The purpose of this memo is to analyze the booklet titled Science Fair Fun, written by the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER). This booklet will be evaluated on how it incorporates Markel’s six main characteristics of technical documentations effectively. The analysis will be written with sections categorized by the six characteristics.
Summary of the Booklet
The booklet, published by United States Environmental Protection Agency in December 2000, is for teachers and students in grade 6 to 8 trying to conduct an environmental science project based on reduce, reuse, and recycle (3R). The booklet starts with general note for the primary audiences, stated above, introducing them to the purpose, guidelines and limitation of this booklet. Then, the table of contents is followed by a “Getting Started” page which helps the audiences to grasp the use of this booklet as a guide and also the background of the organization. The concept of 3R is also introduced. The next few pages include detailed steps of conducting a project, multiple sample projects aligning with 3R, glossary and ends with resources.
Analysis
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This booklet reflects the organization goals as the primary focus is circled around ‘reduce, reuse, and recycle’ concept. The exposure that the booklet gives to teachers and students in middle school will open up possibilities for the readers to realize the organization’s goal of incorporating 3R in everyday life. The organization’s culture is concreted by the way they use 30% of postconsumer product to reduce