Learn about chemistry, history, and anatomy with Crash Course, play hide and seek with Here Kitty, and get a free math app from Teachley. Plus, play with music in chrome music lab, and listen to Daniel Radcliffe reading Harry Potter.
Garry Froehlich
Jellybean Tunes
Crash Course — Watch and Study
by Complexly LLC
You may be familiar with Crash Course on YouTube. They offer educational videos that cover a wide variety of topics in a humorous and engaging way. There are many topics on their channel, but currently only four topics available in the app: chemistry, organic chemistry, European history, and anatomy with the promise of more to come soon. The app goes beyond the videos by adding many multiple choice quizzes to go with each topic which helps reinforce the concepts. All content is free, with optional in-app purchases used to tip the creators if you wish, and the app is worth a look for older kids, and even adults.
Here Kitty!
by Impending, Inc.
Play hide and seek with your iPhone. You activate the app by flipping the phone upside down and hiding it somewhere, then the seeker calls out “Here Kitty” and the phone responds by meowing, and knows that you found it when you pick up the phone again. It’s cute and it works remarkably well (although with phones and not iPads), but you have to be comfortable with hiding your phone and hopefully being able to find it again.
Free Apps from Teachley
Teachley makes math apps for grades K-5 like Mt. Multiplis, Fractions Boost, and Addimals Adventure. Until May 11th, they are generously giving away thousands of promo codes to families.
See their apps here:
https://www.teachley.com/math-games-at-home
Fill out the form to receive a promo code for one of their apps:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4cMlV8FUi6cidl9jBiegKIqSSUUlRv9tOdMbW8UyNP4_51A/viewform
Chrome Music Lab
Interesting site where you can play with music and musical concepts, although I do wish it offered better explanations of the concepts.
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments
Teachers Tweet About Distance Learning
The lighter side of suddenly having to teach online.
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/teacher-tweets-distance-learning_l_5e9f148cc5b63c5b58751136
Daniel Radcliffe Reads Harry Potter
Several actors will be reading out the first Harry Potter book, and the first chapter is by Harry Potter himself.
https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home
