Earth Primer

Description

Discover how Earth works through play! Earth Primer is a science book for playful people. Visit volcanoes, glaciers, sand dunes. Play with them, look inside, and see how they work. The forces of nature are at your fingertips.

Earth Primer defies existing genres, combining aspects of science books, toys, simulations, and games. It is a new kind of interactive experience which joins the guided quality of a book with open ended simulation play.

• Best New App • Featured Education App • Top 10 Education App •

“BEAUTIFUL … ENGAGING … WELL DESIGNED.”
–Kristie Lu Stout | CNN

“EFFORTLESSLY BEAUTIFUL… perfectly…realizes the promise of a truly interactive textbook.”
–John Brownlee | Fast Company

“THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION… sets a high benchmark for what educational apps should be aspiring to.”
–Luke Dormehl | Cult of Mac

“INSPIRING … a reminder that interactive media is a young and undeveloped world itself.”
–Kyle VanHemert | WIRED

“PLAYFUL, child-like, beautifully designed reenvisioning of the book” –IndieCade

“The MOST AWESOME APP EVER for teaching Geomorphology to a young audience”
–Alan Parkinson | Award Winning Teacher

“one of the most deluxe, and memorable educational apps available… AN ABSOLUTE MUST” 5/5
–Trevor Sheridan | Apple n Apps

“A TOUR DE FORCE” –Bret Victor

“This is much more than a toy. It is a catalyst for thinking about our world. … TRULY A JOY.”
–Samuel Arbesman | WIRED

“I want every book to be this awesome. …ABSOLUTELY WORTH EVERY CENT.”
–Owen Williams | The Next Web

Features
• Discover how Earth works through play.
• The forces of nature are at your fingertips—make volcanoes, shape sand dunes, form glaciers, sculpt mountains, push around tectonic plates, paint with wind, heat up magma—and more!
• 20 different tools to unlock.
• Richly interactive geological simulations.
• Five chapters: Earth’s Interior, Surface, Water Cycle, Biomes, and Sandbox.
• Sandbox mode.

Pricing

Plan Price Details
Earth Primer $9.99 Compatible with iOS devices.

Reviews

Educational Technology Product Development and Marketing
February 11, 2015

This is a fantastic new interactive textbook with text as well as engaging intuitive free-play simulations. It’s very effective in teaching all ages about plate tectonics, erosion, volcanoes, glaciers, the water cycle and more. It also has a sand box mode.

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