Title: Science Lab!
Subtitle: Science - Ages 5+
Release Date: 07/01/24
Type: Launchpad Pack
Brand: Albert Whitman,FarFaria,HOMER,Highlights,Smithsonian
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
Launchpad Description: Unleash your inner scientist with easy and safe experiments, captivating activities, exciting games, and more that encourage young minds to explore the wonders of science.
This Launchpad contains the following apps:
Create a Flying Circus Shadow Box Craft Activity (app)It's Craft Time with Air and Space! Join museum educator Ann Caspari to discover how to use simple household materials to create a flying circus-themed shadow box and then experiment using a flashlight to create moving shadows.
DNA Play - Create Monsters (App)Create your own incredible monsters and transform them in real-time with DNA Play! Over 200 billion unique life forms at your fingertips!
• BBC Focus Magazine "App of the Week"
• The Guardian - Featured in "Apps of the Month"
• "Beautifully realised, generating monsters that manage to be both cute and educational" - Financial Times
• "Adorable open-ended genetics app gives kids mutation power" - Common Sense Media
• "A lively, entertaining way for kids to learn about how the way we look comes from our genes." - AppAdvice
• "Wildly creative, brave, and most of all outrageously fun" - TeachersWithApps
DNA Play introduces kids to the basic concept of DNA in an easy pure-play style. Learn how to build creatures by completing a series of simple DNA puzzles. Get creative and experiment with crazy mutations of different body parts by altering genes. Have fun playing with your monsters and change their form in real-time while they dance, skate, eat or sleep!
CREATE & MUTATE
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Edison Versus Tesla (App)Two of the school's top students compete in this year's science fair. See the shocking results in this story! FarFaria's "Edison Versus Tesla" is designed to provide children with a perfect story time experience. Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and the Common Core Reading Level, independently measured using the Lexile Framework.
Frosby Species Creature Lab (App)Become a genetic scientist in this fun app that lets you design your own custom creature in seconds. Mix the DNA from all kinds of animals, plants and fungi to make your own bizarre lifeforms. Is your new species cute or hideous? You decide!
Pick from a collection of animal skins, noses, tails and headgear, then dress up your creature with all kinds of accessories - add hats, sunglasses and then take a picture!
Now make some mini clones - randomise them for bizarre creature combinations and see a miniature version of your species!
SAVING IMAGES TO YOUR DEVICE
The Photo button saves a high-resolution PNG screenshot to your device's 'Pictures' folder in the photo gallery.
Please Note: The first time you use the photo button you might need to save the image TWICE.
Gro Flowers (App)* "... empowers kids to experiment with colors and patterns ... the results are stunning." - USA Today
* "Gro Flowers is irresistibly beautiful... and a great buy for parents interested in a fun way of teaching their children about biodiversity in a fun environment." - Tuaw.com
* "... a unique case, as my boy invites me into his world while working with this application." 148apps.com
Become your own gardener and create amazing new flower species with the tip of your finger. It's fun and easy! Simply choose a color and start drawing on one petal and the pattern will be repeated automatically on the other petals, with a kaleidoscope effect.
Then help the bees, butterflies and the other creatures to pollinate your flowers, and your colorful creations will spread across the field. But look out for the nasty pesticide spray that could make the bees dizzy and tired.
When your little friends pollinate they get their sweet precious nectar, and in return they will not only rewa
Make It: Catapult (App)Fun easy to make crafts, recipes, experiments, and skits all made by Highlights kids!
Make It: Egg Drop (App)Fun easy to make crafts, recipes, experiments, and skits all made by Highlights kids!
Make It: Soap Box Racer (App)Fun easy to make crafts, recipes, experiments, and skits all made by Highlights kids!
Speakaboos : Frankenstein (App)Victor's experiment was successful in bringing Frankenstein to life. But after his poor treatment of the green creature, who's the real monster? Speakaboos’ parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8 - complete with this story and others like this!
Too Sticky! (app)Holly loves experiments but doesn't like sticky things—how will she make slime?