iWorldGeography Central America

  • iWorldGeography Central America
  • iWorldGeography Central America
  • iWorldGeography Central America
  • iWorldGeography Central America

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  • Current Version:Version: 1.0
  • Device Type:Device: iPad Ready
  • Category:Category: Education
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  • Download Size:App Size: 16.01 MB

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A Montessori-based introduction to Central America plus neighbors Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, designed by former Lead Developer at MIT's Center for Educational Computing Initiatives. Created for 6-9 year olds, narrated by a child, Central America includes animated introduction to each country name, plus a quiz, puzzle map, and label activities for countries, capitals, and flags …


Content:

• Active Intro - touch a country to hear its name
• Passive Intro - watch animated introduction
• Quiz - Ask Me to locate countries; Repeat to hear again
• Puzzle - scatter pieces and reconstruct map
• Label - 3 activities - country names, capitals, and flags

Features:

• Self-Correcting Quiz - answer fades in; audio reinforces; no wrong-answer penalty
• User-Controlled Manipulatives - pins and puzzle pieces drag freely around screen
• Fresh Challenge - questions, labels, and puzzle pieces appear in different order each time
• All Labels --
• --- Shuffle - change label to take a pass versus peek at control map
• --- Control maps - touch lightbulb to see answer highlighted, others dimmed
• --- Flag viewer - magnifying glass opens viewer with larger flag images

Learning Style:

• Challenge increases as activities progress
• Children control the app's navigation; never locked into an activity
• Touch Puzzle and Label buttons within activity to restart.
• No penalty for a wrong answer
• Correct answers simply reinforced
• No distracting bells and whistles


Where's Mexico?
Geographers draw North America's southern boundary at Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec, placing the majority of Mexico in North America. Following Montessori curriculum, Mexico is handled in North America's lesson. iWorldGeography North America is available in iTunes' App Store.


Why include Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic?
American Montessori Society materials include these Caribbean neighbors in Central America's lesson.


ONLINE MAPS AND LABELS

Touch Extras button on app's title screen to access printouts for additional color, trace, and label activities.


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EDUCATIONAL NOTE

iWorldGeography colors match American Montessori Society classroom materials.

iWorldGeography Series blends child-directed-activity design with Geography curriculum used in Montessori Children's House and Lower Elementary classrooms. Concept and visual design is thoughtfully integrated to supplement existing curriculum and classroom materials. The series was inspired by 3-year's observation in Lexington (MA) Montessori School Children's House classrooms where MyWorld, TenSun's desktop-based version of this series, has been used since 2004.

Requirements

Your mobile device must have at least 16.01 MB of space to download and install iWorldGeography Central America app. iWorldGeography Central America is available on iTunes for $2.99

If you have any problems with installation or in-app purchase, found bugs, questions, comments about this application, you can visit the official website of Lynne Bolduc at http://tensuninteractive.com.

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