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Plum's Island Explorer – Education Game Review
Plum's Island Explorer is a Education/Simulation game from WGBH Interactive, first launched in 18th September 2017.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 14+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Plum's Island Explorer Stand Out
The Plum’s Island Explorer: Land and Water app offers early elementary students an opportunity to navigate around a virtual island as they explore and learn about landforms and water bodies.
Navigate around a virtual island to explore various landforms and water bodies in this interactive game from PLUM LANDING.
–Journey around the island and pick up trash to unlock information about specific landforms and water bodies.
–Innovative videos from WGBH and spectacular ground-view and aerial-view images from NASA offer a unique platform for classroom exploration of key elementary science concepts.
–Students use the interactive game and associated supports to observe, identify, and record characteristics of common landforms and water bodies as they use an aerial perspective on a map to navigate the landscape.
The content in the game is aligned to NGSS Earth Science curriculum. Learn more at pbslearningmedia.org and pbslearningmedia.org/universe.
Our host is Plum, a colorful alien who is featured at PLUM LANDING, an exciting environmental science project from WGBH in Boston. PLUM LANDING helps kids develop a love for and connection to this amazing and beautiful planet we call home, and it invites kids ages six to nine to get to know their world through a collection of fun and engaging games, apps, videos, and hands-on science activities. For more information, visit pbkskids.org/plumlanding.
This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Plum's Island Explorer is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 18th September 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Download & Availability
Plum's Island Explorer is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Plum's Island Explorer on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Love it, but it crashes after you play a video,.
Love the appa idea but the app kicks us off at the same part, every time, and makes us start all over again.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0
- Size: 366.50 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [WGBH Interactive]()
Last updated: 18th September 2017 | Genre: Education, Simulation | Developer: WGBH Interactive