Apps We Love: Good Guide
We are switching up our blog schedule a bit so we can run a special two-part feature for Earth Day, which is this Sunday. So enjoy our “Apps We Love” a day early… In the spirit of Earth Day we are featuring another green app this month: Good Guide!...Apps We Love: NASA Space Weather Viewer
The NASA Space Weather Media Viewer features near-real-time imagery from a wide variety of NASA missions, as well as video interviews with prominent scientists about the causes of space phenomena and NASA-created visualizations. The Space Weather Media Viewer was...Apps We Love: Moon Phase
MoonPhase for both iPhone and iPad is your guide to all sorts of moon info! And a little bit of sun info too. All presented in a beautiful, easy to use format. So convenient you will use it everyday! Easily find for today or any day between 1900-2100: moon rise/set...Apps We Love: AutoStitch Panorama
Have you ever wanted to capture a wider view in a photo? Do you sometimes wish you had a better camera on your iPhone or iPod Touch? With AutoStitch, you can: – Combine multiple photos to produce wide-angle panoramas with no visible seams – Create...Apps We Love: Tornado Chaser
Learn how to track and read a storm like the pros! Be an (armchair) storm chasing meteorologist! TORNADO CHASER features: -Pics, videos, and descriptions of the clues you can watch for when a tornado is imminent -Complete cloud chart, w/pictures and names -Detailed...Apps We Love: Flickr Photo Map
Explore your world like never before. See photos from anywhere on Earth. Scan the sands of the Sahara or island hop in the Caribbean, go anywhere! Flickr Photo Map is easy and simple. View your current location and see the photography was taken around you. This app is...Apps We Love: Trails
Are you looking for the perfect hiking trail? Do you need a virtual compass to help navigate directions? Now you can view professional, high quality trail guides on-the-go! The Trails.com app offers over 48,000 trail guides from the top outdoor publishers. Trail...Apps We Love: NASA
After all the NASA talk this week, we wanted to feature NASA’s official app! The NASA App invites you to discover a wealth of NASA information right on your iPhone or iPod Touch. This app collects, customizes and delivers an extensive selection of dynamically...Apps We Love: Life On Earth a.k.a. the First Digital Textbook
E. O. Wilson’s Life on Earth is a new digital biology textbook for high school students now under development by the E. O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. This ipad app download includes a preview of the book and a sample chapter—“Introduction to Ecology” —that...Apps We Love: Britannica Kids, Volcanoes
We’re wrapping up our mini volcano week with a lava hot app. This one is a great source of information, activities and games geared for students all about volcanoes! Encyclopedia Britannica Kids Volcanoes provides wonderful content in a friendly and educational...Apps We Love: My Place History
This powerful tool from ESRI allows you to achieve a greater understanding of how local environments affect health. My Place History is a way to link public health information with personal environmental experience. Utilize geomedicine, a modern framework for bringing...