Education

1. NASA World Wind

NASA World Wind is a graphically rich 3D virtual globe for use on desktop computers running Windows. It combines NASA imagery generated from satellites that have produced the Blue Marble, Landsat 7, SRTM, MODIS and more.

Development Status: Production/Stable

License: NASA Open Source Agreement

Operating System: Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP)

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2. Ggradebook - Fully-featured GNU gradebook

Fully-featured GNU gradebook: an application for tracking student grades for teachers. It uses GTK+ and can optionally be compiled to use for GNOME.

Development Status: Production/Stable

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Operating System: GTK+ 1.2.0 or later

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3. GCompris

GCompris is an educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational.

Development Status: Production/Stable

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Operating System: Linux, Win

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4. Stellarium

Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

Development Status: Production/Stable

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Operating System: OS Independent (Written in an interpreted language)

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