Parents' Guide to

Arloon Geometry

By Debbie Gorrell, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 10+

Shape up spatial skills with augmented reality tool.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad Paid Education
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What you will—and won't—find in this app.

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What’s It About?

ARLOON GEOMETRY offers two options that kids can choose from: Learn or Exercises. Kids select Learn to explore shapes, which are organized into categories based on their attributes. Once kids tap on a category, they choose a shape and read about it, watch it unfold into a two dimensional shape, learn formulas for finding its area and volume, and use the augmented reality feature: Kids can either use printed cards from the website or a well-defined graphic to make the AR figure appear using the device's camera. Kids select Exercises to assess what they've learned via the Guess, True/False, and Calculation activities. Kids or adults can customize based on category of shapes, properties, time allowed for assessment, number of exercises, and number of characteristics. Feedback is minimal, and kids' scores are only tracked as they are working on the exercises.

Is It Any Good?

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Providing both instruction and assessment, this augmented reality-enhanced tool allows kids to interactively explore three-dimensional shapes. It's best for kids who already have some background in geometry, as the shapes and concepts begin at an intermediate level. In conjunction with a geometry class or a deep interest in structural design, this tool gives kids access to a variety of ways to approach the material, but it's definitely not one that most kids will want to dive into and revisit on their own.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about three-dimensional shapes in every day life. Identify the prisms and polyhedrons in your home.

  • Help kids customize the exercises to focus on content in small chunks.

  • Encourage kids to create their own 2-D shapes that fold up into 3-D structures.

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