List of educational software

Main article: 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

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### Anatomy

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* 3D Indiana
* Bodyworks Voyager – Mission in Anatomy
* Primal Pictures
* Visible Human Project

### Chemistry

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* Aqion \- simulates water chemistry

### Children's software

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

### Computer science

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* JFLAP \- Java Formal language and Automata Package

### Cryptography

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* CrypTool \- illustrates cryptographic and cryptanalytic concepts

### Dictionaries and reference

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Main article: Reference software

* Britannica
* Encarta
* Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite

### Geography and Astronomy

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See also: List of observatory software

* 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? game series
* WorldWide Telescope \- a freeware from Microsoft

### Health

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* TeachAids

### History

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See also: Digital history

* Encyclopedia Encarta Timeline
* Euratlas

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

### Literacy

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* Accelerated Reader
* AutoTutor
* Compu-Read
* DISTAR

### Managed learning environments

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Main article: List of learning management systems

* 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

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Main article: Mathematical software

See also: List of interactive geometry software, List of numerical-analysis software, List of computer algebra systems, and List of graphing software

* 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
* Tux, of Math Command\- free software (GPL)

### Music

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See also: List of music software

* Comparison of music education software
* EarMaster
* Yousician
* MuseScore
* Syntorial

### Programming

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Main article: Educational programming language

* BlueJ
* Hackety Hack
* Racket
* RoboMind
* Scratch
* Swift Playgrounds

### Science

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* Betty's Brain
* Science Sleuths

### Simulation

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Main article: List of computer simulation software

#### Simulation games

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Main article: List of simulation video games

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

### Spaced Repetition

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* Anki
* Memrise
* SuperMemo
* Synap
* Mnemosyne

### Touch-Typing Instruction

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* Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
* Mario Teaches Typing
* Smorball
* Tux Typing \- free software (GPL)

### Visual Learning and Mind Mapping

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* ConceptDraw MINDMAP
* Freemind \- free software (GPL)
* Perception
* SpicyNodes

## Notable brands and suppliers of educational software

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* 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

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* 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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