Education

NASA World Wind is a graphically rich 3D virtual globe for use on desktop computers running Windows.

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Developer: NASA
License: NASA Open Source Agreement
Operating System: Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP)

Fully-featured GNU gradebook: an application for tracking student grades for teachers.

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Developer: Norbert de Jonge
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Operating System: GTK+ 1.2.0 or later

GCompris is an educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10.

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Developer: Bruno Coudoin
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Operating System: Linux, Win

Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer.

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Developer: Stellarium
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Operating System: OS Independent (Written in an interpreted language)

Celestia is an application for real-time 3D visualization of space, with a detailed model of the solar system, over 100,000 stars, more than 10,000 galaxies, and an extension mechanism for adding more objects.

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Developer: celestia
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Operating System: 32-bit MS Windows (95/98), All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP), All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes), Linux, OS X

A drawing program for young children with sound effects, a cartoon character, and fun 'rubber stamp'/'stickerbook' pictures.

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Developer: tuxpaint.org
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Operating System: 32-bit MS Windows (95/98), 32-bit MS Windows (NT/2000/XP), All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP), All BSD Platforms (FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD/Apple Mac OS X), All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes), Fr

The Solar Model is real time modeling of solar system.

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Developer: ffsoftworks.com
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Operating System: All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP)