Travel province by province!
A Social Studies learning game for primary school, Grade 3 to Grade 6
Iran Explorer is a game about the provinces and map of Iran for grade 3 through grade 6. The child answers each question on the map — finds a city, taps the neighboring province, taps the correct sea — and their little car moves forward, province by province.
The Android app is on Cafe Bazaar and Myket, Iran's app stores. Anywhere else, play the online version in any browser.
Iran Explorer is part of the Nikipoo School app, alongside 85 other games. The game is in Persian.
In grades 3 through 6, the map of Iran is, for many children, just a colorful picture in a book. Iran Explorer turns that picture into a journey: the child finds a provincial capital on the map, taps the neighboring province, taps the Persian Gulf or the Caspian Sea, and their little car moves forward station by station. A short teaching sentence follows every correct answer. From cities' souvenirs in grade 3 to mountains, rivers, energy resources, and world heritage sites in grade 6, knowing “which” gets tied to “where.”
The picture everyone carries in their mind of where things are is called a “mental map.” As the child repeatedly finds Shiraz in the south and Rasht by the Caspian, this map becomes more complete in their mind, and later, news, travel, and the geography lesson become more meaningful to them.
Knowing Isfahan's souvenirs, the seas of the south, deserts, and wetlands turns Iran from a name into a real land of people and many colors. A child who knows the variety among the provinces looks at a fellow citizen from another province with curiosity and respect, not as a stranger.
Every question is answered both by name and by its place on the map. This double link of word and image helps memory; the teaching sentence after each correct answer reviews the knowledge once more, this time consciously.
If the child taps the wrong province, they just see a gentle shake and the message “look again!”; all the choices stay in place. After two tries, the correct answer gently grows and shrinks. The child learns that the way through on a map is to look again.
A tip for parentsBefore a family trip, open the map of Iran and ask the child to trace the route from your province to your destination with their finger. On the way, read the sign entering each province together and ask what its souvenir is.
Level titles are listed in the order the child plays them — from easy to hard, following the school textbook.
Grade 316 levels
Grade 420 levels
Grade 521 levels
Grade 619 levels
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Ten social studies questions every day
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Put events in order
Job Pairs
Pairs from life and society
Citizen Quiz
The little citizen's quiz
City & Village Basket
Sorting everyday life
Timeline
Which came first?
Map Reader
Find the direction, read the way!
Our City
Get everyone the right kind of help!
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The Android app is on Cafe Bazaar and Myket, Iran's app stores. Anywhere else, play the online version in any browser.
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