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Finding free iPod Touch apps and games to use in Math classes can be a frustrating and time consuming venture. Many have limited functionality or are littered with ads for the paid versions. However, not all apps are like that. The following are my pick for the top 10 iPod Touch apps. All of them are free, and all have legitimate uses for Math teachers and their students.

App recommendations for Math and Scvience

Ready for use in primary classrooms with any type of interactive whiteboard, these high-quality virtual manipulative tools help teachers connect students with great ways to make sense of math. Use these tools to create an environment for students to explain, discuss, and defend their mathematical thinking."

Popplet is an interactive bulletin board. Think bulletin board meets sticky note meets technology. Popplet is a combination between a sticky note, a bulletin board, and a multimedia library. Whatever you would write on a sticky note or tack on a bulletin board, you can put on a Popplet.

They are aimed at kids between 5 and 12 years old, but grown ups can have just as much fun testing their brains with one of these innovative games. Links for each app are below their picture.

Wiki full of app recommendations

iPad lessons in math

Science students haven't been left out, of course, and there are a wide range of applications offering help with chemistry, biology, astronomy and even the math that comes along with certain fields.

how to mathematics videos, excellent!

"I think this could very well be the biggest thing to hit school technology since the overhead projector," Mr. Wolfe said.