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Classroom Application
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Mackinvia
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So many great resources available through Cobb Mackinvia! For login information, contact your media specialist.
Brainpop InfoBits Pebble Go (Animals, Earth and Space) National Geographic for Kids Net Trekker and much more! |
Research tool for many science domains
Books with read-to capabilities Images for projects and presentations |
Marco Polo
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The app is interactive and allows students to change the temperature, wind level, cloudiness, etc. and see how it affects the little creatures on the screen. Students can select the appropriate clothing, plants, and other items to go with the weather they choose. They can also change from day to night. Most appropriate for K-2.
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Great for science lesson on weather.
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Sparky & The case of the missing smoke alarm
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Help Sparky the Fire Dog® and his pals solve a mystery! Sparky and his friends stop by Aunt Dottie’s house to pick up items for the grand opening party of her Best Beepers Smoke Alarm Factory, but when they arrive, they spot a strange character sneaking away with a big bag. Who is he and what was in the bag?
Students will love to read along and solve the mystery while learning key fire safety messages. Plus, discover new interactions on every page! |
Use as a resource before or after Fire Safety Unit
Interactive e-book that has read-to capabilities |
Monarch |
Life of a Monarch Butterfly is an interactive application for teaching the life cycle of a butterfly. When the student has completed the lesson they will have a pop-up style book with a writing sample at their level. The lesson includes video, an augmented reality feature, and hands-on activities that make it possible to teach this lesson to a classroom that includes high, medium, and low students.
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App can be used for whole group instruction or independent practice
Lesson materials available for printing |
the weather channel |
• Trusted forecasts help you plan your day, week, or even the next hour.
• Detailed weather conditions include “feels like” temperature, sunrise time, sunset time, wind speed, humidity, UV index, visibility, dew point, and pressure. (Access them by tapping the circle on your main screen). |
Identify proper clothing according to weather forecast
Students can prepare a daily weather report for their classmates Use to track and record data about the weather Discussion on percentages |
Moon Phase |
See the phases of the moon in clarity - for where YOU are now - not just the "nearest city". See a countdown to the next phase of the moon TO THE MINUTE, whether full or new, first or last quarter. See a current simulation of the moon as it appears to you - for now or any day in the past or future - on a large, simple, easy to read display. See Moon Rise and Set times - so you can plan your lunar activities
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Chart moon phases on a calendar
Students can use their knowledge of moon phases to predict the next phase |
Solar Walk ™ FREE |
Solar Walk ™ FREE - Solar System Planets, Orbits, and Moons with Pictures, Sounds and Lessons
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sound uncovered |
Explore the surprising side of sound with Sound Uncovered, an interactive book featuring auditory illusions, acoustic phenomena, and other things that go bump, beep, boom, and vroom.
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This app features mini experiments to try with your class. My favorite one is guessing a person's age by who can hear the highest frequencies.
Use as a starting point for Science journal writing Predict types of sounds that will come from certain objects |
Leaf Snap |
Leafsnap is the first in a series of electronic field guides being developed by researchers from Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution. This free mobile app uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves.
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Students can learn about the trees around them
Classify trees according to attributes Research trees around the school after identifying |
Zoo Who? |
Enjoy the animal kingdom through 600 amazing photos and reports on animals that are listed alphabetically.
This app gives a small description of each animal and provides a list of 4-5 photos on each animal. When searching in the App store on your iPad, change the filter to iPhone Only. |
Use as a reference tool for animal research project
Genius Hour for students interested in animals |
Explore the Animal Kingdom Free |
Animal Flash cards---In portrait orientation, an animal and his name is shown. Touching the picture will reveal the sound and touching the name will play its diction.
This app only shows the picture, name, and sound of each animal |
Great app for ESL students to use in a listening center
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Properties of Matter - Pirate Adventure |
In this pirate adventure game you parrot, Pat, has flown away to a far-off island and your job is to get Pat back. At each stop along the way you will learn valuable lessons about the properties and states of matter.
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Extension activity for properties of matter
Great journal writing prompt for science journals since each activity asks for student explanation |
The Four Seasons |
Help save the planet!!! Raise awareness and teach students about all of the precious gifts that mother nature has to offer: clean air, refreshing water, green environment and many more...all in the context of a beautiful interactive children's story book set around the changing seasons.
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Use in a literacy center about Earth Day and Seasons
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Space Junk Sammy |
Space Junk Sammy is a fun and educational new app from NASA! Space junk is becoming a big problem for many of NASA’s space missions. We need your help to clean up the junk in orbit! In this game, you clean up space and learn about NASA at the same time. Explore the orbits around Earth, Moon and Mars and upgrade your spacecraft with cool new equipment like laser deflectors and rocket attachments. Grab coins to purchase upgrades and you can help NASA! Space Junk Sammy is developed by the NASA Space Operations Learning Center.
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GoSkyWatch Planetarium for iPad - Astronomy Guide to the Night Sky |
Easily and quickly identify and locate stars, planets, constellations and more by simply pointing to the sky. Your personal telescope to the wonders in the night sky. Go outside and explore the night sky.
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Habitat the Game |
The world’s habitats are in danger and you can help save them.
In the vein of the Tamagotchi persistence play craze of the 90s, users will undertake actions to keep an endangered animal alive. In Habitat game players will adopt a polar bear. To keep the bear alive and healthy, players need to successfully complete events in the game and undertake real world actions. By completing these TASKS players will progress through levels, increasing the health of their bear and earn badges of recognition for their efforts. Ultimately the goal is to save the world by improving the bear’s health. |