Education

Simulation and Control

XLOGO

LOGO interpreter for kids

RobotProg

Robot Simulation Software

ACSLOGO

Advanced LOGO interpreter

Scratch

Interactive programming for kids

Humanities and Sports

Mac Sword

Electronic bible and concordance

OpenSong

Interactive Worship Manager

Splendid City

Sports team management

Meal Planner

Turn meal ideas into shopping lists

Google Earth

The World - on a Mac.

Frixo

Real-time UK Traffic Reports

HoudahGPS

Connect to your Garmin GPS

Industrial Revolution

Historical SIM

Languages

Latin Words

Dictionarium Latinus

MacDing

English <--> German Dictionary

Lexikon

English <--> Swedish Dictionary

JEdict

English <--> Japanese Dictionary

Mac

BeoLingus

German-English Dictionary Plugin for Mac.

Letter Invaders

Start spelling - Fast!!!

Dr Grammar

(American) rules of grammar

COCOASpell

MacOS X Interface to Aspell

Omni Dictionary

Client for internet dictionary servers

ProVoc

Learn vocabulary easily

Type Trainer

Learn to type for free (for now).

Browser Based

ZiggityZoom

Early reader stories online.

Mathematics and Sciences

PDF and OpenDocument Books

Free High School Science

Free Science & Maths textbooks

Earth Sciences Applications

Geology and Earth Science Tools

Open Source Physics

Project to widen apps for physics learning

Mac / Win / Linux

Phun

Physics simulation environment

Mac Win Linux

Numpty Physics

Is it a game or is it science?

SolvElec

Draw, test and analyze circuits

Meteo

Weather station for your Mac.

Stellarium

Home planetarium.

Celestia

The Universe - on a Mac.

Earth Globe

Watch the earth on your desktop

Terra Vista

Another excellent Earth viewer

OSXPlanet

A little solar system on your desktop

Mac Win Linux

Partiview

View 2, 3 and 4D astronomical datasets.

Smell-o-mints

Simple Periodic Table for Mac

iMol

Molecular visualizer for MacOS X

Mac, Linux, Win

TuxMath(s)

Fun maths game for young children

Print Free Graph Paper

Homework Life Saver

Mathematica Player

Powerful viewer for Mathematica files

Geodes

Geometry investigation tool

Magic Number Machine

High Precision Scientific Calculator

EdenMath

Scientific Calculator for Macs

Plot

2D function plotter

FrakKalk

Fractions Calculator

Longhand

A Calculator for Calculations

Calq

On-demand, simple calculator

Yacas

Computer Algebra System

FreeMAT

MATLab style maths environment

SciLab

Scientific visualization environment

OsiriX

Medical Visualization System

Breve

Simulate AI in 3D models

Mauve

Evolutionary Genetics Sequencing

Educational Research Tools

Flesh

Readability assessor for documents

Books

Simple library management

FreeMind

Mind mapping software.

Mac

Mind Node

Mind mapping system with free, limited version.

CMap

Knowledge mapping system.

Genius

Learn and remember

Mac Win Linux

Hot Potatoes (Free with conditions)

Create online quizzes and tests.

Mac

Ebbinghaus

Brilliant application to help you learn anything in an iApp way.

SchoolHouse

Manage your homework.

iPod Touch / iPhone

MyHomework

Sort your Homework

Backpack

Manage and share lists for learning

Browser Based

Kerpoof

Free multimedia teaching system

Text Editors

Smultron

Superb HTML and CSS editor.

SubEthaEdit

Collaborative Text Editor

Textwrangler

Text editor and much, much more

JEdit

Programming text editor

Blogs and Resources

ECIS Malta Conference 2010

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Programming Environments

XLOGO

LOGO interpreter for kids

RobotProg

Robot Simulation Software

ACSLOGO

Advanced LOGO interpreter

Scratch

Interactive programming for kids

BlueJ

Java development environment

Eclipse Project

Open Development Platform.

NetBeans

Cross Platform Java IDE

Ch Standard Edition

C development environment

Free Pascal

Pascal development environment

Chipmonk Basic

BASIC programming system

Free Basic

Basic IDE

The Mono Project

Visual-Basic.NET on a Mac

Eclipse Platform

Java / C++ IDE

Greenfoot

Java IDE

Alice

3D Programming Environment

Mac/Win

The Restaurant

Interact with AI’s and People

Squeak

Smalltalk interpreter

Mac

Ruby on Rails Dictionary

Written by Priit Haamer

FamFamFam Silk Icons

Hundreds of free icons for apps

Mac

DMG Canvas

Design and manipulate DMG packages

Mac

PlugSuit

Software extension enabler

Mac

Sparkle

Add software updates to apps

Emulators

Q [kju]

Run Windows on your Mac

Mac

Darwine

Windows apps without Windows

Emu48

HP Graphical calculator emulator

DOSBox

An emulator to run all your old DOS apps

MiniVMac (ROMS from here)
Early Mac Emulator

Mac, Linux

Sheepshaver

Run Classic Mac apps.

Mac

Impromptu

Tool for VJs and live coders.

Mac Win Linux

VirtualBox

The best virtualisation system

education, science and programming apps

Educational