States of Matter
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Put a science experiment on your iPad, allowing you to freely explore the effect of temperature on different materials. The app starts quickly and would work well in a classroom setting. To get started you tap on one of three nozzles (solid, liquid, gas) at the top of the screen to fill one of five types of containers. A temperature slider lets you cool or heat the material, so you can see when gold melts, or when oil turns into a smoky mess. A cross section slider provides a cross section of the molecules inside the material. There's not much content in this app, and not a lot to do, either. But the simulation is simple, very easy to use, and would be of interest to teachers. Materials include gold, ice, kernels of corn, bromine, and helium. A version of States of Matter will soon be part of Tinybop Schools with an added challenge mode. We did not test this feature. States of Matter is No. 11 in Tinybop’s Explorer’s Library, a series of apps designed to introduce kids to big ideas. Other Explorer’s Library apps include The Human Body, Plants, Simple Machines, The Earth, Weather, Homes, Skyscrapers, Space, Mammals, and Coral Reef.
$2.99
Teaches: science, materials, states of matter, solid, liquid, gas
CTR Rating: 82%