Awards and Recognition

SPARKscience Awards and Recognition

SPARKscience is Readers' Choice 2012 Award Winner

Late in 2011, eSchool Media asked readers for their top picks for education-technology products and services. Out of nearly 1,400 responses, PASCO's SPARKscience was one of 50 products/services to receive their Readers' Choice Award for 2012.

Peggy Lubchenco, teacher education program lecturer for the University of California, Santa Barbara, said she used the SPARKscience products as part of a research team in Antarctica last year. "As a secondary science teacher, my role was to provide outreach to schools, sharing with them the amazing science that takes place in Antarctica," she said. "I can confirm that the PASCO instruments worked without fail at minus-40 degrees Celsius! The PASCO SPARKscience solution is intuitive, rugged, and versatile."

John Simpson, an eighth grade science teacher in Round Rock, Texas, credits the products with helping to raise student achievement in his classes: "More hands-on labs, plus increased engagement and relevance through technology, have resulted in greater success and growth in … test scores — 40 percent in 2010-11, in fact."

PASCO’s SPARKscience Named ‘Potential Game Changer’ in Education

SPARKscience  has landed a coveted spot on EdNET’s Best for 2011 list as one of the top five recipients in the Shining Stars category, which recognizes potential “game changers” in the education marketplace.

“As a 2011 ‘Shining Stars’ recipient, PASCO’s SPARKscience is believed to be one of the superstars of the education marketplace by the EdNET community and the EdNET’s Best panelists,” said Dr. Nelson Heller, President of EdNET, MDR. “Being listed among the EdNET’s Best top five puts you on the shortlist of exemplary offerings in the education industry.”

Worlddidac Award for Excellence in Education - 2010

SPARKvue™, PASCO software for interactive visualization and data analysis, received a 2010 Worlddidac Award for excellence. The Worlddidac Award is the most recognized international prize in the education sector. SPARKvue is designed for use with most digital technologies commonly found in classrooms. These technologies include PASCO’s all-in-one, mobile SPARK Science Learning System™, Windows and Mac-based computers, interactive whiteboards, netbooks (such as Intel-powered classmate PCs), and handheld devices such as the iPod® touch, iPhone and iPad™. Read more.

 

SPARKvue Science Learning Software Wins Two CODiE Awards

SPARKvue™ science learning software took top honors at the 2010 Software Information & Industry Association’s 25th CODiE Awards dinner. SPARKvue won in two categories: Best Education Solution for Mobile or Hand-held device and Best Education Use of a Technology Device. Learn more.

 

Learning & Leading With Technology Review - 2009

The SPARK Science Learning System received an in-depth review in Learning & Leading With Technology's November 2009 issue. SPARK was described as having "all the tools needed for even the most complex of laboratory investigations" and kept students "engaged, challenged and interactive as they work." For more information Read the Review.

Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence - 2009

PASCO's SPARK Science Learning System earned a 2009 Tech & Learning Award of Excellence. The SPARK Science Learning System is designed to become the center of schools' discovery-based science learning environment, providing both teacher and student the embedded support for exploring scientific concepts.

 

EdNet Pioneer Award Finalist - 2009

PASCO was named a 2009 EdNET Pioneer Award Finalist, recognizing its contribution to the growth of the education market. Among other achievements, EdNET noted PASCO's latest innovation, the SPARK Science Learning System, with its built-in lab activities. Also mentioned was PASCO's partnership with Apple to offer the first ever science education application specifically for iPhone, and the use of SPARK and other PASCO products by the series Hooked on Science.

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PASPORT Awards and Recognition

PASPORT Xplorer - District's Choice Top 100 - 2002

Inclusion as a District Administration magazine Top 100 Products Award winner distinguishes the Xplorer datalogger as one of a select group of products.

Xplorer, part of the PASPORT probeware line, "lets students log and display laboratory data within a class period, with no time-consuming setup required." The unit is plug-and-play and has a variety of optional sensors. It can be used to collect data in the field or in the lab, and works with Mac and PC computers.

 

PASPORT - Teach & Learning Awards of Excellence - 2001

PASCO was the recipient of a 2001 Technology & Learning Award of Excellence for our combination of PASPORT hardware, software, and contextual materials.

Technology & Learning magazine's Awards of Excellence program recognizes the best in educational software and web sites for K-12 education. Products and curriculum are evaluated for their instructional design, appropriateness of content, creative use of computer technology, and suitability for the classroom. Educators from the field serve as judges and spend several weeks onsite evaluating the products submitted.

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Curriculum Awards and Recognition

Concepts in Acceleration Activity Kit -BETT Awards- - 2004

Concepts in Acceleration Activity Kit, which integrates PASCO's DataStudio software, Visual Accelerometer and interactive instructional materials into a comprehensive system designed to improve students' understanding of the complex phenomenon of acceleration, was named to the short-list of products nominated for a BETT award.

The BETT Awards were designed to recognize and reward the creativity, innovation and commitment of an organization or company in developing high-quality and effective education ICT resources. Over 300 products are nominated each year and in the five years since their launch, the BETT Awards have become the benchmark by which standards in educational ICT product development are judged.

Concepts in Acceleration Activity Kit - Media & Methods Awards - 2004

PASCO's Concepts in Acceleration Activity Kit was selected by Media & Methods magazine as a 2004 Awards Portfolio Winner.

The Concepts in Acceleration Activity Kit guides students in differentiating between the abstract concepts of velocity and acceleration while dispelling common misconceptions. The Kit includes three activities in PASCO's exclusive Electronic Workbook format that can be performed either in a classroom demonstration or as small group hands-on investigations.

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Software Awards and Recognition

DATASTUDIO - Media & Methods Awards - 2003

DataStudio, PASCO's data collection, display and analysis software for probeware, was selected by Media & Methods magazine as a 2003 Awards Portfolio Winner.

DataStudio lets students connect data with what's happening in an experiment. Plug in a sensor and DataStudio automatically collects and graphs data in real-time.

Media & Method's Portfolio Awards were created to honor the commitment and creativity of publishers, producers, manufacturers and suppliers making meaningful contributions to excellence in K-12 schools nationwide.

WAVEPORT - District's Choice Top 100 Award - 2001

In 2001, WAVEPORT won a Top 100 Products Award. WAVEPORT software lets students see, hear and manipulate sound waves. Students can capture their own sound waves using the computer's microphone and observe the waveform on their screen.

Each year the editors of District Administration magazine receive thousands of product announcements and cover hundreds of new products editorially. They consider curriculum products of all types, from textbooks to Web-based offerings. Much debate and discussion takes place among the editors in evaluating these products and the end result. It is a collection of 100 products that are truly set apart.

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