118 Boxes: Periodic Table

My six-year-old could read the word magnesium. They had never heard it. 118 Boxes is a periodic table quiz built for exactly that problem. Every element name is read out loud, and every element shows a picture of what the stuff actually looks like, so a child who can sound out the letters can also learn what they mean. THREE ROUNDS • What's this symbol? See the letters, pick the name. • What is this stuff? See the sample, pick the name. • Find the symbol. See the name, pick the letters. Ten questions a round, then a score and up to three stars. Anything your child gets wrong is listed at the end with its picture, so the mistakes are the last thing they see. EVERY SAMPLE IS DRAWN BY THE APP No photographs, and nothing is downloaded. Each element is drawn from three things: its colour, its state at room temperature, and the shape a real sample comes in. Gold appears as a cast bar, copper…