Monday, April 22, 2013

App Review - Leafsnap HD

 Leaf Snap is an app best served for devices that have a wireless internet signal outdoors.

The federal government is responsible for this app coming to be with the Smithsonian taking charge of the app with the assistance from two Universities.





This app provides a wonderful way to identify trees from the leaves. Simply take a leaf, put it behind a white background (take a piece of paper with out) and in moments, the app can determine the most probable type of tree it came from.

This field guide provides samples of the leaves, bark, seeds, flowers, and fruit from that plant. This can be an awesome activity that would surely engage students. Have the leaf samples around your room, have the students use their diagrams to predict the type of tree, then check yourself by scanning the leaf. You can even set it as a challenge to see if the app made a mistake or not.



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