My Congress is a great app to check up and see what Congress is doing. You can keep tabs on every Congressman and Senator. Type in your zip code, and this will bring you to a list of your local representatives. Select a senator or congressman and the app will open to a page devoted to that politician. You will find their contact information as well as the latest news feeds and links to a politician’s website and more,
Cost: Free
The premium dictionary app includes over 1,000 graphic illustrations and over 20,000 additional entries covering people, places, and foreign terms. In addition to all the definitions, the app offers voice search, audio pronunciation, a thesaurus and Word of the day.
Cost: $4.99 (Free Version available)
A 3D guide to the solar system including constellations names, and moon phases.
Cost: Free
Leafsnap is the first in a series of electronic field guides. This app through visual recognition helps to identify tree species from photographs of their leaves, flowers, fruit, seeds and bark. Leafsnap currently includes the trees of the Northeast.
Cost: Free
History: Maps of the World is a free app where you can see maps from different periods of history.
Cost: Free
Early Jamestown is an interactive textbook exploration of the early days of the Jamestown settlement and the State of Virginia.
Cost: Free
With a swipe of your finger, the Geo Walk app provides users with a unique way to explore the world.
Cost: $2.99
HistoryTools is an app for the iPad that lists all the famous and infamous people who were born or died on each day of the year.
Cost: $0.99
