daisy the Dinosaur to Teach Coding (computer science)
- Discovery Channel on iPads (earth science, marine biology, geology, and more)
- 3D Atlas for iPads (earth science)
- Virtual Periodic Table of Elements (chemistry)
- Super Stretch Yoga (anatomy)
- iPad Safety Apps (earth science, natural disasters)
- Earth Now by NASA (astronomy)
- Tree Exploration on iPads (life science)
- Ocean Science (marine biology)
- iPad Science Fair (physical science)
- iYoga for Anatomy (anatomy)
- Essential Skeleton 3D (anatomy)
- Sustainability iPad Apps (life science)
- Eat and Move: Health Calculator (life science)
- Rock and Mineral Identifier (earth science)
- Healthy Eating with Whole Foods (life science)
I’ve shared some of my favorite educational programing for iPads and Smithsonian Channel is another worth checking out. Easy to navigate with a large variety of content, this free app has something for everyone. Hook students during a science or social studies lesson or help them build prior knowledge before exploring a new book.
This app is available for Android tablets.
Students of all ages can benefit from the study skills they’ll develop when using gFlash+ a free flashcard app for iOS (iPad/iPhone) and Android devices. gFlash+ lets users create and edit their own set of flashcards right from within the app without any limits or restrictions. You and your students can even add images from your camera or photo library, or a voice recording to each card. If you are savvy with Google Docs, gFlash+ gives users the option to upload a spreadsheet they’ve created and turn this information into flashcards. Teachers can also share flashcard sets with their entire class via email.
The latest version of gFlash+ includes a Matching Game study mode, an improved user interface, and full support for iOS 7. In-app purchases allow users to download decks from StudyStack or Quizlet.com, remove ads, and access a premium library of cards from McGraw-Hill, Barron’s, and other educational publishers.
The clean, easy to navigate interface makes this free study tool worth checking out!
You might be looking to keep children up to date on current events, help them build prior knowledge, or simply make connections to the world around them. With these free apps (for iOS and Android devices) you can stream videos straight from your device to share with students!
- Discovery Channel
- Khan Academy
- CNN & NPR
- Super Stretch Yoga
- NBC Nightly News
- TED Talks
- Congressional Moments
- History Channel
BONUS: Try out Frolyc to send video based lessons to your students’ iPads!
Frolyc is a terrific tool for teachers looking to design their own lesson-based activities. Teachers can create activities for students like: completing a graphic organizer, identify cause and effect in a passage, draw a response to a question or take a quiz. Students can access activities that are assigned to them by a teacher using Frolyc’s iPad app Activity Spot. As students complete the activity, teachers will receive feedback on student progress in real time!
Not only does Frolyc let you customize your students’ experience by designing activities, teachers can access a library filled with Common Core aligned activities created and shared by other teachers. Frolyc makes it easy to design activities – in only a few minutes you can create a unique learning experience for your students. A learning and assessment tool, Froylc is a powerful platform for increasing student engagement and monitoring student progress. Since Froylc lets users assign activities to students individually, it’s easy to differentiate student tasks.
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