Sids Science Fair at Mac App Store analyse

Very well thought out and entertaining. Learning should be fun!! My 4 year old really enjoys this app.

Not very challenging after five minutes!

This app is fun and interactive. But, this app is not in HD which makes it a bit less clear. Also, the mini games can get very boring and repetitive. In next update it would be AWESOME if you could change its picture quality to HD, and add more options or maybe even more mini games.

Have no sound from initial install. Not happy as have tried reinstalling and hard reset. No change, wasted money

Excellent! This is the first app I have seen that encourages curious preschool kids to think like scientists. They can explore details of common objects (leaves, pasta, toys…), categorize and count things with a chart that they build themselves, and observe visually interesting changes (plants grow, volcanoes erupt, ice melts…) or laugh at them in reverse using the “time machine” (plant shrinks back into a seed). All three games pose challenges and provide feedback for correct answers (arrange photos in proper sequence to show ice melting), while also letting kids play at their own pace, and explore in their own way. The games could go further in their support of scientific thinking, for example, by guiding players to identify which chart category has "more" or "less", or to think about which changes are reversible and which are not in real life. Kids do learn some scientific terms like “compare and contrast data” but most of the value of this app is in the way that it lets them play the role of a scientist who wonders about the world and makes new discoveries. Many of the activities involve common objects that parents could find around the house to extend the activities off-screen.

This is a beautiful, fun app that is a hit with my young kids. It really hits the tone of the show and the characters we love... and it gives kids wonderful opportunities to practice comparing, charting data, ordering information (all in a way they will love). As a mom and as an educator, I highly endorse this app!

I play all games before I let my 3yr old daughter play, and this one keeps kicking me out when I go to the collection inspection game. I cant even get into the game to try it. I have tried to redownlad it to the iPod itself, and from iTunes, and am still having the problem. I figure this would be something they could fix in an update. The rest of the game seems really good for learing, and challanging my child, if they could only fix this problem i would so give it 5 stars! I just dont know if I can tell my kid to just not go to that game...