About Us
Awards
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In July 2001, sitesALIVE! was selected by
Curriculum Administrator as the K-12 "Website of the Week" on their online
magazine. |
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 In May, 2000, sitesALIVE! was named a Winner, along with The Wichita Eagle, of
the Newspaper Innovators in Education Award for the 36-part science expedition series
produced by sitesALIVE! and published by The Wichita Eagle. The series consisted of
Rainforest Live! (Spring 1999), Oceans Live! (Fall 1999), and Wetlands & Fisheries
Live! (Spring 2000). The award is presented by the Newspaper Association of America
Foundation.
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In December, 1999, sitesALIVE! was awarded
Finalist (top 5 web sites) in two separate categories, Children and Education, of the
Ziff-Davis Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Awards for Internet sites. Over 150
companies competed in those two categories. |
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In May, 1997, sitesALIVE! was selected by USA Today as one
of its Hot Sites accordingly: "Anyone
with any doubts about the educational
value of the web should click to sitesALIVE!" |
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In 1997, "Racing a Ghost Ship", by Rich Wilson, received
Scientific American's Young Reader's Book Award. The book recounts the stories of the Great
American and Great American II voyages, both skippered by Wilson, in pursuit
of the clipper ship record from San Francisco to Boston by way of Cape Horn. These voyages
were Ocean Challenge's first two "learning adventures". Published by Walker
& Co., New York, NY. |
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In 1994, Rich Wilson and Bill Biewenga were certified as
world-record holders by the Guinness Book of World Records for their 69-day 20-hour voyage
from San Francisco to Boston by way of Cape Horn. This voyage formed the basis for the
"Ocean Challenge" program run with Prodigy and twelve newspapers nationwide. |
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In 1990, Rich
Wilson, a lifelong asthmatic, was named "SuperAchiever" by the American Lung
Association. In 1993, Wilson received the First Annual Christmas Seals Hero Award from the
American Lung Association of Massachusetts. |
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