Website Awards
The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth Website Awards & Citations Received:
Linksgiving.com is a high quality directory of user-submitted links to the most interesting and useful
Web sites (in English, German and Italian language). A link to "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth" website
was submitted by a visitor to "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth" on Thursday, August 5, 2004. "The Gateway
to Astronaut Photography of Earth" is the thirty-third winner of this year. Sunday, August 15, 2004.
Sites receiving this award are distinguished by the quality of their content alone. A flashy Web site
will not receive this award if its content lacks interest and integrity. A simple Web site will receive this award if it
serves the interests of discovery, mental enrichment and thoughtful enjoyment. This award doesn't go to "cool" sites. It
goes to the great sites. It's not a daily, weekly, or monthly award, but an award based on presence, here and now. Sunday,
March 28, 2004.
Science NetLinks is a comprehensive homepage for science educators created by the American Association
for the Advancement of Science. Science NetLinks is part of a partnership called MarcoPolo that provides free, high-quality
Internet content for K-12 teachers. January 5, 2004.
PSIgate is a free online catalogue of high quality Internet resources in the physical sciences. Resources
are selected, catalogued and indexed by researchers and other specialists in their respective fields at the University of
Manchester. May 12, 2003.
Exploratorium's Ten Cool Sites Award was awarded to this website for educational excellence. December
2002/January 2003.
Scientific American awarded the Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth's website for the Best Earth and
Space web Site. 1998
Earth From Space Website Awards & Citations Received:
Science NetLinks, homepage for science educators created by the American Association for the Advancement of
Science.
National Science Teacher’s Association (NSTA) sciLINKS service, which connects textbook information with
information on-line. The website will be included in science textbooks as a reference for students.
SurfMonkey allows your kids to explore and communicate on-line in a safeguarded environment.
Yahoo! Internet Life magazine. August 1999, p.178.
Science 1998 May 15; 280: 975 (in NetWatch)
Earth magazine. 1997.
NASA's Earth Observatory Website Awards:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
NASA's Earth Observatory is an online collection of freely-accessible satellite imagery and related
scientific information about our home planet with special focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change. Earth
scientists and science writers from all NASA centers as well as agencies and universities affiliated with NASA's Earth
Science Enterprise submit these images and articles for publication on the Earth Observatory.
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