HOW TO WRITE A
SCIENCE ARTICLE
MURPHY P. ESPINOSA
Teacher II
SCIENCE WRITING is the clear
and effective presentation of
scientific reports translated into
series that the average reader or
the layman could understand.
- Prof. Ceciliano-Jose Cruz
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Science
Science
Science
Science
News
Editorial
Feature
Column Writing
SCIENCE WRITING can be in the
form of news, feature, or editorial
but a Science article differs from
other forms because of the ANGLE.
An angle is the side of the story you
want to emphasize.
For Science writing, we must
emphasize a story’s relation to any
scientific process or matter.
That one essential factor
Writing a Science Article
5 Elements
Essential of
a Winning
Science
Article
5 Elements
Essential of
a Winning
Science
Article
5 Elements
Essential of
a Winning
Science
Article
5 Elements
Essential of
a Winning
Science
Article
5 Elements
Essential of
a Winning
Science
Article
5 Elements
Essential of
a Winning
Science
Article
Writing a
Science
Article
Headline
✓ Headline must have complete
thought.
✓ Headline must not editorialize.
✓ Headline must trigger curiosity.
Writing a
Science
Article
Lead
✓ It explains the headline (Science
News).
✓ Be direct to the point.
✓ Be conversational
Writing a
Science
Article
Lead (Science Feature)
✓ Punch (one-sentence paragraph
as catch line.
Alcohol and driving can mix.
(The alcohol-gasoline blend)
✓ Rhetorical question
Which has higher vitamin C
content in kalamansi? The juice
or the peel?
Writing a
Science
Article
Lead (Science Feature)
✓ Provoking Statement
Don’t throw your trash. Turn
it into cash!.
✓ Narrative Opening (telling a
story)
When I was a child, there was something
cooking in my grandmother’s kitchen, as she
made me taste a sweet gum-like concoction from
coconut. Now I realized by now that this is what
the coconut industry boasts of as an export
winner- the “nata de coco”.
Lead (Science Feature)
✓ Direct Quotation
Writing a
Science
Article
“The banana industry is a
sagging enterprise”, according to the
DOST.
✓ A Saying
An ounce of prevention is better
than a pound of cure – the safe and
best way to avoid getting
contaminated with leptospirosis
lends a truism.
The Rest of the Story
➢ Be concise
FORMULA FOR SCIENCE
ARTICLES
TIPS IN SCIENCE WRITING
TIPS IN SCIENCE WRITING
TIPS IN SCIENCE WRITING
REFERENCES:
The Learning Corner, How to
Write Science Article
THANK YOU!