Common Sense Media Review
By Christopher Healy
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Fun, imaginative gameplay based on real science.
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Finger Physics
What's It About?
Ten help pages explain 10 different modes of play. Stage 1 begins with egg mode (other modes are peppered throughout the stages). Kids tap on dotted white blocks to make them disappear and allow the egg to fall. Geared blocks add the element of rotation, and gravity can sometimes flow up with gravity blocks. In lunar mode, kids drag and drop shapes to build the tallest structure they can. Kids can take challenges sequentially or hop to any unlocked challenge at any time.
Is It Any Good?
FINGER PHYSICS is an incredibly well made game app. Whether you're holding your breath, carefully stacking different shaped blocks, or knocking obstacles out of the way to guide a big block down to the screen's bottom, you're both exercising your knowledge of the laws of physics and having a heck of a lot of fun at the same time. New puzzles and levels are available to download in the future, giving Finger Physics the chance to be a very long-lived app on your iPhone.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Discuss strategies and test them out together.
Model problem solving: "That didn't work; let's try something different."
Purchase a building kit and get down on the floor with your child to build something wonderful. Or build with items around your home.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android
- Subjects : Science : gravity , momentum , motion , physics
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : applying information , hypothesis-testing , investigation , logic , part-whole relationships , solving puzzles , strategy
- Pricing structure : Paid, Free
- Release date : May 20, 2010
- Genre : Puzzle Games
- Publisher : PressOK Entertainment
- Version : 1.6.1
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 4.0 or later; Android 2.0 and up
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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