8.6c Science Newspapers

Students in your class might be interested in applying desktop publishing to produce a science newspaper which could be distributed to other students in the school, as well as to citizens in the community. There are number of software packages available that will allow students to design newspapers in a quality that compares with commercially produced newspapers. The newspaper is especially useful in that it provides a creative mode for students to write about famous scientists, discoveries made by scientists, ecological and environmental concerns, as well as science and society issues.