Life Underwater

That's News to Me

Low Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring modified content from The Washington Post, students read about Joseph Dituri, a hyperbaric medicine researcher and associate professor who has been living underwater for 75 days. This lesson includes comprehension and discussion questions, vocabulary, and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
science
underwater
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

pod
lungs
experiment
suffer
injury
pressure
monitor
book
A spinning paper plane