Thank You Notes

• "I just wanted to take my time to thank you for all the hard work you have put into the site. It helps me a lot with biology. Keep up the good work!" - N.A., 9th grader, USA

• "I have recently started doing my A-Levels - I'm really enjoying it and your website has really helped me. P.S. I LOVE your dogs!" - N.W., United Kingdom

• "One of my favorite things was the puzzles. I had a blast with those and everyone knows that you learn a lot while having fun!! Thank you so much for providing such a great learning tool that is good for students of all types (and ages)!" - M.F., USA

• "I came across your "How big is a..." animation and just wanted to let you know that it's mad cool. Way to rock!" - McK.M., USA

• "I'm writing a book which is a directory of useful internet websites. The book is in Kurdish, which is the language of Northern Iraq, where the book is going to be published. I'm putting your website in the biology section." - I.H., Iraq

Accolades

TOP 5% of Internet Sites: (Point Survey)
The World Wide Web Top 1000: (Point Survey)
Glenn Davis'Cool Site of the Day (Infi.net, 8/28/95)
Top Ten Learning Studio Sites, 11/95 (The Exploratorium)
Editor's Picks, Genentech's Access Excellence
Weekly Pick of Cool Science Sites (Microsoft Network 10/25/95)
Among the Digital Dozen (Eisenhower National Clearinghouse11/95)
Rated as a good starting point in SCIENCE: BIOLOGY by Yahoo!
Presented 4 STARS, the top site rating by Magellan.
Named COOL SCIENCE Site of the Week by OMNI (5/30/96)
Presented the USA TODAY HOT SITE AWARD (6/3/96)
Chosen as a Student Choice site by Kaplan.
Named a HOT SPOT (Planet Science)
On the cover of SCIENCE: "Computers in Biology" Issue (8/2/96).
HotWired HotSite!
CoolScience winner OMNI (9/96)
Dr. Matrix' Weird Web World of Science Award for Science Excellence
Reviewed in SCIENCE (5/29/98)
Named to Popular Science Magazine's (1998) Top 50 Science & Technology Websites
Once Again: Popular Science Magazine's (1999) Top 50 Science & Technology Websites
Internet Guide Award from britannica.com
Sci/Tech Top 25 Award in 2005 from Scientific American
MERLOT Award for Exemplary Online Learning Resources