LeapFrog Rolls FlashQuiz for Apple App Store
Written on Aug 31, 2009 by Brian and filed under LeapFrog
LeapFrog has launched a second application (first one here) for the Apple App Store, FlashQuiz. The mobile flashcard and quiz game gives kids in third- through eighth grade study tools to prepare for tests and other classroom activities. FlashQuiz matches school’s curriculum to provide appropriate and challenging games in math, science and social studies.
FlashQuiz provides two main ways to play:
- Flash Cards: Kids quiz themselves in math, science or social studies with nearly 1,000 flash cards based on text books commonly used in each grade. Using the multitouch interface, kids swipe through the stack as fast as they can, tapping each card to reveal the answer.
- Quizzes: Kids can select a quiz on the topic area they wish to study. Then, they’ll swipe through the answers until to find the right one. FlashQuiz tracks how kids do, so they can always try to beat their top scores.
There are three versions of the game, each runs $1.99:
FlashQuiz – Grades 3-4
Kids can test their knowledge with nearly 1,000 flash cards or compete to better their scores as they twist their minds around more than 1,500 quiz questions based on leading 3rd and 4th grade text books. Spans subjects including life cycles to states of matter; the Civil War to Reconstruction.
FlashQuiz – Grade 5
Kids can compete against family and friends, or play to better their scores as they twist their mind around more than 4,000 quiz questions based on leading 5th grade text books. Covers subjects from geometry to algebra; electric currents to vertebrates.
FlashQuiz – Grades 6-8
Kids can compete against family and friends, or play to better their scores as they twist their mind around more than 9,000 quiz questions based on leading middle school text books. Includes various topics from graphs to algebraic expressions; the American Revolution to Ancient Greece.
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