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Disaster Detector – Education Game Review
Disaster Detector is a Education/Simulation game from Smithsonian Institution, first launched in 24th September 2015.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 56+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Disaster Detector Stand Out
The citizens of Smithsonville are in dire need of a Disaster Detector! Help Smithsonville and other cities predict and prepare for natural disasters. Use tools to make predictions and save the city from damage by helping citizens prepare properly. Are you up for the challenge?
From the Smithsonian Science Education Center, Disaster Detector teaches players how to analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and how to implement tools to mitigate the effects of those disasters.
FEATURES
- Prepare the city for possible tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and hurricanes
- Analyze data from tools such as Doppler radar, anemometers, barometers, and seismometer
- Players learn how to analyze current and historical data to make predictions
- Printable reports
- For use in the classroom or at home
- Aligned to national science standards for middle school but great for players of any age
- Audio and text interplay
This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Disaster Detector is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 29th December 2015
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Various defect fixes. New app icon.
Download & Availability
Disaster Detector is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Disaster Detector on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 / iPad Mini 3 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 4 / iPad Mini 4 (Cellular) or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
First this was made 5 years ago and we 4 disasters and 5 levels only how please respond update the game PLEASE do you even care about us do you even care about your game answer that for us ok.
There only two songs but they are amazing.
This is a good game for kids who want to learn about weather and what causes certain disasters but for a real game we would only rate it stars.
We love this game but there is more you need to add more levels.
We wish you could make tsunamis fires floods and we wish you could be in the disasters.
We wish you could add some more disasters like snow storms or floods or even a tsunami.we hope you add this please.And can you please get the Doppler radar a little bit like more detailed like in real life ad thats all thanks for reading this review we hope you can do this bye.
Well it is a fun game but only 5 levels and 4 disasters can you fix that please.
We had this game before, but it caused our tablet to glitch and slow down so we had to delete it. Please fix this issue so more people can play this game. Please respond to this. Thanks.
You need to just update it and fix it And fix the virrusssss into an anti virus.
Perhaps what we were looking for. Shall see.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1
- Size: 56.93 MB
- iOS: 5.1.1 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [Smithsonian Institution]()
Last updated: 29th December 2015 | Genre: Education, Simulation | Developer: Smithsonian Institution