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

AK-Freeskier

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.
AK-Freeskier
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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...
 
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.....
 
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.
 
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?
 
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