Creative writing allows the student to communicate science without being hindered by formal scientific language and report writing. Students are able to observe, record what they see using creative writing and refer it to their own experiences of the world. Scientific language to the new scientist can be like learning a foreign language. It is this lack of scientific language that disadvantages the young science writer in formal writing. Theory suggests that students can only generate meaning of language from their own understanding of words.
Creative writing allows students to see the application of scientific concepts in everyday life.
They can use their stories to relate science to their friends, family and ideas. Recent Australian national and state curriculum documents on secondary science school teaching have suggested that all teachers broaden the range of writing styles used in the classroom. This writing should enable students to reflect on their feelings, ideas and experiences and then construct their own knowledge from their personal interpretations. Current ideas on Constructivism promote creative writing and different writing styles in the classroom. The reason being that children are able to construct knowledge through story writing.