List of educational software

This is a list of educational software that is computer software whose primary purpose is teaching or self-learning.

Educational software by subject

Anatomy

Chemistry

  • Aqion - simulates water chemistry

Children's software

  • Bobo Explores Light
  • ClueFinders titles
  • Delta Drawing
  • Edmark
  • Fun School titles
  • GCompris - free software (GPL)
  • Gold Series
  • JumpStart titles
  • Kiwaka
  • KidPix
  • Lola Panda
  • Museum Madness
  • Ozzie series
  • Reader Rabbit titles
  • Tux Paint - free software (GPL)
  • Zoombinis titles

Computer science

Cryptography

  • CrypTool - illustrates cryptographic and cryptanalytic concepts

Dictionaries and reference

Geography and Astronomy

Health

  • TeachAids

History

  • Back in Time (iPad)
  • Balance of Power
  • Lemonade Stand
  • Number Munchers
  • Odell Lake
  • Spellevator
  • Windfall: The Oil Crisis Game
  • Word Munchers

Literacy

Managed learning environments

Mathematics

Music

Programming

Science

  • Betty's Brain
  • Science Sleuths

Simulation

Simulation games

  • Caesar titles
  • Capitalism
  • Civilization
  • The Oregon Trail
  • Sid Meier's Colonization
  • SimCity
  • Zoo Tycoon

Spaced Repetition

Touch-Typing Instruction

Visual Learning and Mind Mapping

Notable brands and suppliers of educational software

  • Dorling Kindersley
  • Promethean World
  • Renaissance Learning
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology (previously Riverdeep)
  • SMART Technologies
  • Software4Students
  • RM plc
  • Unicheck (previously Unplag)

Historical brands and suppliers

  • Edu-Ware
  • JumpStart Games (previously Knowledge Adventure)
    • Davidson & Associates (merged with Knowledge Adventure)
  • SoftKey (acquired by Mattel, then Riverdeep)
    • Brøderbund (acquired by Softkey)
    • The Learning Company (acquired by SoftKey)
      • Creative Wonders (acquired by the Learning Company)
    • MECC (acquired by Softkey)
  • Edmark (acquired by Riverdeep)

References

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