Ocean World (oceanworld.tamu.edu), a Web site developed and maintained by the Jason Education Project at Texas A&M, has been awarded the 2007 Outstanding Website Award of the Geoscience Information Society (GSIS). Robert Stewart, professor of oceanography and head of the Ocean World "crew," accepted the award at the Geological Society of America annual meeting in Denver.

"We chose this site because it had an impressive array of visuals, informative sections on an interesting variety of ocean-related topics as well easy and straightforward navigation," commented Beth Roberts, chair of the Society's selection committee. The Outstanding Website Award has been presented by GSIS annually since 2002 to a site which exemplifies outstanding standards of content, design, organization, and overall site effectiveness.

Ocean World offers customized tracks for students and educators and an extensive section of resources. It provides links to real-time oceanographic data ranging from coral reefs to icebergs and an innovative, problem-based, online textbook by Stewart, Our Ocean Planets: Oceanography in the 21st Century. 

Stewart has been at Texas A&M since 1989. Prior to that he held research positions at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Among his principal research interests are improvement in the teaching of oceanography and the production of oceanographic teaching materials for elementary, middle, and high school students and teachers. 

The Geoscience Information Society is an international professional organization devoted to improving the exchange of information in the earth sciences. The membership consists of librarians, editors, cartographers, educators, and information professionals. Information about the Society may be found at its website www.geoinfo.org.