In a must-have app for any beginning earth science learner, you can study flashcards, play trivia, or try to feed a hungry chameleon with letters to fill in the blanks in a vocabulary spelling game. Covering many of the important introductory concepts in geosciences, this free app is fun and informative.
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App Overview
The earth science version of Language Central includes the features listed below for Earth's Structures, Earth's Surface, Water and the Atmosphere, and Astronomy and Space Science.
Features:
Flashcards:
- Vocabulary words and definitions
- Listen to the flashcard by pressing the speaker button at the top left of the card
- Swipe left or right to change cards
Trivia:
- 10 multiple choice questions
- Keep track of your score
- Some questions change when you retake the quiz
Word Fly:
- Read the definition, look at the blank spaces, then pick a letter
- If correct, letters will fill in
- Incorrect letters will produce a strike; three strikes and you're out
Instructional Ideas
- Encourage kids to download on their own devices
- Remedial review for struggling learners
- Project on your classroom screen to review as a class
- If pupils have their own devices, they can work with partners to quiz each other with flashcards
- Content review before standardized testing
Classroom Considerations
- In Word Fly, the first letter of the word is not always present in the original group of letters (can't spell the word in order)
- Sometimes when a letter is tapped in Word Fly, by the time the chameleon gets to it, a different letter is in that place, causing a wrong answer strike
Pros
- Free
- Fun format for kids
Cons
- Designed for mobile device; no tablet option
- Multiple choice questions can be easy to figure out