FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 10, 2009
AIS Playing Cards Win APEX Award of Excellence
URBANA - Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant’s Nab the Aquatic Invader! Playing Cards has won a 2009 APEX Award for Publication Excellence in the category One–of-a-Kind Environmental Publications. The award goes to Robin Goettel, associate director of education, Terri Hallesy, education specialist, and Susan White, graphic designer, along with Dave Brenner, a graphic artist at the University of Michigan.
The playing cards are based on the 26 invasive aquatic species (AIS) characters developed for the Nab the Aquatic Invader! website. The cards are designed to introduce 4-10th grade students to the impacts of AIS in a fun way, with games such as “Invader Hide and Seek,” “Exotic Species Recall” and “The Lonely Police Chief.”
If you would like to learn more about the playing cards, visit the IISG website at http://www.iiseagrant.org/catalog/ed/nabcard.htm. To order one deck of cards, send a check for $1.25 (to cover shipping) payable to the University of Illinois to Susan White, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, 338 NSRC, 1101 W. Peabody Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801.
This is the second year in a row that IISG has won an APEX award in this category for a Nab the Aquatic Invader product. In 2008, the award went to the Nab the Aquatic Invader! exhibit.
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The Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program is one of 30 National Sea Grant College Programs. Created by Congress in 1966, Sea Grant combines university, government, business and industry expertise to address coastal and Great Lakes needs. Funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, the University of Illinois and Purdue University.
