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ZOOMing at the Emmys

ZOOMers Alisa, David, Keiko, Jared, Pablo, and Zoe, along with their parents and members of the ZOOM crew, attended the Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony in New York City on May 13th. ZOOM Season I was nominated for three awards this year, including Outstanding Children's Series, Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing and Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design. Lynese wasn't able to be there, so everyone was at-the-ready to call her with the news if ZOOM was announced as an award winner.

ZOOM didn't win an award this year, but the gang did have a great time in the Big Apple and were really thrilled to be nominated. Here's what the ZOOMers had to say about going to the Emmys. (Also, check out StudioZ at http://pbskids.org/zoom/show/snaps/ for some great photos from the night!)

Keiko: The best part about the Emmys was getting dressed up. It was funny to see the guys in tuxedos instead of jeans and a t-shirt.

Jared: It was a lot of fun even though we didn't win. I got to see all the ZOOMers one last time.

Pablo: What I experienced at the Emmy's was an unforgettable moment in life. It was a pleasure being nominated for outstanding children's series. We had a great time, kind of fancy, and everything worked out well. Even though we didn't win the Emmy, it was a great experience. Reuniting with the cast and crew of ZOOM brought back so many memories.

Alisa: My favorite part was seeing the old cast and having fun with them. Dressing up was great. I loved seeing NYC. There were lots of billboards and people selling stuff on the streets. We walked around on Sunday and saw a taping of MTV.

Zoe: I had a lot of fun and it was really awesome, and I'm really sorry that I spilled water all over Alisa's dress.

David: My experience at the Emmys was a great one! I got to get all dressed up in a tux and looked very sharp and the whole gang of the old ZOOMers looked great too! We didn't win any awards, but we had great fun anyway. After the Emmys, all of us ZOOMers hung out at our hotel. The best part was touring around in New York, though. That city is too cool for words!

Season I ReZOOMS!

Many of you have written to tell us how much you enjoyed seeing the old ZOOMers in the recent ZOOMers' Reunion episode. Guess what? You can catch it again on Wednesday, June 14th, 2000.

And did you also know that summertime is Season I time? That's right! Starting with our behind-the-scenes special "The Making of ZOOM" on June 20th, 2000, you'll be able to see all of the Season I episodes with Alisa, Zoe, Jared, David, Pablo, Lynese and Keiko. Remember, because individual PBS stations determine when they will air ZOOM, we suggest you check with your local station to confirm both of those dates as your local airdates.

Congratulations!

The ZOOM web site is one of five finalists for the Prix Jeunesse award. Winners will be announced in June in Munich, Germany. Remember, ZOOM is By Kids, For Kids (TM) so congratulations to you! Thanks for helping us make the ZOOM web site great!

Phantastic Phenoms!

Do you like weird things that happen? Do you enjoy cool tricks and other hard-to-explain things? Then go straight to the ZOOMphenom section of the site for the directions to over 25 ZOOMphenoms, including this one for making a Mobius Strip:

Sent in by: Wendy X. of Urbandale, IA

Make a never-ending, one-sided shape. How to do it:

1. All you need is some paper, tape and a pair of scissors.
2. First, cut out a long, thin strip of paper.
3. Holding it the tall way, label the top left corner "A," the top right corner "B," the bottom left corner "C," and the bottom right corner "D."
4. Give the strip a twist and tape the two ends together so that "A" touches "D" and "B" touches "C."
5. Now check this out. If you start drawing a line around the strip, you'll end up right back where you started.
6. See it doesn't have a front or a back! The top and the bottom are the same. The twist in the strip connects what was the top to the bottom, making one big side.
7. What's really interesting about this strip is all the things you can do with it. Start cutting your strip down the middle, like you are cutting two, thinner strips. But you don't get two! You end up with a much larger, thinner Mobius Strip.

Hone in on the Zone

ZOOMzones are places in museums and other cool institutions around the country where you can do activities you've seen on ZOOM. We're psyched to let you know about four new ZOOMzones:

• Wyoming Science Adventure Center in Casper, WY
• South Dakota Discovery Center and Aquarium in Pierre, SD
• The Children's Museum of Houston in Houston, TX
• Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Tampa, FL

For more information on these and other zones, go to the ZOOMzones section of this site.

ZOOMnooz Puzzler

How many questions are in ZOOMer 101? Scroll down for the answer.

70's ZOOM Trivia

At its peak, the original ZOOM received 10,000 snail mail letters a week and required a staff of five full-time mail screeners just to keep up with all that mail!

ZOOMlens: ZOOMing in on What You've Been Saying

Darchelle J., age 8 of Bayonne, NJ wrote: I like the shows you make. I love the jokes you have, too. I like to do the games people make. Do you like the stuff you do? My friends like to come to my house to watch your shows. I hope I write to everyone. SEE YOU SOON! I LOVE ZOOM!

Monica S. of the Phillipines wrote: Hi! Whuz'zup folks? This is Monica s. from Manila, PHILIPPINES! We have a channel here that ZOOM is shown on. I often watch your show, 'coz it's pretty cool! It's cool that your show is possible because of viewers' letters. I have checked-out ZOOM's website, and it's attractive.

Ashley S., age 11 of Highland Park wrote: I just learned how to do a really really cool dance move first you stand with you legs sort of open next you jump then you cross your legs and stick one foot out on your heal then you do the same thing with the next foot. Its cool doing it fast. P.S. I LOVE your show I watch it every day after school.

Ricky L., age 10 of Lakewood, WA wrote: Hi ZOOMERS how you doing? What I really want to do is be on ZOOM. I wish I knew how you do ubbi dubbi. I'm a science freak, well kind of. I like watching your show. I saw how you can make dirty water to clean water with different stuff like when jared and kenny and cladio and david where working together. Well I love your show.

Kori H., age 11 of Edmonton, AB wrote: I love to bake! I bake cookies and cakes. I've tried using cake mixes and doing it from scratch. I prefer starting from scratch although mixes are easier. All my friends and family love my baking and I'm only 11. I think when I grow up I might try baking as a regular hobby like soccer. I think following recipes is really easy but everyone says that some of the recipes I bake from are really hard. Basically what I'm saying is that to me, baking is fun and easy.

ZOOMnooz Puzzler Revealed

How many of you said 101? Nope. The ZOOMer 101 quiz has 158 questions about the current ZOOMers.