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Listed
below are many of the programs that are available to Palm users at no
cost. Click on the blue link in the
left column to be sent to a website to download and use the software. |
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Math |
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Angles takes you through 10 small quizzes
where you have to measure or guess the angle between two lines. |
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Practice the divisibility rules.
Divisible asks students if a random number is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
9, or 10. |
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A brain teaser to build your kids
addition, subtraction, division and multiplication skills. |
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A math facts quizzer that allows
adjustment of the maximum operand to adapt to varying grade levels and an
adjustable timer. |
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List all the factors of a number. |
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Convert fractions to mixed numbers or
vice versa. |
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Numerous is a standard four-function
calculator that operates in Roman numerals. |
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Explore tessellations |
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Allows the user to convert from one unit
system to another for most common measurements like Temperature, Speed,
Distance, Area, Mass etc. |
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Lost in Division! is an educational
division tutorial program for 8-12 year olds. Solve division problems to help
the robot load fuel rods onto your spaceship. |
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Simplify is a simple learning tool. In
Simplify you must reduce fractions. |
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This is an application in which your
children can get familiar with the basic math operations. |
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Given 4 random numbers between 1 and 10,
arrange them using the 4 basic arithmetic operators of addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division to equate to a given target number. |
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This is a Free Glossary of Mathematical
Terms for Palm OS. It is a dictionary of over 600 mathematical terms
described in English. Excellent for students, teachers and parents. |
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Subtraction Submarine! is an educational
math program for young children. Kids can help lower the submarine by
correctly answering subtraction problems. |
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An educational math addition program for
5-7 year olds. Solve addition problems to reach the treehouse. |
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This application is a great way to
practice your math skills. Targeted toward a younger audience, this
application is easy to use and very educational. |
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Multiplication Solar System! is an
educational math program for children. It offers three difficulty levels,
encompassing single- and double-digit factors. |
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Literacy |
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This anagram generator will take one
group of words, mix up all the letters, and give you other words that can be
built using those same letters. |
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Read electronic books on your handheld. |
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This program may help you to find out who
you are looking for. There are tons
of resources (of head, eyes, nose, lips, hair......) in this program. |
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Easily test your Graffiti handwriting
speed. |
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Practice your spelling, create word groups,
add words to each group, and beam a word group to another user. |
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Enter lists of interesting adjectives,
nouns, verbs, adverbs, and prepositional phrases to make crazy sentences. |
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A
comprehensive program for students that allows them to create, share, and
explore concept maps on their Palm. |
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WriteHere is a
complete word processing program. |
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“Pluck” webpages off of the Internet and
onto your Palm. |
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Science |
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This software
offers useful information to help you deal with common urgent and emergency
care situations, ranging from a nosebleed or sunburn to a life-threatening
heart attack or stroke. |
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A periodic table. |
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Earth & Sun is a program for the Palm OS to show the Sun
Illuminated area of the Earth and the latitude and longitude of an Earth
location, the time zone at that location, based on only longitude not civil
boundaries, the current time at that location based on the above time zone,
and the sunrise, sunset times, and day length at that location. |
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The Ecological Footprint Calculator is a
tool that enables students to calculate their own ecological footprint, and
to visualize their footprint in various ways. |
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See how different colors of light change
each other |
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This application will graphically display
the phase of the Moon for any day. |
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NSB Lander is a "Lunar Lander"
type game with one goal - land safely. |
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Displays the sky as it appears right now
at your location - or at any other time and place you select. |
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This program calculates your weight in
other planets. |
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Plots star
charts and offers some unique, useful features for the beginning star gazer |
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A lot of information about elements |
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A cute Temperature Conversion Calculator
between Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin. |
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MedRules is an
award-winning application featuring useful clinical prediction rules taken
from the medical literature. |
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Social Studies |
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Mapopolis Demo maps are fully-functional
navigator maps which expire after nine days. |
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CITYZEN is a combination of a world map
and a database of country, city, lake and ocean names. You can zoom in and
out, move around the map and measure distances using the pen. |
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This application displays the national
country flags. |
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Others |
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You can use the free Quizzler Reader to
read any quiz, and download lots of free quizzes from our Quiz Library. You
can also create your own quizzes or flashcards using our simple and easy
Quizzler Maker software. |
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Free dictionary for Palm |
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FlingIt™
allows users to instantaneously "fling" Web pages from the desktop
computer to the handheld computer. |
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Anything you want to know about using or
making Smartlists for the Palm |
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Other Handheld Resource Websites |
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This site includes 101 uses for
handhelds, handheld software information, and grant information. http://www.k12handhelds.com/ |
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This site is authored by Kathy Schrock
and includes invaluable site links to support teaching and learning with
handheld computers. It also includes
links to software and hardware for the handheld computer. http://kathyschrock.net/power/ |
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This site includes ideas for teaching and
managing handhelds in the classroom. http://www.intel.com/education/handhelds/index.htm
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Formally known as “Planet Fifth” this
site was originally created by a fifth grade teacher and his students. It is now a wonderful site filled with
resources for teaching with handheld computers. http://learninginhand.com/
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This site includes links and articles on
handheld integration and uses in education.
http://education.wichita.edu/m3/mobility/handhelds/education.htm
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This site answers questions such as, Why
use handhelds? Where do I begin? It also includes student comments and
software and hardware lists. http://www.handheldeducation.com/
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This site offers many applications such
as PicoMap and iKWL. http://www.goknow.com/ |
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