Marble Math is a fun set of math apps for kids that has long been available on iPads. This week the apps were added to the Android platform. Marble Math Multiplication students practice basic multiplication problems through a maze layout. Students are given multiplication problems to solve by rolling their marbles through mazes that contain […]
Rocket Science 101 – An App for Designing and Testing Virtual Rockets

Last week on FreeTech4Teachers.com I published a review of NASA’s Rocket Science 101 game. At the time I wasn’t aware that an Android version of the game existed too. Thanks to an email from David Beaver I now know that NASA Rocket Science 101 is free for Android users. NASA’s Rocket Science 101 is designed […]
Explain 3D – Visual Explanations of How Machines Work

Explain 3D first launched a few years ago as a website that offers a collection of 3D animations of simple machines. Recently, Explain 3D launched an Android app for the same purpose. The animations allow viewers to zoom-in, zoom-out, and rotate animations 360 degrees. In addition to the animations of simple machines like elevators and […]
Common Core Quest – Practice Quizzes and Tutorial Videos

Common Core Quest is a new and free Android app from OpenEd.io. The free app gives students access to hundreds of practice quizzes aligned to Common Core standards in math and language arts. Before and after taking a quiz students can watch short video tutorials that address the skills needed to master the standards contained […]
Math Slicer – A Fun Alternative to Math Flashcards

Math Slicer is an Android app (free and paid versions available) that presents a fun alternative to using flashcards to practice basic mathematics skills. In Math Slicer students are shown addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems that they have to answer by “slicing” the correct answer in half. The answer choices jump up on the screen […]

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