Lizard Island: Observation
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | $0.99 | Budding Biologist | iPad |
Based on over 30 years of research by ecologists, Lizard Island: Observation is scientifically accurate and fun to play. How fast can you catch lizards? The lizards exhibit typical fear of humans and are very good at camouflage.
The game was developed through a collaboration among biologists, artists, and teachers.
Features
-Tied in with Common Core standards and Next Generation Science Standards
-Uses an inquiry-based style of gameplay, encouraging self-discovery and inferencing skills
-In-game text is also audio recorded, so pre-readers can enjoy all the features of the game
-Your Field Notebook records questions, answers, and facts about plants and animals
-Utilizes kinesthetic learning by allowing players to catch lizards by circling with their finger or by using the gyroscope tool to grab the lizard
-Two levels of difficulty to appeal to a wide age range of players
-Realistic lizard movement
-Artist-drawn landscapes
About Lizard Island: Observation
The creation of this game was funded by a National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grant. The game will be the first in a series of three interconnected apps designed to advance players’ understanding of ecology. A school version is also in development, which will come with lesson plans and teaching tools.
About Budding Biologist
Budding Biologist was founded by two mothers who were alarmed by the large number of scientific inaccuracies they found in children’s books. The company has released two nonfiction books for young children: Am I an Insect? and Where Do I Live? Budding Biologist wants to open young minds to science!
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The game is aligned with Common Core math standards and the Next Generation Science Standards, making it appropriate for both home and school use. Players search microislands for brown anole lizards, which they must catch, tag, and measure. Along the way, players can tap on various island life to learn more about it. Facts, questions, and answers are recorded in a field notebook. The game is appropriate for non-readers or those with learning disabilities, as players have the option to have the text read aloud. The game is recommended for children in grades K-5.
Reviews
Great educational app!
Psychdoc2010
We love this app, it's fun and educational for all ages! Highly recommend trying it out, definitely worth the $
Fun learning game
Bugguy288
This game is more challenging than I expected, combines the fun of trying to catch lizards with learning lizard ecology. Highly recommended.
Fun game!
Leah Welty-Rieger
My daughter (4.5) has been playing this game and really gets into finding the lizards and tagging them. Also love that you can touch on the other things on the island and get some information about it (both with words on the screen and a lovely voice that reads them aloud for those that rant reading yet). Recommended!
Shut down
Spark00998877665544332211
It seems like this game could be fun, but the game shuts down after island A. Every time I start over it shuts down trying to go to island B. I even tried deleting the app and redownloading it. Needs to be fixed.
Suggestions.....
Hdhnchfhrhhdhc
This app is awesome! It can be really fun to find and tag the lizards,but it can hard to find them at times. One suggestion I have is to add a few more tagging options besides dots. I love the colors, but maybe adding stripes or plaid might be fun for creative kids. Also, I really hope more islands will come out as well, for I love to explore them. One last thing is I wish you could have more species of lizards to explore. That could really add to the experience. Lastly, sorry I just had to. Add one last thing, is that I hope you can name the lizards soon. I know it's silly but I think it would be very fun for kids and cool for any one. In all, this app is totally worth the cost to me, and supplies me with loads of fun experiences! Thanks for the fun!
3 year old can't get enough!
Audrey's World
Catching lizards and tagging them? How long can this possibly hold her interest? That was a month ago and the answer seems to be, "Indefinitely!" My daughter is almost 4 and cannot get enough of this game. I took off a star because the process of "capturing" the lizards requires you to tap them first. Must have missed that instruction, because it was a little hard at first. But once we figured it out, this game became her favorite. She's practicing fine motor skills (rotating the ruler to measure the critters), categorization (a hermit crab is NOT a lizard), mapping (only one creature per "region" on the island) and so much more. The game is quite simply super-- and deceptively simple! Highly recommend for younger kids even though the target age is higher.
