Free iOS App: ReactionFlash (Chemistry)

Written by Nathan Smith on October 6, 2014. Posted in iOS Apps, Mobile Apps, STEM and STEAM.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reactionflash/id432080813?mt=8

Learn Named Reactions, understand mechanisms, see examples from Reaxys®, test your knowledge with ReactionFlash for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Over 250 Named Reactions are available to you for free.

Named organic chemistry reactions – usually named after their discoverers – are a fundamental part of every chemist's toolkit. ReactionFlash helps you learn and understand named reactions: from the famous, to those you've forgotten, to those only a Nobel Prize Winner knows! Not only does the app give you the reaction, it also shows you the known mechanism, published examples from Reaxys, and even allows you to test your skills with the ReactionFlash Quiz. Why spend laborious hours making your own reaction flash cards when ReactionFlash gives you all you need and makes learning fun?  

Summary :
 - Learn Named Reactions
 - Review Mechanisms
 - Explore published examples from Reaxys (www.reaxys.com/info)
 - Test your knowledge in the innovative and fun ReactionFlash Quiz 

Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith is Director of Technology for the College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University. In that role, he also directs The Adele & Dale Young Education Technology Center (The YETC) located in room 170 of the Education Building on Utah State University's Logan campus. The YETC is a combination student openaccess computer facility, a K12 curriculum materials library, a NASA Educator Resource Center for Utah, and a technology training center. Nathan served eight years (20042012) on the Board of Directors for the Utah Coalition for Education Technology (UCET) He was reelected in 2014 to serve another two year term on the board. A former elementary school teacher, Nathan has taught students every age from young children to senior citizens. He has had the opportunity beginning in 2011 to train international high school teachers from all over the world about technology in education, through the U.S. State