Table of Contents Draft

When thinking about the layout for the table of contents and the process in which I wanted to complete everything, I had a few things to think about. I automatically knew I needed the title, the edition, and the word features at the top of the page, just like any normal table of contents. I chose to keep the title the same font, font size, and color in order to maintain consistency throughout the magazine. I was able to find the perfect layout for the table of contents, one where the article pictures could be placed on the far right and the article titles and explanations could be typed out starting from the far left and moving across the page, like a book. I chose to use the color blue for the page numbers in order to stay with the theme of the Earth colors, green and blue. There would be 4 articles in the magazine, then two running pieces. Each article title and the running pieces both had brief explanations of what they would be about. This gives the reader a bit more information on the article, but not too much to where they wouldn't have to read it. For each main article, I placed a picture on the right hand side of the magazine with page numbers on them as well. This is to make the magazine appeal more to kids by giving them an interest in the articles listed, so they would want to read the entire magazine. Last but not least, I placed a picture of 5 pieces of lab equipment all with different colored solutions in them and all smoking. This is located under the Spectacular Science title, which places emphasis on the fact that science is super cool and fun to read about, encouraging them to search for page 21 in the magazine and read interesting facts and stories about science.