Nature Maestro Expedition (Education)

Nature Maestro Expedition 1.22

Device: iOS iPad Only

Category: Education

Price: Free, Version: 1.22 (iTunes)



Description:



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Be a Nature Maestro®!

Nature Maestro® Expedition empowers you to compose and share creative soundscapes and scenes using authentic animal sounds and dazzling original illustrations.



Presented by Earth in Concert, Nature Maestro® Expedition is for Kids, Parents, and Educators! The curriculum alignment is ideally suited for 3rd to 5th grade. The Educators page on the naturemaestro.com website and the Discovery Field Notes section in the app offer additional enrichment materials for classroom use, home schooling, and project-based learning.



Nature Maestro Expedition contains all three initial Nature Maestro® app releases—Rainforest Day, Rainforest Night, and Glacier Bay—plus Earth in Concert, a map of Earth onto which all these animals and their sounds can be composed for an "Earth in Concert."



CREATE, COMPOSE, CAPTURE & SHARE

Build audio-rich scenes with sounds recorded by Dennis Hysom on location.

Record your own voice, tell a story, and imitate the animals.

Create with Christine Walker’s colorful illustrations of species and their biomes.

Capture both audio and visuals to share with friends, family, and classmates.

Send your creations to yourself and others to collect.

Discover fun facts about animals. Learn about nature.

Play audio-visual matching games.

Designed for educational use.

Guide project-based learning with standards-based curriculum-aligned activities: self-directed, small group, or teacher-facilitated.



IMMERSE YOURSELF IN EARTH IN CONCERT

Immerse yourself in an interactive experience of Earth’s great biomes .

Gain a greater appreciation of earth’s biodiversity and ecosystems.

Spark an interest in exploring life sciences and the environment.



LISTEN AND LEARN ABOUT LIFE ON EARTH

The facts pages, glossary, and curriculum-aligned activities are presented for readers and listeners with verbatim, read-along audio spoken by Dennis.



To bring Nature Maestro® Expedition to life, 396 images were hand drawn by Christine, and 451 audio files were mixed and recorded by Dennis. All of the art is original and not clip art. All of the animal audio was recorded on location.



INTERACTIVE FEATURES

Pinch and zoom animals to decrease or increase the volume of their sounds.

Add melodies, rhythms, and background ambience.

Flip, rotate, and scale animals and nature elements to create scenes.

Experience stereo and panning effects when wearing earphones.

Map your geo location and distance to the biome.

Hear stories and fun facts from Dennis about his experiences on location.

Distinguish and identify authentic animal vocalizations.

Compose audio soundscapes up to two minutes.

Record your own voice along with your soundscape.

Preview your soundscapes.

Share the soundscapes and scenes you create.



This app is COPPA compliant. Parental or teacher confirmation via a “parental gate” is required for users to access the Internet or social media. To share a Soundscape using email or social media requires parental or teacher confirmation via a “parental zone,” which is active for 2.5 minutes. No third-party advertising.



A special thanks to Dr. John McCosker of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco for his assistance in reviewing the animal facts and scientific name pronunciations.



ABOUT EARTH IN CONCERT

Earth in Concert encourages an awareness of nature and caring for our planet and one another through music, art, books, apps and other products and services. Visit us at earthinconcert.com. For updates on Nature Maestro®, visit naturemaestro.com. We do not offer in-app purchases or third-party advertising. Visit our privacy page at http://ift.tt/133Qa5k.

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What's New



New Challenge game level.



COPPA compliance. This app is COPPA compliant. Parental or teacher confirmation via a “parental gate” is required for users to access the Internet or social media. To share a Soundscape using email or social media requires parental or teacher confirmation via a “parental zone,” which is active for 2.5 minutes.



Minor bug fixes.



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