The main thing this activity taught me was to pay as close of attention to detail as I could. What DHMO is abbreviated for dihydrogen monoxide, which is simply water. I've never heard it referred as DHMO, but I put it together when it was described as colorless, odorless liquid. What I learned about myself is to think deeper about answers that aren't so obvious and that might lead me in the correct direction to finding the answer I'm looking for. The way this is going to change me in the future is before I decide to vote to ban something to ensure I know everything I can about a certain substance. Many people in the class wanted to ban it without knowing the positives DHMO could bring. Although we weren't asked to, if there was ever something I didn't know a lot about but had to make a vote I would make sure I talked to somebody neutral about the pros and cons of a certain substance before I would cast a vote because if the good outweigh the bad, it would be best not to ban any substance.
This is a molecule of dihydrogen monoxide. (Photo Credit: keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk).
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