iOS Science Apps #2
Apps for science educators and learners
Apps That Engage, Enable & Inspire
Lapse It
My Health Checker
Toon Toolkit
Lesson Ideas
Lapse It
Tropisms
Record your own plants responding to light and touch. My friend and ex-colleague Andrew Holder of Harton Technolgy College in South Shields did this one using Lapse It just last week: https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10151484894421463
Space & The Solar System
Track the Sun moving across the sky?!
Track the path of a shadow around a fixed point?!
Ecosystems
Track the activity in the school / garden pond over the course of a day. Does the pond weed move? Do we miss much animal activity?
My Health Checker
BMI*, Pulse & Heart Rate, Lung Function, BMR*, Body Fat*
Getting your students to measure their own figures, compare them with each other and averages for their age range etc can be a really effective way of engaging them in thinking more carefully about fitness and health. But especially with *... please be sensitive to individuals within the class and make these kind of tests optional and encourage a degree of privacy when measuring weight etc.
The Human Eye
Both basic eye test and colour sensitivity can be measured with this app - again, leading to the opportunity to discuss and investigate further the causes of eye problems.
Reaction Times
A reaction timer (zit-popper!) is included which gives an average reaction speed based on the speed at which you can pop 100 zits - quite relevant for many of the KS4 pupils out there;)! This can link to fitness and health and also to nerve function and a comparison with reflex response times. The video below is also quite a good one to watch re reaction speed - I have done the same with a crisp £5.00 note and got away with it on all but one occasion (and that was just luck on behalf of my subject!).
Toon Toolkit
About me
Secondary Science Initial Teacher Trainer / Lecturer
Newcastle University
Email: jon.haines@ncl.ac.uk
Location: KGVI Building, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Phone: 0191 222 6597
Facebook: facebook.com/hainezee
Twitter: @mr_haines