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Selected
by the National Science Teachers Association for inclusion
in a nationwide database connecting science textbooks with online
educational content.
"[Extreme Science] was selected by our team of teachers who
reviewed it using a stringent set of criteria that ensure selected
materials have accurate content and effective pedagogy." |
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"Inclusion
in the Blue Web'n library is an honor reserved for the best online
lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, and tools...Thanks
for creating such a great site!" |
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Featured
in the National Science Foundation - Educational
Outreach website |
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Linked
from the"50
places of a Lifetime page. |
Discovery Online
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Linked
from Life at the Extremes feature on Discovery.com |
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Optimnem
Learning Guide Award - The award recognizes excellence in the
provision of Education & Learning resources available on the
web.
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"The web site Extreme Science, has been selected as a GO.com
Web Star, for the Science topic page in the GO.com Directory.
Each site in the directory has been carefully reviewed, and your
site is one of the best for its subject area."
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Featured as a "Web Pick" on Discover Online (Environment).
Discover
Magazine and Discover Online are subsidiaries of the Walt Disney
Company. |
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Apple iReview* - Four
out five stars
"With well-written features and well-chosen Web links for further
exploration, this site’s for everyone, especially youngsters who
can’t resist the Earth’s extremes — the world’s deadliest creature,
biggest wave, largest river and fastest fish." |
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StudyWeb
Academic Excellence Award |
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Featured
in the "Kids Corner" of the Science SCORE list - Schools
of California Online Resources for Education |
BBC
Online |
See our entry
in the BBC Web Guide, under Kids>Homework as the 'Best of
the Web'
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Featured
in the Digital
Dozen on the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse website, October
1998 |
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"Sites
that are selected for inclusion in MyReportLinks.com Books must
meet a number of criteria, of which the most important are accuracy,
high quality, and suitability for students. All sites are carefully
evaluated by a team of editors." |
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"Extreme
Science... has been rated amongst the best of the internet. We kindly
inform you that your site has been rated as one of the Top sites
on the 'Science' category by TopOfEverything.com."
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Listed
in the "50 Most Helpful Science Sites" on SciNet Science
Search |
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Listed
in the Top 100 Science Sites...
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Coolmath
Top Site Award for Education |
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"...those
sites that have educational quality, along with a pleasing appearance,
and friendly user interface are chosen for publication." |
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"The
2ask Best of the Planet Awards uses a five-star judging system for
reviewing sites. Speed and ease of use, design, quality of content,
timeliness, and the level of interactivity and use of technology
are all equal considerations, representing one star each."
July 1998 |
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"The
editors of the 4anything.com network have chosen [Extreme Science]
site as one of the best of the web within the category of Science.
We believe that the site provides great value to our 4anything users!" |
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"[The
Extreme Science web]site has been chosen based on its originality,
content and quality." |
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"Extreme
Science has been selected as a featured site in StudyWeb as one
of the best educational resources on the Web by our researchers.
You [can] view it in our Science:Earth Science:Earth Science, Kids
section." |
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"Our
Top Site Award is only given to the very best sites. And unlike
most other award sites, we do not hand out the award on request
just to generate reciprocal links."
Verita.com (now
UKSprite.com) |
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"Extreme
Science is being recognized with the Dr. Matrix Award for Science
Excellence from "Dr. Matrix' Web World of Science." "Extreme Science"
is also being honored with prominent display as a select site at www.nr.infi.net/~drmatrix/award.htm with the category: Student Resource. Sites receiving this award
are distinguished by the quality of their content alone." |
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"The mission of Bonus.com is to provide access to a rich selection
of entertaining and educational works on the WWW, that educators
may use in the classroom and children will learn from and enjoy.
The editors of Bonus.com chose [Extreme Science] because it reflects
these educational values."
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Bonus.com
"Kid Cool" Award |
"Our Editors have also selected your work to receive the KidCool
Award. "Kid Cool" because it's a rare and great thing when web authors
create quality content appropriate for kids."
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A
star feature in, The Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages,
by Jean Armour Polly |
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Featured
in the "Top Ten List" in MS Internet Explorer of the Hotbar.com
browser utility. |
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Featured
Site of the Day on UKPlus
"Fun American site aimed at youngsters to get them interested
in science by giving info on nature's world records." |
GirlGeeks.com |
Extreme Science webmaster featured as GirlGeek of the Week, February
2000 |
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