Year+9+Science+Newspaper

CONTENTS Herschel telescope Overfishing Great white shark New element in periodic table Cows burp Opera good for heart Ancient lake on Mars Swine flu in fish Aliens? Psychological disorders The plant that pretends to be ill China not eco-villain? Volcano caused ice age Saturn's moon Element 112 Emo robot

You are going to create some Science stories which are in the news right now and follow them as they develop.
 * Choose a story that is happening now and which has a Science connection.
 * Read the story (if possible on more than one site) and then summarise the main points. Make a note of the sources.
 * Collect some photos illustrating the story (also save the weblinks).
 * Make sure you understand the Science in the story.

Your story will be judged on the following criteria: INTEREST: Did you find out something you didn't know? PRESENTATION: How does it look? SCIENCE CONTENT: Was some Science explained and did you understand it? COMMENT: The reviewer can add a constructive comment.

The following are links to Science news: [|BBC news Science] [|Guardian newspaper Science stories] There are links to Space, dinosaurs, medicine etc [|Guardian Environment site] [|New York Times Science stories]

There are many more sites you can go to.