Discover how our planet works through play! Create volcanoes, sculpt mountains, and control the forces of nature with your fingertips.
Earth Primer defies existing genres, combining aspects of science books, toys, simulations, and games. It is a new kind of interactive experience which joins the guided quality of a book with open ended simulation play.
• App Store Best of 2015 • Best New App • Featured Education App •
"BEAUTIFUL ... ENGAGING ... WELL DESIGNED."
–Kristie Lu Stout | CNN
“EFFORTLESSLY BEAUTIFUL... perfectly...realizes the promise of a truly interactive textbook.”
–John Brownlee | Fast Company
"THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION... sets a high benchmark for what educational apps should be aspiring to."
–Luke Dormehl | Cult of Mac
“INSPIRING ... a reminder that interactive media is a young and undeveloped world itself.”
–Kyle VanHemert | WIRED
“PLAYFUL, child-like, beautifully designed reenvisioning of the book” –IndieCade
“The MOST AWESOME APP EVER for teaching Geomorphology to a young audience”
–Alan Parkinson | Award Winning Teacher
“one of the most deluxe, and memorable educational apps available... AN ABSOLUTE MUST” 5/5
–Trevor Sheridan | Apple n Apps
“A TOUR DE FORCE” –Bret Victor
"This is much more than a toy. It is a catalyst for thinking about our world. ... TRULY A JOY."
–Samuel Arbesman | WIRED
"I want every book to be this awesome. ...ABSOLUTELY WORTH EVERY CENT."
–Owen Williams | The Next Web
Features
• Discover how Earth works through play.
• The forces of nature are at your fingertips—make volcanoes, shape sand dunes, form glaciers, sculpt mountains, push around tectonic plates, paint with wind, heat up magma—and more!
• 20 different tools to unlock.
• Richly interactive geological simulations.
• Five chapters: Earth's Interior, Surface, Water Cycle, Biomes, and Sandbox.
• Sandbox mode.
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Earth Primer FAQ
Is Earth Primer free?
Yes, Earth Primer is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.
Is Earth Primer legit?
🤔 The Earth Primer app's quality is mixed. Some users are satisfied, while others report issues. Consider reading individual reviews for more context.
Our school had this on our Macs, so I decided I wanted to purchase the iPad version just so I could use it on my own. I hope this app always remains available; it’s too invaluable a tool for illustrating geomorphology to lose.
Awesome game!
This is one of the best games I’ve played! I will like if the game had more feature but is still a good game
I work in a museum
I work in a museum and I got an old iPad just so I could share this app with children. It's fantastic. I really appreciate that it only requires iOS7, that really opens up the door for educators to make it accessible to low income communities. Thank you for the work and creativity that went into this app.
THE BEST GAME
The best game ever but I think it would be awesome if you make the right climate and animals and people start to make city’s and get more and more advanced.So gust a suggestion.
Boring
For the first 10 minutes it was fun, but it got old really fast. I would not recommend.
Amazing!
I spend a lot of time searching for and playing with math / science apps. It's part of my job. This one jest blew my mind in terms of the app itself and in terms of the possibilities it suggests for further related educational media. Perfect integration of instruction and play.
This one has it all right. Clear instruction, deep dynamic simulation, excellent emergence of geological land forms and related ecosystems... it really is excellent!
Suggestions:
It would be nice to be able to adjust the rate at which time passes,. Maybe even pause time as needed.
I'd also love slightly larger surface in sandbox mode. I would love to be able to run a larger landscape at a lower frame rate/ slower time rate.
Worth Every Penny
This app helped out greatly with my seventh grade science class. It helps students visualize and visually interact with ideas that static images can’t quite achieve. The graphics and interaction are truly fantastic in this app represent some of the best the App Store has to offer. Great work!
Absolutely phenomenal.
BUY THIS. WOW. This would be worth every single penny even if it was $20. I've never in my life seen something so educational so incredibly well designed in both presentation and execution. Absolutely incredible. 17 out of 10. I truly hope to see more in the future.
Awesome!
As with most expensive apps, this one is well worth the money. Extensive graphics allow you to simulate all kinds of geologic processes; like mountain building, erosion, volcanoes, flooding, beach formation, and so on. A fun way to learn basic geology.
Fun
The best feature is the "sandbox," which lets you manipulate a piece of earth and ocean; you can raise mountains, bring rivers and glaciers to the sea, shift global temperatures and watch as plateaus desertify or rainforests move to the coast. There's endless variation. I wish there were more apps like this. Also, the soundtrack is wonderful.
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