App Profile: Interactive Protist Explorer

Explore the fascinating microworld of protists and learn amazing information about how these tiny organisms survive: amoeba, euglena, paramecium, and plasmodium.

Select the topic that you wish to explore and then hit the power button to zoom off to views of amoeba, euglena, paramecium or plasmodium. Continue tapping buttons to explore even more interesting facts. Each organism is illustrated in detail with descriptions giving even more information.

Tap a button access interesting data about each of the topics with include the structures and functions, the sexual and asexual reproduction, types of seeds and biological processes like photosynthesis -- all presented in an interactive format.

Tap the info button to read interesting facts about each important each topic. Teachers will really like this app. After students have read about either plant or animal cells, they can tap the quiz button to measure their reading comprehension. In addition to the quiz there is also a word game that helps students review the information presented.

Charts and graphs are used to present cross-sectional views and information about microorganisms including the malaria cycle. Interactive Protist Explorer is available for iOS and tvOS devices. It is just beautiful on a big screen TV and would be a wonderfully exciting tool in any science classroom.