Process of creating a science story:

• Select a science concept, skill, or connection that you would like to develop into a story.  You may want to select an aspect of your body data collection that you did not use in the data visualization media piece, or choose one of the nine course outcomes that you need to fill for the final portfolio.  For example, if you need a Biology Connection, you may want to tell a story about a museum or zoo you have visited.

• Determine how you will make your story an engaging (accessible, unique, and/or enlightening) experience (discovery, interaction, and/or synthesis) for the story’s audience.

• Select a story form that best fits the engaging science experience you are creating.  It could be an exploration, description, explanation, directions, narrative, or persuasive piece.  It could also be a combination of these forms.

• Create your story.  It could be all written, a labeled photo essay, a comic strip, mixed media, or whichever form you feel works best for your goals.

You are turning in

(A) your story.

(B) a brief summary line that indicates (1) the part that is engaging (accessible, unique, and/or enlightening), (2) the science included (concept, skill, and/or connection), (3) the experience (discovery, interaction, and/or synthesis), and (4) the story form used (exploration, description, explanation, directions, narrative, and/or persuasive).