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Inspire and empower with Science Journal

Science Journal transforms your device into a pocket-size science tool that encourages students to explore their world. As they conduct eye-opening experiments, they’ll record observations and make new, exciting discoveries.

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Inspire and empower with Science Journal

Science Journal transforms your device into a pocket-size science tool that encourages students to explore their world. As they conduct eye-opening experiments, they’ll record observations and make new, exciting discoveries.

Watch Video

Inspire and empower with Science Journal

Science Journal transforms your device into a pocket-size science tool that encourages students to explore their world. As they conduct eye-opening experiments, they’ll record observations and make new, exciting discoveries.

Watch Video

Inspire and empower with Science Journal

Science Journal transforms your device into a pocket-size science tool that encourages students to explore their world. As they conduct eye-opening experiments, they’ll record observations and make new, exciting discoveries.

Watch Video

Inspire and empower with Science Journal

Science Journal transforms your device into a pocket-size science tool that encourages students to explore their world. As they conduct eye-opening experiments, they’ll record observations and make new, exciting discoveries.

Watch Video

Inspire and empower with Science Journal

Science Journal transforms your device into a pocket-size science tool that encourages students to explore their world. As they conduct eye-opening experiments, they’ll record observations and make new, exciting discoveries.

Watch Video

Inspire and empower with Science Journal

Science Journal transforms your device into a pocket-size science tool that encourages students to explore their world. As they conduct eye-opening experiments, they’ll record observations and make new, exciting discoveries.

Watch Video

Document science experiments

Students can measure their experiment results, take quality photos, and jot down important notes.

Supports multiple platforms

Science Journal is a free app, and is fully compatible with Android, iOS and most Chromebooks.

Free activities

Students can explore over 70 hands-on science activities from education experts.

Record observations

Students can use device sensors to measure light sound and movement, compare results, and even set triggers to tell the app when to record.

Sound intensity (dB) Brightness (EV) Accelerometer X (m/s2)
0 (m/s2)
40.0 20.0 0.0 -20.0 -40.0

Visit this page on your mobile device to try accelerometer.

Record observations

Students can use device sensors to measure light sound and movement, compare results, and even set triggers to tell the app when to record.

Sound intensity (dB) Brightness (EV) Accelerometer X (m/s2)
0 (dB)
66.0 54.0 42.0 30.0 18.0
2.0 1.0 0.0 -1.0 -2.0

Visit this page on your mobile device to try accelerometer.

Experiments

Conduct fun experiments

Choose from a bunch of experiments that will shed light on everyday chemical reactions, teach students how a speaker works, help them investigate perpetual motion--and more!

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15 min

Getting Started with Science Journal

Using the Science Journal app, turn your phone into a pocket science laboratory with tools to measure light, motion, sound and more.
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1 hr

Art & Science: Decomposition

Which material best protects paper from fading? Set up an investigation to find out!
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1 hr

Investigate the Kinetics of an Iodine Clock Reaction

Tick tock – experiment with the iodine clock. Explore factors that affect the rate of the iodine clock reaction and measure how long it takes for the solution to change color.
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For Teachers

Elevate your lesson plans

Science Journal makes it easier for you to excite your students with fun experiments. Enrich your current lesson plans by using Science Journal to take notes and measure phenomena, then have students continue learning outside the classroom with Google Drive syncing.

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For Developers

Have fun with our open-source code

Use our code to build out innovative projects, and connect your sensors with our open API.

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ALSO AVAILABLE ON iOS

ALSO AVAILABLE ON ANDROID