App Detail » Simple Machines .

What's New

- Compatibility Updates.

App Description

This highly engaging and interactive app helps in comprehensively understanding and applying the concepts of simple machines with the help of animation and fun-filled simulation.

Learn about the following concepts:
* Force and work
* Types of machines
* Levers
* Pulleys
* Wheel and axle
* Inclined planes
* Screw
* Wedge.

This app is aligned with Bloom’s taxonomy and draws from Common Core State Standards*. As a member of the KNOW What’s Inside program, this app has been designed especially for children, with special attention to online privacy.

The app is packed with the following features:
* Concept book: Study principles of simple machines with easy to understand 3-D animation, drawings, and visual images
* Did You Know: Get to know interesting facts and snippets of information about simple machines from both a historical perspective and current context
* Quiz: Test your understanding of concepts and ability to relate to real-life examples
* Explore More: Apply the concepts you read to simple experiments using objects around you
* Simulation: Apply concepts to a life-like situation and learn from various alternative courses of action.

The suggested sequence for going through various modules in this app is Concept-Simulation-Quiz-Did You Know-Explore More.

This app is intended:
(a) for students primarily in the age group 8 – 14 years who want to understand concepts from scratch,
(b) as a supplemental guide for teachers, and
(c) as a reference tool for those who want to strengthen their understanding of the subject.

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App Changes

• January 20, 2014 Initial release
• February 12, 2014 New version 1.0.1
• March 22, 2014 Price decrease: $1.99 -> $0.99
• March 25, 2014 Price increase: $0.99 -> $1.99
• June 30, 2014 New version 1.0.2
• November 28, 2014 Price decrease: $1.99 -> $0.99
• December 01, 2014 Price increase: $0.99 -> $1.99
• December 18, 2014 New version 1.0.3
• July 02, 2015 New version 1.0.4
• July 02, 2015 Price decrease: $1.99 -> $0.99
• July 05, 2015 Price increase: $0.99 -> $1.99
• November 25, 2015 Price decrease: $1.99 -> $0.99
• November 30, 2015 Price increase: $0.99 -> $1.99
• February 04, 2016 New version 1.0.5
• November 06, 2016 New version 1.0.6
• December 10, 2019 New version 1.0.8