Toca Boca Lab allows student to begin exploring the world of chemistry. The element you are given and the things it changes into are all cute and appealing to young students but if you want your students to truly understand what is happening within the chemical process and why the element reacts to the different lab tools the way it does, it will take teachers working and explaining the scientific and chemical processes. This app works well with ELL and special needs students as there is nothing to read and, like all Toca Boca games, encourages students to drag, poke and play - learning and experiencing by trial and error. If Toca Boca would introduce multiple elements that could be chosen from at the beginning stage, and then even allowing for the combination of those different elements within the lab conditions, it would make for a much deeper experience both in the fun and learning. Once they have figured out all the different ways to alter the element, students move on to other apps that are more appealing to repeat play. This is another Toca Boca app that lacks the depth needed to make students want to come back to it again and again.
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