List of educational software
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This is a list of educational software that is computer software whose primary purpose is teaching or self-learning.
Educational software by subject
Amateur radio
Anatomy
Astronomy
Aviation
Biology
Business and finance
Calculators
Open-source calculators |
Open-source expression / formula calculators
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Chemistry
- Aqion — simulates water chemistry
- Chemaxon
- ChemWindow
- JChemPaint
- NWChem
- Overleaf — web-app that uses LaTeX Chemfig for chemical structure diagrams and does chemistry notation using mhchem
- PhET Interactive Simulations
- Spartan (chemistry software)
- XDrawChem
Children's software
- 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
Software
- Alice (software)
- BlueJ
- Ch
- CircuitPython
- Code.org
- CodeCombat
- Codewars
- EarSketch
- Etoys
- GitHub Codespaces
- H5P
- Hackety Hack
- JFLAP — Java Formal language and Automata Package
- Kojo (learning environment)
- Little Computer 3
- MIT App Inventor
- Racket (programming language)
- RoboMind
- Scratch (programming language)
- Smalltalk — Squeak and Pharo
- Swift Playgrounds
- VPython
- Wikitext — markup language used to edit Wikipedia, can learn using the wikipedia:Sandbox.
Hardware
Chat bots
Cryptography
- Bouncy Castle
- CrypTool — illustrates cryptographic and cryptanalytic concepts
Dance
Dictionaries and reference
Digital art
Economics
Engineering
- Chemistry software
- Construction software
- Comparison of electronic design automation software
- Comparison of electromagnetic simulation software
- Comparison of numerical-analysis software
- Comparison of optimization software
- Comparison of system dynamics software
- List of 3D modeling software
- List of aerospace engineering software
- List of BIM software
- List of bioinformatics software
- List of chemical process simulators
- List of computational fluid dynamics software
- List of computer-aided engineering software
- List of computer-aided manufacturing software
- List of computer simulation software
- List of data science software
- List of discrete event simulation software
- List of electrical engineering software
- List of free electronics circuit simulators
- List of HDL simulators
- List of numerical-analysis software
- List of scientific simulation software
- List of software for nanostructures modeling
- List of software for nuclear engineering
- List of structural engineering software
- Lists of mathematical software
- Physics software
- Power engineering software
- Wind energy software
Geography
- Cartopedia: The Ultimate World Reference Atlas
- Google Earth — (proprietary license)
- QGIS — open-source geographic information system software
- Swamp Gas Visits the United States of America — a game that teaches geography to children
- Where is Carmen Sandiego? game series
Geology
Health
History
Home Schooling
Journalism
Law
Language
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
Material science
Mathematics
- Accelerated Math
- Algebrator
- Cantor
- Compu-Math: Fractions
- DataScene
- Desmos
- DrGeo
- GeoGebra
- The Geometer's Sketchpad
- Little Professor
- Matheass
- Mathletics
- Maths Pathway
- Mathspace
- Microsoft Mathematics
- Microsoft Math Solver
- MathFacts in a Flash
- StatCrunch
- Statistics Online Computational Resource
- Symbolab
- TK Solver
- WolframAlpha
- WorldWideWhiteboard
- Zearn
Mathematical education video games
Physics
Mapping
- ArcGIS Online — Esri's cloud-based mapping and spatial analysis platform
- Datawrapper — web-based interactive maps[1]
- Google Earth Engine
- Google Sheets — choropleth maps from data tables
- QGIS — GIS software that is free and open-source, using GeoJSON, Shapefile, CSV data points to creat maps.
- OpenStreetMap — open map database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration
- Leaflet — JavaScript library used to build web mapping applications
Military
Massive open online course providers
Free / open-access
- Alison (freemium)
- FUN
- Khan Academy
- MIT OCW
- OpenSAP
- Stanford Online
- SWAYAM
Proprietary / commercial
Music
Philosophy
Physical fitness
Political science
Reading
Science
Simulation
Simulation games
Spaced Repetition
Touch-Typing Instruction
Visual Learning and Mind Mapping
- ConceptDraw MINDMAP
- Freemind — free software (GPL)
- Perception
- SpicyNodes
Writing
3D modeling
Notable brands and suppliers of educational software
- Dorling Kindersley
- Promethean World
- Renaissance Learning
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology (previously Riverdeep)
- SMART Technologies
- Software4Students
- RM plc
Historical brands and suppliers
- 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)