Journal Guide

Science Journal for Kids is a nonprofit organization incorporated in Texas. It has a 501(c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service. All donations to Science Journal for Kids are tax-exempt.

Science Journal for Kids aims to make scientific research discoveries more accessible to the general audience and particularly to children. We do that by digitally publishing kid-friendly adaptations of scientific papers. In addition, Science Journal for Kids will prepare and offer teacher’s aids and resources to enable integration of the scientific literature in a classroom curriculum.
 
Developing Educational Materials for Children
Science Journal for Kids’s primary activity will be selecting published science articles for children and adapting them for children’s education. The materials will be available on the Science Journal for Kids website for teachers, parents, students, and the general public. The steps for developing these materials are outlined below:
 

• Selecting the journal articles. The selected articles must be environmental science research published in peer-reviewed open-access high-impact science journal. The articles should be recent (published within the past year) and cover a variety or topics: pollution, endangered species conservation, climate change etc.
• Text adaptation. The articles are then rewritten in in children-friendly language using common vocabulary, real-world examples and comparisons and funny anecdotes where appropriate.
• Final approval and edits. The draft text is then edited and approved by the scientists who published the original research paper. The finalized text is then edited for aesthetics and readability by creating an appealing layout and adding illustrations.

 
Developing Supplemental Materials for Teachers
Science Journal for Kids will collaborate with experienced science teachers to create teacher’s materials including, but limited to, supplementary teaching aids, slide show presentations, hands-on lab activities, quizzes, and worksheets to accompany each paper. These materials would allow teachers to more easily incorporate the journal articles into a classroom curriculum.
 
Outreach and Distribution
In order to further achieve its goals, Science Journal for Kids will conduct outreach to science teachers and other science and education organizations throughout the United States. The organization will maintain a customer database of teachers interested in incorporating the materials into their classrooms and disseminate the materials as they are developed. The materials will also be available to the general public on the website.