Top 10 Educational Apps by Valerie Tyler and Jennifer Rooney Baustert

1. Top10Apps
As Selected by Valerie Tyler & J. Rooney Baustert

2. iTooch5thGradeMath
● Utilizes Achievements and Badges to
reward students
● Approaches lessons as a game with levels
through which to advance
● Based on the US National Common Core
Standards
● Intuitive interface
● Fun and amusing graphics
● Detailed lesson summaries

3. Kahoot
● Can work with almost
any subject matter
● Designed to work as a
multi-player game for
classroom settings
● Allows students to
select their own
nickname to use within
the game
● Game data accessible to
teachers to better
tailor learning
experience
● Students join with a
game pin rather than
creating some type of
special account

4. MathChampChallenge
● Aligned to State Common
Core Standards
● Utilizes Achievements
and Badges to reward
students
● Over 2500 questions
available
● Engages students from
the beginning by having
them select their own
avatar
● Students advance
through five levels

5. 4thGradeSplashMath
● Aligned with Common Core standards
● Child progress can be monitored with routine
reports
● Allows for students to advance at their own,
individual pace
● Interactive rewards for correct answers by the
student
● Reinforcing mathematical skills becomes a fun
game

6. HistoryAtlasForKids
Fairly intuitive interface
Highly engaging graphics
Ancient civilizations
become interactive to
young students
Incorporates games such as
object finds to engage
students
Many history areas covered
- such as Ancient Egypt

7. GoogleExpeditions
● Designed for classroom
and small group use
● Over 200 expeditions
available to explore
● Allows teachers to lead
students on field trips
to locations that
aren’t feasible to
visit in-person
● Utilizing Google
Cardboard Viewer
creates a Virtual
Reality type experience

8. 4thGradeMathbyLogTera
● Fun selection of avatars for the
students
● Intuitive interface that is
friendly for middle schoolers
● Dinah the Dinosaur serves as a
guide for students within the app
● Multiple games to engage students
● Coins are earned from correctly
answered questions
● Based on Common Core State
Standards

9. QuizletFlashCards
● Works with almost any topic to
reinforce information
● Mimics traditional flashcards to the
interface is familiar to students
● Teachers can create and share study
materials for their students
● Offers a testing option for self-
assessment
● Allows for mobile studying without
needing hefty textbooks to be
carried

10. FifthGradeLearningGames
12 games to engage the
student - 3 of which are
free
Modeled after Common Core
State Standards
Single app that covers
multiple subjects
Simple to use interface that
is easy for 5th graders to
navigate

11. SocialStudiesFriendzy
Designed to complement the
classroom learning of
1st - 8th grades
Students scores available
for parents to monitor
Can be played against the
computer or another
live player
Assists in connecting
families with tutoring
options