Bats! Furry Fliers of the Night
© 2012 Bookerella (division of jacob packaged goods)
Every child wonders about bats. Here's an excellent app for helping them to satisfy their curiosity. Created by Ellen Jacob, Bats! Furry Flyers of the Night is an interactive exploration of bats. There are seven chapters, each with something to do. For example, you can see how a human would look with bat wings. You can even flap the bat wings. The app was published by Bookella and created by Story Worldwide, who did the digital effects using the programming language Unity. This is an outstanding iPad based scientific exploration. Correction: in a previous review we had written that this app was based on a book. It is an original book-app with original text. Children’s book author Mary Kay Carson is the writer of both Bats! Furry Fliers of the Night and The Bat Scientists, but the app is not based on The Bat Scientist.
$2.99, IOS-Apple, iPad
Teaches: science, biology, mammals, bats
CTR Rating: 96%