New Materials

New teaching materials for 342 prepared by Jonathan Bass

 

Checklists for the Major Assignments

Interview Story Checklist

Book Review Checklist

 

Miscellaneous Handouts

Sample Feature Story Openings/Leads

Supplement to Book Review Assignment

 

Shorter Assigments

Assignment 1

Assignment 2

Online Book Review Exercise

 

Science Links

Archive of Interviews with Scientists

A good source for model science interviews in a wide range of fields.

Science Online

Includes access to full-text searchable archives for the journal Science, an excellent source for science reports and model book reviews, and Science Now, a good source for model news stories.

The Altoona List of Medical Analogies

Introduces students to an essential feature of good science writing.

Science Writing Spring '05

Week by week schedule, instructor's comments, original graphics, and links from the Spring 2005 section of 342.