Employ the app's stunning visual prompts, as well as audio instructions and interactive lessons, to engage kids in an excellent social studies and science experience. Use the pronunciation hint that appears above dinosaurs to help kids learn how to say those giant-size names correctly, syllable by syllable, as well as to teach students why and how to use pronunciation keys. In addition, the in-app Travel Log (a photo album/journal) provides an opportunity to help kids learn to write using digital technology, and to combine images and words to present their ideas about what they're learning.
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Ansel & Clair: Triassic Dinosaurs is a geography, geology, and animal science app that's part of a trilogy of dinosaur apps. On this adventure, time-traveling duo Ansel and Clair visit the Triassic period, where kids learn about dinosaurs from that time, including the Plateosaurus, Ichthyosaur, and the Eodromaeus (the earliest ancestor of the T. rex). Kids can go on a dusty dinosaur dig with a friendly cartoon paleontologist, Dr. Bones, or travel back in time to the Triassic period with the unique dinosaurs that lived during this time and see Pangea, the supercontinent. As they explore, kids listen to fun facts, feed a dinosaur, take pictures, use stickers, and write in their travel logs. Up to four students can create player accounts, which will store their photos and individual travel logs. Kids can even build their own dinosaur and complete a puzzle to learn about the life cycle of ferns.
The best use of this app is in conjunction with the other two apps in this series to cover the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods of dinosaur life. Kids don't need to be able to read to play the fun games and learn a lot about dinosaurs on this interactive app. For kids who aren't reading or writing fluently yet, the Travel Log can be a place for them to record their favorite dinosaurs by taking screenshots of them on the app and placing them in the journal, increasing student's understanding of the many uses for digital and visual journals. Ansel & Clair: Triassic Dinosaurs is a very well-designed learning experience for kids that will delight and inspire them to learn even more.