#dhmo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohnerism redirects to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide_parody#Public_use

who would want to drink million-year-old recyled dinosaur urine anyway

So those of you in the Facebook group might remember I talked briefly about doing a Dihydrogen Monoxide project at the beginning of the year to talk about the importance of scientific literacy.  My main issue was that I could find “articles” about dihydrogen monoxide, but none of them were particularly well written- they were just a jumble of random “facts” about DHMO and I wasn’t going to share something that sloppy with my class...

BEHOLD! I re-worked the DHMO facts into a new article designed to terrify students and it’s actually organized and reads (at least more) like an actual article.  

My partner teacher and I are already figuring out how to collaborate on this: breaking down the text since it’s a little above a 5th grade reading level, talking about the text structure, elements of nonfiction; and then using this to have them campaign for a ban of DHMO from our school’s campus (we have a new greenhouse, a garden, and a massive outdoor education area).  I feel like all of this needs to get done in one day though!