Meet Science: Magnetism and Electricity
By Debbie Gorrell,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Attractive science tool features games, simple experiments.
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What’s It About?
MEET SCIENCE: MAGNETISM AND ELECTRICITY is organized into four main areas: Learn, Experiment, Glossary, and Mini Games. In Learn, kids can choose from seven lessons that cover topics with both text and voice-over. Each page of a lesson includes a cheerful animation that supports learning, and the lessons end with a brief quiz to assess learning as well as links to the experiment videos that relate to the lesson. In Experiment, kids can directly access the simple experiments that appear at the ends of the lessons. In Glossary, kids can tap to read and hear definitions. There's also a section called Aha, which contains a four-chapter dictionary that connects science with everyday phenomena. In Mini Games, kids can choose from three games that challenge them to use their knowledge about magnetism and electricity to score big and win. Top scores are tracked and can be displayed at the tap of a finger.
Is It Any Good?
Meet Science: Magnetism and Electricity offers kids a great opportunity to learn, experiment, and play. The lessons are content-rich, with cute characters and colorful animations that keep things interesting. It's nice that each lesson is followed by a brief quiz, but there are only three questions, and they're not scored. However, feedback is immediate, and kids can learn from their mistakes. The experiments are fairly straightforward and include a summary page as well as a materials list and an opportunity for kids to make predictions about the experiments. Some require materials kids may not be able to get their hands on. Nonetheless, seeing the concepts from the lessons in action is a good learning experience. The mini-games do a nice job of incorporating the concepts learned in the lessons. They are fun, challenging, and scored. Kids will enjoy applying what they learned through interactive gameplay.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about items around the house that demonstrate properties of magnetism and electricity.
If possible, gather the necessary materials and do some of the experiments with kids after reviewing the relevant lessons.
Have kids draw a diagram of a circuit and then describe each part and its function.
App Details
- Device: iPad
- Subjects: Science: electricity, physics
- Skills: Thinking & Reasoning: applying information, investigation, part-whole relationships
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Release date: March 26, 2014
- Category: Education
- Publisher: NCSOFT
- Version: 1.0.1
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 6.0 or later
- Last updated: August 16, 2016
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