Awards & Reviews
National Awards
Project Dragonfly has received the following national awards:
The 1999 and 1998 EdPress Award
Dragonfly received a distinguished achievement award in educational publishing from Educational Press of America.
The 1997 Parents' Choice Gold Award
Selected in over 200 sites by 3,700 parents, children, teachers, psychologist, pediatricians and other experts, the Parent's Choice Gold Award, often referred to in the media as the Oscar of children's media and toys, is a well known emblem of quality for parents and children.
The 1997 EXCEL Gold Medal
Dragonfly was awarded a gold medal in the 1997 Society of National Association Publications EXCEL Awards competition.
Web Awards
1999 BBC
The British Broadcasting System Webguide distinguishes the Dragonfly Web Pages as one of nine sites included under children's magazines.
1998 AT+T
Learning Network Project's ED's Oasis A-OK award for an interactive site.
1997 "Hot Site of the Day"
The Dragonfly World Wide Web site was awarded "Hot Site of the Day" in May 1997 in both USA Today On-line and the USA Today newspaper.
1997 Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
Dragonfly received a May 1997 Eisenhower National Clearinghouse "Digital Dozen" award for outstanding math and science Internet sites.
Notable Feedback
“Dragonfly is one COOL, Super Magazine! I can't tell you how much I love it! I use the info/activities all the time.
“Again, thanks for 'adding' so much to my science classes!”
–Sue Lebeau, teacher
“My school library subscribes to it and everyone was very excited when it came out. In fact, that was one of the reasons I got the"Stewardship of the Earth Award" for my school this year. It is usually given to a rising 7th grader but this year the teachers and principal made an exception and gave it to me (a rising 6th grader). They also loved DragonflyTV (which was shown to the whole lower school)!
“Also, thank you for giving my name to the reporter who called you from the Virginian Pilot. He interviewed me twice, once with a photographer an the beach. The feature article he wrote came out on the same day that Dragonfly TV aired for the first time in Hampton Roads.
“Thank you again for everything you have done to make this year fantastic for me!“
–Hilary Saunders, age 10
“Since first reading of Project Dragonfly, I have been filled with expectation and a passion to become involved. With each additional piece of information I receive, each conversation in which I engage, I become more convinced of the project's beauty, depth, and potential to impact science education - in classrooms and homes.
“I enclosed an experiment my nine year old daughter and I did after my conversation with you. This investigation was led by a question I heard often this winter: 'Why can't we eat the snow?' I had attempted to interest Caitie in pursuing this query before. Until I suggested that she share this with Project Dragonfly for the Ice and Snow issue, I had been met with dulled whines. To be an investigator in a community of investigators, however, gave the project a credibility and purpose that I, as Mom, did not have.
“I feel certain that the sense of wonder, connection, and exhilaration that my daughter and I experienced will be repeated as time after time children lend their voices to science through this marvelous project.“
–D. Kay Strickland, parent