We love kids and we love science and we really, really love kids who love science. With all the sturm und drang about the dangers of the Internet and technology in general on young, impressionable minds, it’s great to see technologies being developed that are teaching kids to be better observers of the natural world.

Presented at last year’s PopTech was Yasser Ansari‘s Project Noah (Networked Organisms and Habitats). Project Noah allows you to record your sightings of plants, birds, insects and animals using your mobile device. You can make field notes, add pictures, and geo-locate where your sighting took place, giving other users and researchers important information while you’re out enjoying a Sunday morning family hike. With new features launched earlier this year, the app allows you to earn retro-styled girl/boy scout-esque badges, lending it a nice gaming component while creating an army of young citizen scientists.

Another cool app for little nature lovers is Leaf Snap, which does something similar but specifically for trees and plants. And a new app called KidScience is being developed by Liz Heineke, who runs the kid-friendly site Kitchen Pantry Scientist. This app will allow you to search for age- and materials-appropriate science experiments that you can perform using common household products.

Not an app builder but a crowd favorite at this year’s PopTech was 13-year old Aidan Dwyer, whose field observations of tree growth resulted in his creating a new approach to collecting sunlight. He now divides his time between junior high and collaborations with research organizations like the University of Madison’s Resilience Research Center — not bad for a kid who can’t yet drive.

With all the new science-based apps for kids being developed and launched, presenters at future PopTech events may become increasingly younger as a new generation of kids trade in their Playstations for Moleskines and start taking note of the actual world around them.

Know any good science-based apps for kids? Add them to the comments below!

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Sisi tuna upendo kwa watoto na sisi upendo sayansi na sisi kweli, kwa kweli upendo watoto ambao upendo sayansi. Pamoja na yote sturm und drang juu ya hatari ya Internet na teknolojia kwa ujumla kwa vijana akili, impressionable, ni kubwa kuona kuwa maendeleo ya teknolojia kwamba ni kufundisha watoto kuwa bora waangalizi wa ulimwengu wa kawaida.

Kuwasilishwa katika PopTech mwaka jana ilikuwa Yasser Ansari ya Mradi wa Nuhu (mtandao Viumbe na Makazi). Mradi wa Nuhu utapata kurekodi sightings yako ya mimea, ndege, wadudu na wanyama kwa kutumia kifaa yako ya mkononi. Unaweza kufanya maelezo shamba, kuongeza picha, na geo-Machapisho ambapo muandamo yako ulifanyika, kutoa watumiaji wengine na watafiti taarifa muhimu wakati wewe nje kufurahia Jumapili asubuhi familia kuongezeka. Pamoja na makala mpya ilizindua mapema mwaka huu, App utapata kulipwa retro-styled msichana / mvulana beji Scout-esque, mikopo ni nzuri ya michezo ya kubahatisha wakati sehemu ya kujenga jeshi la wanasayansi vijana wa raia.

Mwingine App baridi kwa wapenzi wa asili ni kidogo Leaf Snap , ambayo haina kitu sawa lakini hasa kwa ajili ya miti na mimea. Na App mpya iitwayo KidScience ni kuwa na maendeleo kwa Liz Heineke, ambaye anaendesha kid ya kirafiki tovuti Kitchen pantry Scientist . App Hii itasaidia kutafuta umri na majaribio ya sayansi ya vifaa-sahihi kwamba unaweza kufanya kwa kutumia bidhaa za kaya ya kawaida.

Si wajenzi App lakini umati wa watu favorite katika PopTech mwaka huu zilikuwa 13 mwenye umri wa miaka Aidan Dwyer , ambaye shamba uchunguzi wa ukuaji wa mti matokeo yake kujenga mbinu mpya ya kukusanya mwanga wa jua. Yeye sasa kugawanya wakati wake kati ya junior ya juu na kwa kushirikiana na mashirika ya utafiti kama Chuo Kikuu cha Center ujasiri Madison ya Utafiti - si mbaya kwa mtoto ambaye anaweza bado gari.

Na Apps ya kila mwezi ya sayansi-msingi kwa ajili ya watoto kuwa na maendeleo na ilizindua, presenters katika matukio ya baadaye PopTech inaweza kuzidi kuwa mdogo kama kizazi kipya cha biashara ya watoto katika PlayStations yao kwa ajili ya Moleskines na kuanza kuchukua note ya ulimwengu halisi inayowazunguka.

Kujua Apps yoyote nzuri ya sayansi ya msingi kwa ajili ya watoto? Kuongeza yao kwa comments hapo chini!

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