Apps are powerful learning tools – they provide students with practice, repetition and reinforcement. And with the large emphasis on STEM education, interactive games, websites and apps can help spark students’ interests in STEM topics and careers.
Apps are powerful learning tools – they provide students with practice, repetition and reinforcement. And with the large emphasis on STEM education, interactive games, websites and apps can help spark students’ interests in STEM topics and careers.
Check out the following STEM apps for kids:
Subject area: Math
Target age: 3+
Device(s): iTunes, Google Play, Amazon
Price: Free
Overview: Pairing cooking and math, this learning game teaches students early math concepts as they help prepare more than 40 fun and outrageous dishes.
Subject area: Engineering
Target age: 5-9
Device(s): iTunes
Price: Free
Overview: With this puzzle game, students can manipulate gears, chains, rods and pulleys to teach basic engineering concepts.
Subject area: Science
Target age: 9-15
Device(s): iTunes
Price: $2.99
Overview: With beautiful illustrations and a fantastic voice over, Junior Astronaut engages and educates students about space travel through topics such as gravity, mass, weight and force.
Subject area: Math
Target age: 6+
Device(s): iTunes
Price: Free
Overview: This interactive math application provides four math games that help students learn basic math concepts through manipulation.
Subject area: Science
Target age: 5+
Device(s): iTunes
Price: $1.99
Overview: This award-winning app provides a visual exploration of the water cycle and a quiz to test students’ knowledge.
Subject area: Coding/programming
Target age: 6+
Device(s): iTunes, Google Play
Price: Free
Overview: Kodable is a kid-friendly learning app that introduces students to programming and teaches them basic concepts and problem solving through a variety of maze activities.
Subject area: Math
Target age: 7+
Device(s): iTunes
Price: $3.99
Overview: This educational game allows students to practice their basic math skills while helping superheroes fight evil villains. They can play five different game levels from basic arithmetic to negative numbers and multiplication.
