Bobo Explores Light by Game Collage – Review and Giveaway

Bobo Explores Light is an iPad only app from Seattle based developer Game Collage. It is designed to introduce children from 8-12 years old to a variety of science concepts associated with light.

Bobo is a cute little robot, who takes you through 21 different topics including: lightning, color, space, photosynthesis and refraction. Every topic has interactive experiments and you can touch Bobo’s antennae to activate interactive holograms. On each page there are a number of hidden screens which pull down to give you more information. The app includes sound effects but no narration. It has a really cool contents page where you can turn a wheel which in turn moves a series of cogs to choose any of the topics.

My 8 year old son enjoys science, so I expected him to enjoy this app but I was totally blown away by just how much he was learning from it. The app includes over a 100 screens – literally enough to keep him occupied and learning for hours. There are many interesting interactive features: you can fly Bobo’s spaceship through the solar system; create lightning bolts (and attempt to hit poor Bobo with them!) and create a wonderful realistic fireworks display. His verdict was “it’s really fun and I’m learning a lot too”.

One surprising thing I found was that my 4 year old son has also fallen in love with this app. Now at age 4 he can’t read, but the interactive elements are so much fun he keeps asking for this app. He loves to navigate the contents section to find his favorite pages. He can easily operate all the interactive elements and he even wants to hear about all the science behind it too. One of his favorites is the photosynthesis section where you can turn a wheel to produce electricity which powers a light over a tomato plant. This allows tomatoes to grow and ripen then Bobo can pick them.

I really liked this app. It has a huge amount of information in it presented in a way that makes learning about science fun. It is good that it can be used on many levels – you can just read the main screens and play with the experiments, or you can learn in more depth. The only thing I would like to see in a future update is a narration option. That would make it more accessible to children who aren’t yet proficient readers. Highly recommended for ages 6+ (and younger kids who enjoy science may enjoy it too).

Bobo Explores Light by Game Collage, LLC Category: Education, Books Requirements: Compatible with iPadFourthGen4G, iPadThirdGen, iPad 2 3G, iPad WiFi, iPadMini4G, iPadThirdGen4G, iPadMini, iPadFourthGen, iPad 2 WiFI, iPad 3G Size: 240.69 MB

$4.99USD

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Giveaway
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Mary is originally from England but now lives in California with her husband and three children, an 8 year old boy and 5 year old boy/girl twins. Mary and her family love soccer, camping, hiking and playing with their iPad which is also used for therapy for their daughters Apraxia (speech disorder).

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