ENGAGING STUDENTS IN LEARNING SCIENCE THROUGH MOBILE APPS AND FREE RESOURCES
Stacey Campo, Kathy Hayden Melissa Masterson
EARTH SCIENCE: CYBERQUEST
CyberQUEST: http://www.csusm.edu/cyberquest
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
SkyView™ Free brings stargazing to everyone, and it's totally free! Simply point your iPhone, iPad, or
iPod at the sky to identify stars, constellations, satellites, and more!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skyview-free-explore-universe/id413936865?mt=8
iQuakeLiteiQuakeLite lets you monitor earthquakes around the world. iQuakeLite displays the latest quakes using heat map graphics showing you instantly
where, how big and when an event happened. You can Zoom, pan and add a Tectonic plates overlay, snap pictures of the map with the annotations.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iquakelite/id364895287
LIFE SCIENCE: IQUEST
• Natural Selection• Organisms• Ecosystems• Hereditary• Biological
evolution: National SelectioniQUEST:
http://www.csusm.edu/iquest
STUDENT PROJECTS
LIFE SCIENCE: APPS
Project NoahProject Noah is the best way to share your wildlife
encounters and help document our planet's biodiversity.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/project-noah/id417339475
Mini-MonstersFeatures 300 mini-monsters from beetles, bugs and spiders, to lizards, snakes and underwater
creatures.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mini-monsters/id444932189
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
TCT LiteThe Chemical Touch: Lite Edition is a free and easy to
use periodic table. Consisting of a simplified version of the periodic table display from the full application, it puts the masses, densities, melting & boiling points, radii, and electronegativities of the elements right at your fingertips. Touch the internet button to open the
wikipedia page for the selected element.https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chemical-touch-lite-edition/id300111574?mt=8
Science 360 for iPadThe National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Science360 for
iPad provides easy access to engaging science and engineering images and video from around the globe and a news feed featuring breaking news from NSF-
funded institutions. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/science360-for-ipad/id439928181?mt=8
MUCH MORE…
Student Examples