Who should try it: Anyone interested in stepping outdoors and observing nature. Ideally suited for kids and parents.

Why: What I really love about the app is that it really gets us outdoor to explore and creates a child-like curiosity to keenly observe and notice even the smallest life forms around us, which otherwise would have been non-existent.

Imagine 600,000 pairs of human eyes around the world, getting outdoor and keenly observing the natural world wherever they go. From the common house sparrow to the rare atlas moth, all such backyard observations are shared through the app. These observations are then identified and documented by the larger community connected through the app. Created by The California Academy of Sciences, iNaturalist is a citizen science project, and by far one of the most engaged community of naturalists – researchers and nature enthusiasts alike. With 8 million observations and 150,000 different species identified, it is a powerful data of biodiversity observations from around the world. It demonstrates the strength of tech and collaboration.

2. BeastBox – Wildlife DJ | Category: Creative learning game.