Wild Kratts Baby Buddies – PBS KIDS

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PBS KIDS
Genre: Education
Release Date: January 6, 2016

The Wild Kratts need your help taking care of baby animals in the African Savannah! Take care of a baby elephant, cheetah, crocodile, zebra and aardvark!

Join Martin, Chris, and the Wild Kratts team on an African Savannah creature sitting adventure. These baby animals need a lot of attention and care, and with Wild Kratts Baby Buddies app, you are in charge of feeding, washing, protecting and playing with each one. The Wild Kratts team will be there with some facts and tips to help you learn about the baby animals amazing creature powers along the way.

The Wild Kratts Baby Buddies App is for Wild Kratts fans of all ages from 3 to 8 and focuses on animal care and animal science. The baby animals include:

Thornsley, the baby Elephant
Spotswat the baby Cheetah
Maze, the baby Zebra
Slurpy, the baby Aardvark
Chompella, the baby Crocodile

As you play, watch out! These baby animals can be unpredictable! Each time you visit your baby animal friends, you will be sure to uncover something new and exciting!

This app has the best experience on iPad mini 2+, iPad 3+ and iPhone 5+. For any questions or troubleshooting, please go to http://pbskids.org/help/.

Wild Kratts Baby Buddies is based on the PBS KIDS series WILD KRATTS, produced by the Kratt Brothers Company and 9 Story Media Group, and designed to extend the series’ science curriculum.

For more learning adventures with WILD KRATTS, visit pbskids.org/wildkratts. For more apps from PBS KIDS, visit http://pbskids.org/apps.

About PBS KIDS
Wild Kratts Baby Buddies is part of PBS KIDS’ ongoing commitment to helping kids build the skills they need to succeed in school and in life. PBS KIDS, the number one educational media brand for kids, offers all children the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television and digital media, as well as community-based programs.

Privacy
Across all media platforms, PBS KIDS is committed to creating a safe and secure environment for children and families and being transparent about what information is collected from users. To learn more about PBS KIDS’ privacy policy, visit pbskids.org/privacy.

© © 2015 Public Broadcasting Service

Ocean Forests – Bright World eBooks

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Bright World eBooks
Genre: Education
Release Date: June 24, 2015

The most FUN a kid can have swimming with sharks, fish and other creatures under the sea! Adventure-packed Ocean Forests is full of realistic underwater environments to explore, fun games and STEM-based vocabulary to satisfy children’s curiosity for the amazing world around them. This award-winning app has earned the praise of Common Sense Media, USA Today, Children’s Technology Review, Modern Mom and Smart Apps for Kids.

Ocean Forests is rich with entertaining activities and unique benefits specially designed for kids ages 5-8:

– Fun-filled games to challenge kids’ Reading and Science skills (Kindergarten – 3rd  grade Levels)

– State of the art 3D animation and realistic graphics combined with touch screen responsive navigation bring sea creatures and their amazing underwater world to life 

– Let your kids freely explore and search for new species in an unstructured, and safe educational and entertaining environment 

– Expand the minds of young learners beyond fictional stories with scientifically accurate information that leaves them wanting to know more

– This immersive app provides opportunities to learn, play and experience ocean life while expanding language and reading skills
© © 2015 3D Learning Group, LLC

Earthlapse – Jetson Creative LLC

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Jetson Creative LLC
Genre: Education
Release Date: May 18, 2012

FREE FOR EARTH DAY! ENJOY! Turn your iPad or iPhone into a window aboard the International Space Station. Experience stunning views of Earth captured by NASA astronauts. Touch the views and control the planet with your finger. A truly amazing one-of-a-kind experience.

The app comes complete with seven beautiful interactive views of earth as well as access to the HDEV live view showing Earth live from the Space Station. In addition the app includes 8 relaxing ambient space soundtracks, a clock, and worldwide weather from Weather Underground.

Please note that the ISS HDEV live feed is often off-line or otherwise unavailable. Even when on-line, the live view often shows black as the ISS is regularly on the dark side of Earth.

Support for AirPlay on the iPad (4th gen, 3rd gen, and iPad 2), iPhone 5, and iPhone 4S. See display options in app for instructions on how to enable.

Images courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center.

Created by the makers of Magic Window. For more beautiful views check out Magic Window on iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Apple TV. Earthlapse TV is also available on Apple TV (sold separately.)
© © 2016 Jetson Creative

WWF Together – World Wildlife Fund

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World Wildlife Fund
Genre: Education
Release Date: January 2, 2013

WWF Together brings you closer to amazing and endangered species than you ever could have imagined, letting you discover their lives and the work WWF does for them. Try out “tiger vision,” flap your wings like a migrating butterfly, and chop the panda’s bamboo. As part of each story, you’ll get to bring an animal into your world by taking a selfie with its origami or placing it in a scene.

Features

• In-depth, interactive stories of endangered animals, including giant pandas, tigers, monarch butterflies, sea turtles and polar bears.
• Playful interactive elements that incorporate both iPad’s and iPhone’s unique features.
• Origami of each animal that folds up, allowing you to place it in a photo and share with friends and family.
• Up-to-date conservation and wildlife news.
• Stunning high-definition, full-screen videos and image galleries, featuring photos and downloadable wallpapers by renowned environmental photographer Morten Koldby.
• Cool and unusual animal facts. (Do you know what a panda and a stick of butter have in common?)
• Multiple ways to get involved and help protect endangered animals.

About World Wildlife Fund

For 50 years, WWF’s mission has been to create a future in which people live in harmony with nature. A core part of that mission is saving wildlife from threats like poaching, habitat loss and overuse of natural resources. This important work doesn’t just help wild animals; it also contributes to people’s health and well-being. By conserving species and their habitats, we can also help to ensure we have a thriving, healthy planet with forests that slow climate change and oceans that provide more than one-sixth of the world’s food.
© © 2016 World Wildlife Fund