CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, May 30, 2006 - ProQuest Company announced today that ExploreLearning.com is a winner of a Software and Information Industry Association's (SIIA) Codie Award. ExploreLearning won the software and information industry's highest honour for the “Best Instructional Solution: Science.”

"We are honoured that ExploreLearning has been recognised as the best instructional solution in science," says John Campbell, Senior Vice President of ProQuest Education. "We are proud that ExploreLearning helps thousands of students achieve in math and science by building lasting understanding."

The winners of the 21 st Annual Codie Awards were honoured at a black-tie gala on May 16 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco , CA . This year's winners were chosen from more than 1,025 nominations submitted by more than 500 companies – breaking the record for nominations set in the 2005 awards. Established in 1986, the Codie Awards are the benchmark for celebrating the most innovative products in the software, digital content, and education technology industries. The Codie Awards program is the longest running and only peer recognition program in the software and information industry.

"This 21st Annual Codie Awards continues our tradition of celebrating the best products in the software and information industry." said Ken Wasch, President of SIIA. "Being a winner among so many fine nominees is a solid achievement. I congratulate all of the companies."

ExploreLearning offers interactive online simulations that drive the inquiry process and conceptual understanding of math and science in grades 6-12. ExploreLearning helps students build lasting knowledge of complex mathematical and scientific principles through hands-on exploration, providing a powerful enhancement to the way teachers teach and students learn.

ExploreLearning brings research-based instructional methods to the classroom. Their simulations, called Gizmos TM , build on scientific research showing computer-based manipulatives to be powerful tools for student success. Gizmos are designed as supplemental curricula, correlated to state and national standards and to most leading textbooks.

ExploreLearning Gizmos cover numerous areas of study in science including e arth and space science, life science, physical science, biology, chemistry, and physics. New Gizmos are added throughout the year to the current collection of more than 400 simulations. Since December 2005, 40 new science Gizmos, with Exploration Guides and assessments, have been developed, including:

•  Temperature and Particle Motion
•  Phase Changes
•  Collision Theory
•  2D Eclipse
•  Star Spectra
•  Evolution: Mutation and Selection
•  Building Topographical Maps
•  Electron Configuration
•  Microevolution
•  Torque and Moment of Inertia

ExploreLearning was also selected as a Codie Awards Finalist in the categories of Best Instructional Solution: Math and Best Instructional Solution: Web-based or Online. A complete list of winning companies is available at www.siia.net/codies/2006/winners.asp

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