Middle School 6-8 iPad Apps

Note Anytime: More than a simple note taking app, Note Anytime is also a powerful drawing app, PDF annotation tool, interactive browser, virtual whiteboard and more. Cost: FREE

Gene Screen: Gene Screen teaches students about genetics and Punnett Squares. It has inheritance calculators to show students how the Punnett Squares work in different situations. Cost: FREE

Shakespeare™: is a free app with the complete works of Shakespeare (41 plays, 154 sonnets and 6 poems, including doubtful works) and a searchable concordance to find the exact word or phrase you’re looking for (with “relaxed” searching to find words close to your search term). Cost: FREE

Essential Skeleton: Essential Skeleton is a free iPad app that students studying the human skeletal system should download. The app puts a 3D skeleton on your students’ iPads. Students can zoom-in, zoom-out, and rotate the skeleton 360 degrees. Cost: FREE

POETRY: With the Poetry Foundation's universal iOS app, you can now take thousands of poems by classic and contemporary poets with you wherever you go. From William Shakespeare to César Vallejo to Heather McHugh, the Poetry Foundation's app turns your phone, iPod Touch or iPad into a mobile poetry library. Cost: FREE