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Travel the World From Your Classroom: Free iPad Apps for Virtual Field Trips. Not every school has the resources necessary to take their students on an airplane . . . or spaceship.

Travel the World From Your Classroom: Free iPad Apps for Virtual Field Trips

The iPad can bring the world to your students' fingertips in ways never before possible. Many national parks and museums have apps designed for onsite visitors. These navigational tools are also great for classrooms who can't make the trip. In fact, a variety of free apps can be used as virtual field trips so that children can travel the world from your classroom! National Parks by National Geographic. Top 12 Comprehension Apps. Top 12 Comprehension Apps The ultimate goal of reading is good comprehension.

Top 12 Comprehension Apps

We've gathered information about apps that provide practice with specific comprehension skills, including sequencing, differentiating between fact and opinion, developing word awareness (through antonyms, synonyms, and homophones), as well as several mind mapping apps. Best Apps for Kids. Google aps - Search. Google apps for education - Search. Apps for Education. Punctuation, symbols & operators in search - Search Help. You can use symbols or words in your search to make your search results more precise. Google Search usually ignores punctuation that isn’t part of a search operator. Don’t put spaces between the symbol or word and your search term. A search for site:nytimes.com will work, but site: nytimes.com won’t. Refine image searches. Apps for Education. Storybird - Artful Storytelling. BeFunky: Free Online Photo Editing and Collage Maker.

Brainpop. Whether your students are using Apple©, Android™, Windows 8, or Chrome™ devices, there’s a BrainPOP app for you.

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Ideal for BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and other mobile learning environments, mobile access is now an integral part of all BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP, and BrainPOP Español subscriptions. The BrainPOP Featured Movie and BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week apps regularly deliver fresh movies, quizzes, and bonus features right to your students’ handheld device. They cover a breadth of relevant topics including current events, historical figures and milestones, holidays, curricular subjects, and more. ArtPad. BigHugeLabs: Do fun stuff with your photos.

Block Posters - Create large wall posters from any image for free! Video Making Software by Animoto. Teachers and Wildlife. Whether you are seeking to enrich your class field trip to the Zoo or Aquarium or a lesson in your own classroom, the Education Division of the Wildlife Conservation Society offers a wide range of opportunities to enhance science curricula for grades K–12.

Teachers and Wildlife

Our time-tested, teacher-endorsed programs include Distance Learning Expeditions, Wildlife Theater shows, and workshops for teachers and students that are aligned with the National Science Education Standards. Teacher Professional Development The Education Division of WCS offers a variety of learning experiences for teachers. Whether onsite at one of our five WCS parks across the city, online from the comfort of your home, or through our partnerships, teachers can earn credit as they learn how to connect to wild nature.

Create Your Own Snowflakes on zefrank.com. Movies. Epic Citadel on the App Store on iTunes. Piczle Lines. Education World: Sites to See: American History. American history Websites offer resources for teachers and students, ranging from the basic historical facts to virtual investigations of historical events.

Education World: Sites to See: American History

Discover and explore primary documents, lesson plans and interactive classroom activities. Included: Five great sites to supplement the history curriculum. Are you having trouble interesting your students in the textbook version of American history? Education World: Sites to See: Aviation Transportation. Looking for history, math, and science activities and resources for your next transportation or aviation unit?

Education World: Sites to See: Aviation Transportation

Look no farther! Included: A dozen sites for both teachers and students. Good Free App of the Day : Juno's Musical ABCs. Also check out our other Good Free App of the Day HERE!)

Good Free App of the Day : Juno's Musical ABCs

Brooke Shields narrates this app! Brooke Shields people! Carisa from Digital Storytime said this about the app in her 4.75 Star review "Juno's Musical ABC's is one of the nicest ABC book apps in the App Store. Not only does it present the alphabet in a fun and engaging way but it simultaneously teaches about dozens of different musical instruments, sounds and musical concepts. It also features high-quality sounds to go along with every instrument introduced and delightful graphics of adorable felt characters. "