After the holidays, many students are eager to bring in cool science-related gifts to share with their classmates. Items like laser pointers, introductory chemistry sets, rocketry kits, electronics/electricity kits, and microscopes to name a few, must be carefully examined by the teacher “duty of care,” responsibility, and potential liability, it is essential that safety concerns are addressed in each case. The safest thing to do is ban is them from the classroom. This is especially true of any science toys or kits that don’t provide a complete list of the materials used to fabricate the product.