We've got a review coming soon for Jeffy's World, which teaches kids some basic astronomy and other interesting data...but in the meantime we're giving away 10 copies!
My daughter just recently asked me "Why is it night?" and perhaps now I can give her a better answer than "because it is dark."
From iTunes:
Why do we have day and night? Why is the winter cold and summer warm? Why is the moon sometimes shaped like a banana? Not so easy to explain.
But now children can find out themselves: in Jeffy’s World, a playfully serious app for children and parents.
Jeffy is a funny, but short-tempered character that needs your help. By helping Jeffy, you discover how time, seasons and the movement of the world are interrelated.
Jeffy’s World contains:
-3D models of the world, the Sun and the Moon
-12 short animations
-Interactive info graphics explaining the seasons and the appearance of the moon.
-Visualization of how a year, a month and a day come to be.
-Extra information for parents
The Jeffy-series let’s 6+ kids learn the stuff they want -or need- to know in a fun, interactive way. It helps parents to answer their children’s questions and enables them to play and learn together.
Jeffy’s Apps are created by Qlvr, a Dutch studio specialized in educational apps and serious games.
Meet Jeffy and his friends. Enter Jeffy's World!
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The moon looks like a banana at times because it goes thru cycles where only part of it is in view, also cus monkeys like bananas so what better thing to look like :0)
Posted by: Desiree Brown | 03/01/2012 at 12:58 PM
Hmmm...the moon sometimes looks like a banana because sometimes part of it is hidden in the earth's shadow.
Posted by: Cassandra Stafford | 03/02/2012 at 06:30 PM
The moon sometimes looks like a banana because little alien mice and little alien monkeys got into a fight and whoever won got to have the moon look like their faviort food. Needless to say the monkeys won :) oh and it's just how the moon cycles around the Earth too but I like my story better lol :)
Posted by: Mandy Nite | 03/02/2012 at 08:21 PM
It has to do with where the moon is in relation to the earth and what portion of its surface is reflecting light from the sun and which is in the shadows or something like that!
Posted by: Holly Caulfield | 03/02/2012 at 08:24 PM