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
- JFLAP - Java Formal language and Automata Package
Cryptography
- CrypTool - illustrates cryptographic and cryptanalytic concepts
Dictionaries and reference
Geography and Astronomy
- Cartopedia: The Ultimate World Reference Atlas
- Celestia
- Google Earth - (proprietary license)
- Gravit - a free (GPL) Newtonian gravity simulator
- KGeography
- KStars
- NASA World Wind - free software (NASA open source)
- Stellarium
- Swamp Gas Visits the United States of America - a game that teaches geography to children
- Where is Carmen Sandiego? series
- WorldWide Telescope - a freeware from Microsoft
Health
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
- ATutor (GPL)
- Blackboard Inc.
- Chamilo
- Claroline
- eCollege
- eFront (CPAL)
- Fle3 (GPL)
- GCompris (GPL)
- Google Classroom
- ILIAS (GPL)
- Kannu
- LON-CAPA - free software (GPL)
- Moodle - free software (GPL)
- OLAT - free software
- Renaissance Place
- Sakai Project - free software
- WebAssign
Mathematics
- Accelerated Math
- Cantor (software)
- Compu-Math: Fractions
- DrGeo
- Geogebra
- The Geometer's Sketchpad
- Maple
- Matlab / GNU Octave
- Mathematica
- Matheass
- Math Blaster
- Microsoft Mathematics
- RekenTest
- MathFacts in a Flash
- SAGE - free software (GPL)
- TK Solver
- Tuxmath- free software (GPL)
- Tux, of Math Command
Music
- Comparison of music education software
- EarMaster
- Yousician
- List of music software
- MuseScore
- Syntorial
Programming
Science
Simulation
Simulation games
Spaced Repetition
Touch-Typing Instruction
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
- Mario Teaches Typing
- Smorball
- Tux Typing - free software (GPL)
Visual Learning and Mind Mapping
- ConceptDraw MINDMAP
- Freemind - free software (GPL)
- Perception
- SpicyNodes
- tedegraph
- tedegraph-mobile
Notable brands and suppliers of educational software
- Dorling Kindersley
- Knowledge Adventure
- The Learning Company
- Promethean World
- Renaissance Learning
- Riverdeep
- SMART Technologies
- RM plc
- Unplag
Historical brands and suppliers
- Brøderbund (now part of The Learning Company)
- Creative Wonders (now part of the Learning Company)
- Davidson & Associates (merged with Knowledge Adventure)
- Edu-Ware
- MECC