Category Archives: High School

Presidents’ Week Post – Apps Featuring Presidents of the USA

Presidents' Day or as many schools refer to it, Presidents' Week, is here and Teachers With Apps would like to share some Presidential apps that can inform your kids about our wonderful nation's leaders. Presidents’ Day is an American only holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Originally established in 1885, in recognition of President…

Junior Astronaut - Breaking through the space barrier, by Immediate Media Company Bristol Limited, is out of this world! This app was designed specifically for the iPad by some very experienced people in the field and it shows. Adam Mann, Wired magazine's space, and physics correspondent was at the heart of the discovery process…

Cell and Cell Structure, by Emantras Inc - From the same developers that brought you Frog Dissection. This app is quite a scientific undertaking with state of the art graphics, videos, quizzes, and interactive activities. This app is designed for the middle school grades to completely immerse them in deeper learning about cell structures…

SentenceBuilderTeen, by Mobile Education Store, is the first release by Kyle Tomson developed specifically for teens. Educators and parents, if you are not yet familiar with Kyle Tomson and his brilliant apps, it is time to get to know him. His suite of apps just keeps growing and now that he is adding teen content,…

Frederick Feraco, an NYC science teacher, and IOS developer has 9 titles in the app store to help students prep for their regents and final exams. These apps are all part of his "Buddy" series and all of the educational "Buddy" apps consist of lessons, videos, interactive quizzes, daily news feeds and flash cards. They…

iF Poems, by Clickworks Ltd, is one of the most amazing apps to make its début in the app store yet. Poetry is a personal favorite of mine and I use it daily when in the classroom. Just yesterday, when showing this app to a colleague, she mentioned that Robert Louis Stevenson was her…

Al Gore – Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, brought to you by Push Pop Press and designed by a company set up by former Apple employees: Kimon Tsinteris and Mike Matas. This magnificent book app is a digital version of Gore’s 2009 book about global warming and it is by far the…

ParisAppTours: Beware Mme la Guillotine, A Revolutionary Tour of Paris, by Time Traveler Tours, is an amazingly sophisticated educational tool, that is also tremendously fun! This interactive StoryApp is written expressly for the younger set, but that didn't stop us from loving it. This app takes travelers back to a legendary moment in Parisian history, with…