Energy Classroom  ( Xcel Energy )
- Bronze Telly Award

Energy Classroom: Virtual Power Plant Tour  ( Xcel Energy )
- Gold Award: MCAI - MN Video and Interactive Festival
- Bronze Telly Award

Energy Classroom: Watts Up  ( Xcel Energy )
GAME
- Gold Award: MCAI - MN Video and Interactive Festival

Putting Thought Into Action  ( University of St. Thomas )
Web Site
- Gold Award: International CINDY Awards
- Gold Award: Regional CINDY Awards

Putting Thought Into Action  ( University of St. Thomas )
CD-ROM    
- Gold Award: 13th Annual Admissions Advertising Awards
- Silver Award: International CINDY Awards
- Silver Award: Regional CINDY Awards

What’s The Secret?  ( 3M and TPT )
Volume 3: CD-ROM
- Silver Screen Award: US International Film and Video Festival
- Gold Award: International CINDY Awards

What’s The Secret?  ( 3M and TPT )
Volume 2: CD-ROM    
- Silver Apple Award: National Education Media Network
- Bronze Award: International CINDY Awards
- Silver Award: Regional CINDY Awards
- Silver Screen Award: US International Film and Video Festival
- Top 1% Rating: Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
for Mathematics and Science Education
- Golden Eagle Award: Cine International Film Festival
- Silver Cindy Award: AVC Cindy Awards
- Family Tested & Recommended Product Award: Family PC
- Finalist: Codie Awards: Software Publishers Association:
2 categories: Best Education Software Program and
Best Home Learning Program for Adolescents

What’s The Secret?  ( 3M and TPT )
Volume 1: CD-ROM    
- Highest Rating Excellence: Educational Software Report Card
- Rating of Wonderful: Surfing the Net with Kids
- Hot Site of the Week: Education First Initiative: Packard Bell
- Boss Animation of the Day: Web Review
- Finalist: Adaptation from previous medium: Interactive Academy Awards
- Golden Eagle Award: Cine International Film Festival
- Rating of Excellence: That’s Edutainment!: Osborne McGraw Hill Publishers
- Family Tested & Recommended Product Award: Family PC
- Best For Your 10-12 Yr Old Award: Boston Computer Museum Guide to Best Software for Kids: HarperCollins Publishers
- Four Star Rating of Excellence: Boston Computer Museum Guide to Best Software for Kids: HarperCollins Publishers
- Rating of Excellence: MacHome Journal
- Gold Cindy Award: AVC Cindy Awards
- Special Achievement Awards: Writing: AVC Cindy Awards
- Top Ten Product Award: San Jose Mercury News
- Community Service Citation: Software Publisher’s Association

Discover Multimedia  ( ICONOS )
CD-ROM    
- Bronze Award: International CINDY Awards
- Finalist: People’s Choice Awards: Macromedia, Inc
- Finalist: Invision Multimedia Awards

3M Data Storage Disc  ( 3M )
CD-ROM
- Silver Award: AMI International
- Silver Award: AVC Cindy Awards
- Production Award: Scripting: AMI International
- Production Award: Art Direction: AMI International
- Production Award: Programming: AMI International

 
 

Selected Press Quotations

Here is what the press said about “What’s the Secret?”.

 

Universal Press Syndicate
“This is by far the best science education program I’ve seen in years.”

Multimedia World
“What’s the Secret? is one of the best science programs available today.”

Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Every once in a while, an educational program comes along that you’d like to give not only to your own kids but to all the children in school.”

A Parent’s Guide to Educational Software
“Each screen is lavishly illustrated and detailed, like pages of a colorful kid’s workbook. . . the level of detail is impressive.”

Computer Graphics World
“Kids schmidz - I’ll bet you’ll fight for mouse control over this CD.”

MacHome Journal
“It teaches kids about science the way they like to learn: by entertaining them, and by letting them choose exactly what they want to learn about.”

Lexington Herald-Leader
“This is one great field trip!”

Boston Computer Museum Guide to Best Software for Kids Kidsource.com
“It’s the best science discovery program we’ve seen. What’s the Secret? gives kids a real feel for doing ... and understanding ... and enjoying ... science. Based on the award-winning science TV show Newton’s Apple, “What’s the Secret?” is part adventure, part live-action lab and 100% terrific.”

Educational Software Report Card
“Highest Rating of Excellence”

indelible News!
“What’s the Secret?” volume 2 is even better than volume 1. This is a fine example of a CD that delivers everything it promises. Let’s hope we don’t have to wait too long for volume 3.”

That’s Edutainment!
“Four Star Rating of Excellence”

Washington Post
“… this CD-ROM instantly rises to the front ranks of science edutainment ware. This is all awfully well done.”

The Sacramento Bee
“It’s a bright combination of complex science made understandable and fun.”

Columbus Dispatch
“This CD is very well done. It squarely hits children right in the imagination.”

Worldvillage.com
5 stars. If your kids love science, they’ll go bonkers for “ What’s the Secret? Volume 2!” “What’s the Secret? Volume 2” sets a gold standard for science education aimed at elementary age children.