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Project on "mercury and how it is bad" due tomorrow, need ideas....

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AK-Freeskier
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Okay, I have a project due in about 12 hours and I haven't started it yet. It has to be about Mercury, specifically methylmercury ( the kind in fish that kills babies and stuff.) It doesn't have to be that good because I have done all the other aspects of the final project.

I was thinking the best thing to do would be to make a propaganda scare you into changing your ways type POWERPOINT about it but does anyone have any better ideas ( besides breaking open a thermometer and pouring mercury on fish or babies or something? Thanks.

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May 21 2009 9:18PM
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user098123
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Talk about why its bad for you? What it does to your body?
May 21 2009 9:19PM
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AK-Freeskier
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I know what info to put in, I already wrote a 6 page essay. Know I just need a corny presentation that is 3-5 minutes long. Other kids just made dioramas, mobiles, posters, iMovies, stuff like that.
May 21 2009 9:24PM
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*steeze_is_good
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make a vid about examples of stuff that went wrong, apparently the fish in the st lawrence river in canada has mercury contaminated fish, use that
May 21 2009 9:28PM
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*steeze_is_good
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gives it that extra zing
May 21 2009 9:32PM
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AK-Freeskier
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Yeah, I am hearing that it is the next big street drug....
May 21 2009 9:39PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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find an old-school thermometer and bring it in as an example, and threaten the class with it (optional)
May 21 2009 9:41PM
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dwhite
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I like this approach
May 21 2009 9:48PM
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DYFI
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Look up the mercury spill that occured in my town Pittsfield MA.  A science teacher broke an old school thermometer, didn't tell anyone what it was and had the janitor mop it up, and therefore spread it over the entire school.  It ended up shutting down for a few weeks while they cleaned every square inch to prevent mercury poisoning.  Man, high school was awesome.
May 21 2009 10:06PM
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PeterWojnar
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Make the cheesiest power point ever to sum up your essay, complete with creepy people with axes and all.  I recommend a certain picture of andy mahre for this...
May 21 2009 10:11PM
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AK-Freeskier
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^Haha, sounds good. I will have to start it sometime I suppose.....
May 22 2009 12:04AM
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InkShrink
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Doesn't tuna have mercury in it?

May 22 2009 12:05AM
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AK-Freeskier
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Yep, Tuna has mercury, but that is methylmercury. It is mercury that gets in the ocean and gets absorbed by fish. We then eat that fish and the mercury is in us. Your mercury levels decrease but very slowly and can take months to leave your system. That is why it is dangerous because it can harm unborn babies, infants and toddlers.

That is why it is kind of a big deal.....
May 22 2009 12:29AM
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Kmania
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bring in a big blob of merc, and let everyone play around with it. then let them know they'll all have incurable cancer in 40 years. Just like in the 50's.
May 22 2009 1:44AM
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AK-Freeskier
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I NEED A PICTURE OF THE SCARIEST LOOKING CRIMINAL, CONVICT, PREFERABLY IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT WITH A SERIAL NUMBER AROUND HIS NECK OR SOMETHING!

Anyone know of one online?
May 22 2009 2:49AM
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