Intermediate Science
Apps, Websites & Games
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Science Apps
iBiome -- Wetland $2.99
This smartly designed environmental sim lets kids explore three wetland habitats. By drawing connections between different species and creating a web, kids learn about producers and consumers and about predator/prey relationships.
Simple Machines by Tinybop $2.99
WonderBox: Explore & Learn Science, Geography, Music, and Design (Free)
Learn, create, and share in a safe, stimulating, and inspiring environment with this wonderful collection of curated Web content and creative challenges that take learning to the next level. WonderBox's curated videos and creative challenges will ignite active learning.
The Robot Factory by Tinybop $3.99
This sandbox app lets students design robots, leveraging play to spark interest in engineering. Kids direct their own creation ideas and styles by choosing robot parts such as the torso, head, arms, legs, hands, facial features, and color scheme.
Crazy Gears $1.99
Inventioneers $2.99
Inventioneers is a fun physics game that challenges budding engineers to design inventive solutions to puzzles. It's an engaging supplement to units on force and motion and has nice connections to NGSS.
Monster Heart Medic (Free)
Monster Heart Medic is an excellent supplementary resource for any life science or health curriculum. Kids can learn about cardiovascular health and tests that are typically done to diagnose heart problems.
Motion Force $5.99
Motion Force is a thrilling physics game that teaches the basics of Newton's laws of motion and how to apply them. For teachers, there's an excellent NGSS and CCSS-aligned curriculum.
Earth Primer $9.99
Grades: 3-6
Much more than a digital textbook, Earth Primer is a highly interactive tool that teaches kids the basics of earth science. Throughout its five chapters, kids create volcanoes, push tectonic plates, form glaciers, and simulate the forces of nature with the swipe of a fingertip.
Science Websites
Mosa Mack Science
Turn your kids into actual science detectives with these fascinating design challenges. Within each lesson, engaging videos introduce realistic problems before kids dive into a hands-on investigation. From there, each unit closes with a design challenge where students can apply what they've learned.
Mystery Science
NOVA Labs
These are the same stellar video clips you'd expect from the popular TV series, but here they're combined with intriguing student activities. Each lesson masterfully blends learning content with a performance task to promote serious, sophisticated science engagement. Game-like features within some modules enhance the fun, and a slick design gives the site extra polish.