Earth Primer 4+
Chaim Gingold
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- $14.99
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Description
Discover how our planet works through play! Create volcanoes, sculpt mountains, and control the forces of nature with your fingertips. Earth Primer defies existing genres, combining aspects of science books, toys, simulations, and games. Unlock new tools, pages, and a sandbox mode where only your imagination is the limit.
Selected Awards
Best STEM App
– American Association of School Librarians (2016)
Best of 2015
– Apple App Store
Official Selection
– Tokyo Digital Children's Book Fair (2017)
Critical Acclaim
"BEAUTIFUL ... ENGAGING ... WELL DESIGNED."
– CNN, Kristie Lu Stout
“EFFORTLESSLY BEAUTIFUL... perfectly...realizes the promise of a truly interactive textbook.”
– Fast Company, John Brownlee
“INSPIRING ... a reminder that interactive media is a young and undeveloped world itself.”
– WIRED, Kyle VanHemert
"THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION... sets a high benchmark for what educational apps should be aspiring to."
– Cult of Mac, Luke Dormehl
"This is much more than a toy. It is a catalyst for thinking about our world. ... TRULY A JOY."
– WIRED, Samuel Arbesman
Features
• Discover how Earth works through play.
• The forces of nature are at your fingertips—make volcanoes, shape sand dunes, form glaciers, sculpt mountains, push around tectonic plates, paint with wind, heat up magma—and more!
• 20 different tools to unlock.
• Richly interactive geological simulations.
• Five chapters: Earth's Interior, Surface, Water Cycle, Biomes, and Sandbox.
• Sandbox mode.
What’s New
Version 1.0.1
Quit button on title page for when Earth Primer launches in full screen on Macs with small screens.
Ratings and Reviews
Good, But Not Great
This is a beautifully created tool, and a great simulation for the classroom. It’s incredibly engaging (for teachers… incresing time-on-task, social learning, and motivation), could enhance learning on this topic by scoffolding the concepts and creating opportunities for higher-order thinking, and bridges the gap between real-world processes and the classroom. However, I was disappointed to learn that the sandbox mode is meerly a small square of earth to shift and change. For no good reason except my hopes, I thought the sandbox would allow the creation and sculpting of full planets. That’s my mistake, but I think one that many buyers might make. Maybe this will be a future feature?
Simply, be aware of the functionaloity before you buy it. Nevertheless, a solid educational simulation.
Amazing! My 4 yo loves it! Love the interactivity.
It is captivating enough to keep a 4 yo interested for long periods of time. We’ve finished the whole book in two days. Interactivity is fantastic. I wish we had this at school when I was a kid.
Good start...that's it?
Pleasing visual design w/interactive features make this a great tool to describe the forces that shape our planet. For a preK-4th grd audience. Looks like this could be the start of an educational series but I noticed that there havent been any updates or content added for some time...what happened? I agree w/another reviewers suggestion to expand the sandbox. Nice app but overpriced.
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Information
- Seller
- Chaim Gingold
- Size
- 164.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.6.6 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2015 Chaim Gingold
- Price
- $14.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.