From here in Aotearoa, the Moon looks rotated compared with northern-hemisphere diagrams. Te Marama works out its orientation for your location.
I'm a science teacher, and these are the apps I've built and shipped so far under Pursue Learning. Both are on the App Store.
An interactive atlas of the Moon, worked out for your own sky. It shows the correct tilt, the correct lit edge, and moonrise and moonset times for wherever you are.
Every named crater from the IAU Gazetteer (over 8,700 as you zoom in), plus the maria, mountains and valleys
77 records of lunar landings, impacts and mission hardware, dating back to 1959
Tonight's Moon: phase, terminator, distance and libration
Te Maramataka, with three attributed published sequences and their regional differences
Twenty key discoveries pinned where they happened, each with its scientific source
Free. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, and it works offline. iPhone and iPad.
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Vocabulary practice for NCEA Level 2 and 3 Psychology. Knowing a term and using it precisely in an answer are different skills, so TermSmith practises both.
386 terms across 13 topics, each with an audio pronunciation
Seven study modes, from flashcards and definition matching to using the term in your own sentence, including a command-words mode
AI feedback on sentence writing and command-word answers
Spaced repetition that schedules each review based on how well you recall it
Free to download, with a Pro subscription that removes ads and adds more AI checks each day. iPhone and iPad.
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Interactive science simulations for secondary classrooms. I'll write about them here as each one is ready.