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Here is a list of iPad applications that was generated at the 2012 Montana Science Teachers Association conference in a session I lead.\u00a0 Feel free to add to it.
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\nWhat Apps do You Like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Heartbeat 3
\n\u2022 Chirp USA~for birding; hear bird calls with pictures of the birds
\n\u2022 Go Skywatch~ turns google maps into a planetarium; there\u2019s a fee
\n\u2022 Hello Baby~ shows the progression of baby as it develops; real size available; what\u2019s happening each week
\n\u2022 Science VL~glossary
\n\u2022 Rocks~ list of rocks with images of specimens and properties; you can set up a quiz
\n\u2022 Rocks and Gems
\n\u2022 HD Insects and Spiders~ several volumes with specific terms and taxonomy; heaps of material; good resource for students; good for identification of insects on a field trip
\n\u2022 Leaf Snap~ take a picture of trees and it is identified
\n\u2022 Periodic Table
\n\u2022 PBS Nova Elements~ has videos
\n\u2022 Total Recall~concept mapping; free; can be saved to the cloud; cannot label links
\n\u2022 ScreenChomp~scribe and recording app; choose a background image then choose a marker to write on the background; would be good to diagram and label a leaf;\u00a0 students can record on their iPads the teacher\u2019s voice as they copy diagram; recording and the diagram is then saved to the clouds; could be used for assessment pieces.
\n\u2022 Show Me~would do the same thing as ScreenChomp
\n\u2022 I Annotate~(used to teach teachers) pdf files; can write or type; very editable; $8-$10. Can be emailed to teacher, annotated, and emailed back to students.\u00a0 Used a lot.
\n\u2022 Docs To Go~import and export all of the Windows products:\u00a0 Excel, Word, etc.
\n\u2022 Key Note~create presentations to save on the computer; Question: How do you annotate the presentation once it\u2019s created?
\n\u2022 Splash Desktop~on your computer and iPad; it mirrors; wireless connection to what\u2019s on the computer; able to annotate what\u2019s on the video. For when you need to be remote in the classroom.
\n\u2022 Square~a credit card reader program; need the devise; 2.7% charged per transaction
\n\u2022 Sound Note
\n\u2022 Record
\n\u2022 Pen Ultimate
\n\u2022 Photo Booth~good for taking pictures; and can be presented in many different ways: swirl,
\n\u2022 Too Noisy~face gets mad if the noise is too high; there\u2019s one for a dollar that\u2019s better; monitors sound level
\n\u2022 Text for Instigram~take a picture and then write names; could be used for seating charts.
\n\u2022 Microsoft Word~
\n\u2022 NASA Viz~asronomy; story lists; you can download stories in the evening to show to students during class; launch videos that accompany stories.
\n\u2022 NASA 3D Sun~current news and images from solar dynamics observatory
\n\u2022 Mahjong Chem~ tile games; students match the oxidation numbers with formula polytomic ions;
\n\u2022 Nova Elements~ free app; scroll through the periodic table
\n\u2022 Atom in a Box
\n\u2022 Gas Laws Light
\n\u2022 Splice~email pictures to each other to create animations, like protein synthesis;
\n\u2022 Face Time~ use to do a lecture series
\n\u2022 Vernier Video Physics~ use for Newton\u2019s Laws; import video of rocket and it can frame by frame
\n\u2022 Poll Everywhere~ can instantly poll the class; will instantly display results to an app, like KeyNote
\n\u2022 Zite~ for current events, takes and scans every news article on the Internet, like technology, genetics.
\n\u2022 Science 360~ 360 view of images; short videos; chemistry applications on vegetable ripening; physics
\n\u2022 Webb MD
\n\u2022 Formulas Lite~ chemistry games, multiple choice, lots on compounds
\n\u2022 Notability<\/strong>– Ipads are hard to share but this app allows students to lock their documents on the IPad, Students can share their IPads and their docs are password protected. Great for the paperless classroom. Great for taking notes in and brining in digital work to work on and save within the app. Students can also Dropbox or email docs to teacher from here. \u2022 \u2022 Numbers<\/strong>– From Apple. Great for keeping data and making graphs.
\n\u2022 Air Server<\/strong>– Actually an app for mac. Does same thing as Splashtop but works MUCH better. Real time mirroring. Hook up computer to overhead and walk around with IPad.\u00a0 $14.99
\n\u2022 Web site:\u00a0 Socrative.com<\/strong><\/a> use for quizzes. You put in questions and scores are tallied and sent as an excel file. Kids takequizzes on Ipad
\n\u2022 Launchball<\/strong>– London science museum. Problem solving game. Kids love it for free time. Great game.
\n\u2022 Graphic Analysis for the iPad (Vernier product)
\n\u2022 Probeware (Vernier product):\u00a0 Graphic analysis
\n\u2022 Lab Quest 2~blue tooth to computer (Lab Quest Viewer) allows you to view on your computer.\u00a0 Once it\u2019s paired, it will recognize one unit.\u00a0 Different features can be built into the probe: sensors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Here are some other apps added by readers:<\/div>\n
From Eric Brunsell<\/div>\n
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Here is a list of science related iPad Apps\u2026 I do hope to start evaluating these soon.<\/p>\n

The Elements: A Visual Exploration
\nNova Elements
\nScience 360
\nScience Glossary
\nMolecules
\n3D Brain
\nSolar Walk
\n3D Cell Simulation and stain tool
\nFrog Dissection
\nUnit Conversionn Pro
\nLeaf Snap of iPad
\nDiscovery Kids Sharks
\nSolar System
\nMitosis
\nCosmographia
\nPowers of Minus Ten-Cells and Genetics
\nSimplePhysics
\nCoaster Physics
\nVernier Video Physics
\nFINR Brain Atlas
\nBoBo Explores Light
\nParticle Zoo
\nGas Laws HD Lite
\nStar Walk for iPad
\nBritannica Kids: Solar System
\nPlanet Earth 3D
\nGeo Walk HD- 3D World Fact Book
\niLearn Solar System HD: Making Science Fun
\nAnatomy & Physiology REVEALED\u00ae: Skeletal & Muscular
\nHeartDecide
\nEyeDecide
\nPettson\u2019s Invention
\nPeep and the Big Wide World!<\/p>\n

From Megan Hoopes
\nA few public health\/epidemiology apps that could be useful in science ed: Pox (game), Virulent (game), Health Indicators, Epidemiology Toolbox, Flu Near You (currently iPhone version only)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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