For Teachers Engineering Design in Oregon Science Classrooms Page 1 of 6. EDOSC Style Guide. Subtitle

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1 For Teachers Engineering Design in Oregon Science Classrooms Page 1 of 6 EDOSC Style Guide Subtitle 1 TITLE, SUBTITLE, AND HEADING ONE 1.1 Title The title is 20-point Times New Roman, underlined, and centered. There is a 6-point space both before and after a title. 1.2 Subtitle The subtitle is 12-point Times New Roman, with a 0-point space before the subtitle and a 6-point space after the subtitle. Subtitles should be used on for-teacher documents, to elucidate the use of the document itself. Use sparingly on student materials. 1.3 Heading 1 Heading 1 is 16-point Times New Roman, with the small caps and underlined font effects. There is an 18-point space before a Heading 1 title and a 6-point space after a Heading 1 title. Avoid using numerals, instead spelling a number out. page. above. Heading 1 titles should always begin a new page, unless that section can fit, in its entirety, on the current Avoid nesting normal text directly under Heading 1 section titles. Try to nest under Heading 2 titles, as 2 HEADING TWO 2.1 Heading 2 Heading 2 is 14-point Times New Roman, with the bold font effect. There is a 12-point space before a Heading 2 title and a 6-point space after a Heading 2 title. Use of numerals is OK. Nesting normal text under Heading 2 titles is OK as long as the section is not split further.

2 For Teachers Engineering Design in Oregon Science Classrooms Page 2 of 6 3 HEADING THREE AND BEYOND 3.1 Heading 3 And Beyond About Heading 3 Heading 3 is 14-point Times New Roman, with the italic font effect. There is a 6-point space before a Heading 3 title and a 3-point space after a Heading 3 title. Normal text nested under Heading 3 titles is OK About Heading 4 Heading 4 Style Heading 4 is 12-point Times New Roman, with the bold font effect. There is no spacing before or after a Heading 4 title (0-point spacing). Heading 4 Uses This heading is for sparing use, only if the section must be further separated. Do not prepend a reference number (ie. Do not cite this section as section ; instead, cite this section as Heading 4 Uses in section 3.1.2).

3 For Teachers Engineering Design in Oregon Science Classrooms Page 3 of 6 4 NORMAL TEXT 4.1 Normal Text Normal Text in Paragraphs Normal text is 12-point Times New Roman, with one space after all punctuation. All paragraphs should be indented, including the first. Use 1.15 spacing between lines, with no spaces (0-point spacing) before all paragraphs and 6-point spaces after all paragraphs. In order to emphasize normal text, use italics; do not use bold text for emphasis unless you are emphasizing a key word such as vocabulary, an optional section, or an in-text reference. Note: Notes are the same as normal text, with no indentation and a boldface title on the same line. Note: It is better to put two adjacent notes, if they are separate ideas. If working in a space-limited document such as a Design Activity Handout (which is ideally four pages), it is OK to reduce the line spacing to 1.0. If that does not save enough space, change the text size of the whole document. Doing both is OK. Do not reduce the font size lower than 10-point. Spell out numbers one through nine unless you are using an abbreviated measurement of units There are nine pieces of paper which are 9 or nine inches long, and 10 pieces of paper which are 10 or 10 inches long Normal Text in Unordered Lists It is OK to introduce all lists with an introductory paragraph of normal text. Unordered lists used for materials lists Avoid complete sentences if possible if not, use proper punctuation. Not necessary to title the first unordered list subsequent unordered lists are titled using Heading 4. More On Unordered Lists Be sure to check Don t add spaces between paragraphs of the same style under paragraph properties, or make their inter-paragraph spacing 0-point. As short as possible, using double-indented sub-items for explanation first sub-item: two indentation levels deeper for easier scanning; italicized; no capitalization; no sentence-end punctuation separate with semicolons as above, or with new items entirely ideally, no further levels of sub-items If listing bundles of materials (e.g. kits ), use one level of indentation explanation of the bundle o First item of a bundle o Second item of a bundle explanation of the second item o Third item of a bundle Avoid separating unordered lists onto separate pages.

4 For Teachers Engineering Design in Oregon Science Classrooms Page 4 of Normal Text in Ordered Lists It is OK to put a brief introduction before an ordered list, but try to nest ordered lists directly under Heading 3 titles. 1. Use numbers with periods styling, with complete, clear, concise sentences. Note: You can put notes within an ordered list, if necessary. Separate with a line break (shift-enter) within the relevant step, maintaining all indentation. 2. Title ordered lists using Heading 4 only if necessary (ex. There are multiple lists in one section). 3. Avoid splitting lists between multiple pages if possible. Insert a page break if necessary. 4. Be sure to un-check Don t add spaces between paragraphs of the same style. Paragraph spacing should be the same as normal text (6-point) a. Sub-items are one level deeper, and use complete sentences.

5 For Teachers Engineering Design in Oregon Science Classrooms Page 5 of 6 5 OTHER THINGS TO REMEMBER 5.1 Pagination Separate all Heading 1 titles with page breaks, unless both sections can fit in their entirety on one page (see sections 1, 2, and 3). Separate sections, subjects, or topics with page breaks. if necessary for readability if it does not disrupt the document s flow Be sure to keep both ordered and unordered lists of instructions on one page if possible. 5.2 Page Header & Section Headings Page header: 3 items For Students or For Teachers ; left-aligned Engineering Design in Oregon Science Classrooms ; center-aligned Page # of X where X is the total number of pages; right-aligned Purpose of each section heading: Heading 1 separating the lesson plan into different tools for teachers (background information, preparation, etc.) Heading 2 organizing each tool into its largest parts Heading 3 splitting each part into sub-sections if necessary Heading 4 separating a sub-section further, only if necessary Avoid nesting normal text directly under Heading 1 titles. Prepend the reference number before Heading 1, 2, and 3 titles, but not Heading 4 titles (ie. 1, 1.1, and 1.1.1, but not ). 5.3 In-Text References 1. In-text references to different parts, sections, subjects, or topics are bold, and use both the reference number and title (in that order) as explained in section 5.3 In-Text References; parenthetical citations are also bold, but do not use the title (see section 5.3). o If citing specifically as a Heading 4 section, cite using the Heading 3 reference number and the Heading 5 title, as follows: Heading 4 Uses in section About Heading 4. o For parenthetical citations, cite the Heading 4 title after the section number (see section 3.1.2, Heading 4 Uses for an example). 2. In-text references to different documents within the same lesson are italicized, and refer to the file name of the document (which is congruent with the document s title). They do not need to include the lesson name or file extension. o For example, say Lesson Plan instead of Bricks for Pigs Lesson Plan.docx. Citations are the same (see Style Guide). o Be sure to include Handout or Resource in the reference capitalize this as it is part of the document s title.

6 For Teachers Engineering Design in Oregon Science Classrooms Page 6 of 6 3. References to a specific location of another document are the same, using both the reference number and title (in that order) and then an italicized reference to the document name. This is explained in section 5.3 In-Text References of the Style Guide. Citations cite the document first, and then the reference number (see Style Guide, section 5.3). 5.4 Margins All For Teachers documents, and MS- or HS-level For Students documents should use 0.5 margins. All ES-level For Students documents should use 1 margins.