Awards and Quality Seals
• Comenius-EduMedia-GreenUp-Seal 2026 for the German edition of animalfunfacts.net
Awarded for sustainable education! On June 22, 2026, the prestigious Comenius Awards for outstanding digital educational media were presented for the 31st time at the Deelenhaus in Paderborn. An international expert jury evaluates digital media based on the strictest pedagogical, didactic, and technical criteria.
And the educational animal encyclopedia tierchenwelt.de has won again for the third time! What makes this year's award special is that the jury has granted tierchenwelt.de the specific "GreenUp" label, recognizing its exemplary implementation of education for sustainable development (ESD).
• Comenius-EduMedia Seal 2022 for the German edition of animalfunfacts.net
tierchenwelt.de was once again recognized on 23.06.22 as an outstanding digital educational medium with the Comenius-EduMedia Seal awarded by the Society for Pedagogy, Information, and Media e. V. (GPI) in the category of mathematical and scientific education.
The Comenius-EduMedia Award was presented for the 27th time in 2022. Digital educational media from nearly 200 manufacturers, publishers, projects, and authors across 14 countries underwent a quality check in this year's competition. The seal certifies all awardees with a high level of pedagogical, didactic, aesthetic, and technical quality.
• Comenius-EduMedia Seal 2018 for the German edition of animalfunfacts.net
Educationally valuable! tierchenwelt.de was awarded the Comenius-EduMedia Seal on 21.06.18 in the category of mathematical and scientific education. The Society for Pedagogy, Information, and Media e. V. (GPI) has awarded the Comenius-EduMedia Award for exemplary digital educational media for the 23rd time. By granting the Comenius awards, GPI promotes pedagogically, content-wise, and design-wise outstanding digital educational media.
During this year's award ceremony in Berlin, the chairman of the GPI, Dr. Bernd Mikuszeit, emphasized the importance of media literacy as a new key competency. He also stated that digital educational media should be designed and implemented according to traditional didactic principles. The GPI addresses this requirement through the Comenius-EduMedia-Award and its various accolades.
• German edition of animafunfacts.net awarded as a project of the UN Decade on Biological Diversity in 2016, 2018, and 2020
tierchenwelt.de was once again recognized on June 23, 2020, as a project of the UN Decade on Biological Diversity! Previously, tierchenwelt.de received this award in 2016 and 2018. This honor acknowledges projects that contribute commendably to the preservation of biological diversity.
This initiative has greatly impressed the jury of the UN Decade competition. In addition to a certificate and an award plaque, tierchenwelt.de received a "Diversity Tree," which symbolically represents the vibrant diversity and unique beauty of nature, for which tierchenwelt.de makes a valuable contribution to its preservation.
The German UN Decade on Biological Diversity took place from 2011 to 2020. It was implemented on behalf of and in close collaboration with the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) and the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) by the UN Decade's office.
The award was presented by Markus Erlwein from the Bavarian State Association for Bird Protection e.V. (LBV) on behalf of the UN Decade's office. The LBV is the fourth largest nature conservation association in Germany, a Bavarian partner of NABU, and has been committed to a livable nature, species protection, habitat security, and environmental education for over 100 years.
• Deutscher Lesepreis 2015 for the German edition of animalfunfacts.net
tierchenwelt.de was honored with the Deutscher Lesepreis 2015 as an outstanding project that actively promotes reading in Germany.
„The award winners are ambassadors and role models for successful engagement in reading promotion“
Executive Director of the Stiftung Lesen, Dr. Jörg F. Maas, at the festive award ceremony on November 25, 2015, in the fully packed Humboldt Careé in Berlin
A jury of 13 members from education, business, politics, and culture reviewed and evaluated a total of 209 applications. They were impressed by tierchenwelt.de. They particularly praised that tierchenwelt.de enables children to acquire essential media literacy on the internet and prepares them for the “vast wide web” as an age-appropriate, safe online resource. They described tierchenwelt.de as a “serious yet playful media school and knowledge site.”
Silke Menne, the publisher of tierchenwelt.de, was awarded 3rd place with the Deutscher Lesepreis in the category of “Outstanding Individual Engagement” for her children’s portal.
• The German edition of animalfunfacts.net has been nominated for the Golden Spatz 2015
The Golden Spatz has been the largest German children's media festival for over 30 years. Each year, children's films, animated films, documentaries, and short films are awarded – by those for whom they were created: children. The children's jury not only awards films but also selects their favorite website. In 2015, the award for the best website was themed "Nature." tierchenwelt.de was nominated by the children and ranked among the top ten nature websites.
• Erfurter Netcode awards a quality seal to the German edition of animalfunfacts.net
The aim of Erfurter Netcode is to open up the internet as a living space for children, providing them with educational, enjoyable, and identity-forming experiences in social interactions. The association grants the recognized quality seal "Erfurter Netcode" for outstanding internet offerings for children. The websites have been evaluated by media education experts from Erfurter Netcode. Additionally, a children's jury has tested and assessed the offerings.
From the official press release:
“The animal encyclopedia for children perfectly combines knowledge with play and fun. The content is presented in a clear and child-friendly manner, and the navigation is straightforward. In addition to amazing insights into the animal kingdom, the site also provides important media-related information, explaining topics such as: What is advertising and data protection? With this information and the opportunity for children to participate in the design of the site, Tierchenwelt enhances children's media literacy.”
tierchenwelt.de is recommended by:
The German edition of animalfunfacts.net (tierchenwelt.de) is also recommended by Blinde Kuh, Helles Köpfchen (both German children’s search engines), learn:line NRW (a service for teachers in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia), WissensSchule.de (a service for school students, parents and teachers in Germany) and several other institutions and learning platforms.
