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It's a stormy Friday evening in Northern California as the evening rush of air traffic fast approaches the San Francisco Bay Area. All the flights going to San Francisco airport from the east pass through "Sector 33" - YOUR Sector of the airspace."

"It's a stormy Friday evening in Northern California as the evening rush of air traffic fast approaches the San Francisco Bay Area. All the flights going to San Francisco airport from the east pass through "Sector 33" - YOUR Sector of the airspace."

"Story Spine Teacher-Created Apptivity: It is always refreshing when I come across innovative and purposeful classroom integration ideas as the ones Ashley Solomon (8th grade ACL & Reading Workshop at Ed White Middle School) shared below using the app Story Spine:"

"Get your brain in shape with Brain Tuner, a great math game for all ages. It takes less than a minute a day to tune your brain! Like a Brain Age exercise."

"beginners to learn programming concepts in a hands-on, non-theoretical way. The app consists of giving instructions to a turtle who moves around the screen trying to capture diamonds. It teaches basic programming concepts through a game type interface. Kids can try out their programs and see them run visually on the screen as the turtle moves about. They can then edit their program to complete the given task"

"NASA's Spacecraft 3D is an augmented reality (AR) application that lets you learn about and interact with a variety of spacecraft that are used to explore our solar system, study Earth, and observe the universe. Using a printed AR Target and the camera on your mobile device, you can get up close with these robotic explorers, see how they move, and learn about the the engineering feats used to expand our knowledge and understanding of space. Spacecraft 3D will be updated over time to include more of the amazing spacecraft that act as our robotic eyes on the earth, the solar system and beyond!"

"the ability to search for books by author, title, award/list year, genre, by award, and by booklist a Find It! button, powered by the OCLC WorldCat Search API, that will show users where to find the book in a nearby library a Favorites button, to create an individualized booklist"

"This is a standard periodic table of the elements - a necessity for anyone interested in or even exposed chemistry. However, the version differs in that instead of cramming all the information for an element into one little square, you can select a chemical attribute and have the entire chart color coded to plainly show how the different elements vary "

"Molecules is an application for viewing three-dimensional renderings of molecules and manipulating them using your fingers. You can rotate the molecules by moving your finger across the display, zoom in or out by using two-finger pinch gestures, or pan the molecule by moving two fingers across the screen at once."

Of the 200 apps available, they vary in quality, and many were not developed by Facebook. Here are some top picks to help you use this social networking phenom spur student achievement.

Fun inexpensive iPad apps

"Exo Labs recently released their Focus microscope camera and iPad App. Replacing the eyepiece on any standard microscope, the Focus camera streams a high quality image to the iPad screen where it can be recorded and shared. Jeff talks to us about the Focus camera, its use in classrooms and engineering applications, and how you can help support their Kickstarter effort."

"**Programming fundamentals and logic lessons for kids!** The fuzz family crash landed on Smeeborg and they need your help navigating the Technomazes! Use drag and drop commands to direct your fuzz through the colorful lighted maze. Don't get lost, or your fuzz might not be too happy!"

"Sector 33 is based on Smart Skies' Line Up With Math, an educational product developed in 2005 under the direction of NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate and distributed in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration and National Air Traffic Controllers Association. "

"showcases a huge collection of NASA content, including images, videos on-demand, NASA Television, mission information, news & feature stories, latest tweets, ISS sighting opportunities, satellite tracking, Third Rock Radio and much more."

"LearningToday shares with everyone two beautiful posters, that help us remember Bloom's Taxonomy: the Blooming Butterfly and the Blooming Orange"