Back-to-back dinosaur apps can engage students of all ages. Check out last week’s App of the Week for a dinosaur app targeted to younger students.
Name: Walking with Dinosaurs: Inside their World Lite
What is it? Walking with Dinosaurs – Inside their World is a comprehensive and interactive dinosaur encyclopedia, with narration by actor Stephen Fry.
Best for: Students ages 12+, and teachers
Price: Free
Requirements: iOS 5.0 or later.
Features: Users can explore interactive dinosaurs in 3D, spinning turntable and amazing animations. The app features more than 60 fully animated, interactive and photorealistic dinosaurs to engage and delight dinosaur fans of all ages. Every page contains information that has been researched by expert palaeontologists and each creature has been designed to create an unparalleled dinosaur experience on the iPad.
Walking with Dinosaurs: Inside their World features:
– 280 fully interactive 3D models
– 60 expertly modeled, photorealistic dinosaurs, pterosaurs and reptiles
– 40 fully interactive 3D recreations of dinosaurs in mid-fight
– 200 pages worth of original text
– Hours of magical narration by Stephen Fry
– Animations and historical pictures
– 60 original dinosaur sounds
– Interactive 3D walking dinosaurs
– 15 pages of famous dinosaur hunters
– 22 pages of thoroughly researched articles on prehistoric life
Link: iTunes
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