Classroom+Apps

**Library** My MLA – $1.99 Shelved – $0.99 Professor Garfield Online Safety, PG Forms of Media, PG Fact or Opinion, PG Cyberbullying – uses graphic novel to teach each topic; best for upper elementary/middle school
 * If you have an iPod, iPad, or iPhone, try these APPS.**

**Art** AB EX NY – highlights of the Abstract Expressionist New York exhibition at MoMA MoMA (designed for iPhone) – offers information about the Museum of Modern Art as well as items in the collection and artists and art terms How to Draw (from Pacific Spirit media) – videos of various drawing techniques HowtoDraw (from ArtelPlus) – simple step-by-step how to’s StoryLines (from Root-One, Inc.) – ‘telephone’ using pictures (start with a common saying, next person illustrates it, next person tries to title the illustration, etc.)

**Music** Steinway Etude – learning music on the piano (comes with two songs, must purchase rest)

**Math** – there seems to be many free calculators and formula sheets, here are just a few: PocketCAS lite – graphing symbolic calculator (they also have a full version to purchase) FlashToPass free math flash cards – basic math facts flash cards Formulus HD – Formulas for Calculus Free Graphing Calculator – (from William Jockusch) – includes scientific calculator, graphing, unit converter, constants for scientific calculations, triangle solver and polynomial solver Multiply_Free – flash cards – easy to hard problems Free SpreadSheet (from Luminant software) MathRefFree – approx. 600 formulas, figures, tips and examples from the paid version of 1400

**Spanish** MyFirst Spanish phrases100 (designed for iPhone) – 18 categories and 100+ phrases, two tests MyFirst Spanish words 400 (designed for iPhone) – 17 categories and 400+ words, two tests Living Language Spanish – 11 full lessons free; beginner, intermediate and advanced

**German** Living Language German – 11 full lessons free; beginner, intermediate and advanced Free German English Dictionary (from Ascendo Inc.) – over 35,000 translations German Audio FlashCards – access to 6 wordfiles (full version has 64 files and over 2400 words)

**English** StoryLines (from Root-One, Inc.) – ‘telephone’ using pictures (start with a common saying, next person illustrates it, next person tries to title the illustration, etc.) Mad Libs – just like the original – the free version has a limited number of games Greek Gods (designed for iPhone) – 360+ gods

**Science** SkyView Free – explore the universe (designed for iPhone) – uses the camera feature and 3D graphics AstroPlanner Lite – browse astronomical deep sky objects Planets (from Q Continuum) – 3D guide to the solar system Exoplanet – database of all discovered extrasolar planets GeneticCode (designed for iPhone) (from iVanya) Dinosaurs (designed for iPhone) (from American Museum of Natural History) – mosaic of more than 1000 images from museum archive along with information about dinosaurs Human Body Facts 1000 – fun, odd, weird facts Cosmic Discoveries – (designed for iPhone) (from American Museum of Natural History) – mosaic of more than 1000 images along with information relating to topic Anatomy Body Facts – (from Michael Quach) cool facts about the human body

**Geography** U.S. State Capitals (from Michael Quach) World Countries All-in-one (designed for iPhone)