Monthly Assignment #10: Popular Science/Technology/Business Websites

Assigned: Monday, April 21
Due: Wednesday, April 30 (i.e. along with the final project)

Option 1: Instructions

Create a set of instructions. Here are some possible approaches:

  • Improve a set of bad instructions
  • Rewrite a set of acceptable instructions for a new audience (for example, the book suggests rewriting first aid instructions for college students or appliance instructions for children)
  • Write a set of instructions telling 8-10 year olds how to perform a task on the computer
  • Write instructions for students new to Purdue or new to your major 

You may also analyze a set of instructions that don't necessarily need rewriting but that strike you as interesting.

Option 2: Popular/ Kid Science on the web

Analyse a website that communicates science, technology, or business concept(s) to a general audience. Websites for kids are fun, but sites designed for the general public are okay too.

Getting started:

Lists of websites for kids: