Scope on Safety: Administrators say the darndest things!

Journal Article | March 2010

Science teachers are licensed professionals and therefore are held to a higher standard by the court when it comes to “duty of care” of students and fellow employees. Remember, most courts today rely on the teacher to…

Safer Science: Building Safety Into Construction or Renovations

Journal Article | November 2010

Designing a new science laboratory or renovating an existing one can be an exciting experience. Though science teachers may have a better understanding of laboratory needs than most administrators, many schools tend to…

Scope on Safety: Beware of students bearing kits

Journal Article | November 2009

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…

Safer Science: Sun Safety—The Stats

Journal Article | October 2009

Science teachers can help protect themselves and their students by providing information on skin cancer, its causes, and prevention strategies. This is not just a summer issue, but one that affects us year-round! This…

Safer Science: Chemical Spills: Absorbing Safety

Journal Article | August 2012

This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses how the teacher should respond to an incidental chemical spill in the school science laboratory.

Scope on Safety: Creating Latex-Safe Classrooms

Journal Article | March 2016

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses latex allergies to latex-containing materials in the middle school laboratory.

Scope on Safety: There’s no such thing as a free gift

Journal Article | January 2008

With shrinking budgets, increasing enrollments, aging equipment, and major advances in technology, donations are one way that science departments can help ends meet. However, many donations can be more trouble than they…

Safer Science: Shock and Awe—Peroxide Safety

Journal Article | August 2010

What two things do diethyl ether, butadiene, diethylkatene, 2-propanol, and cyclohexene have in common? These chemicals can all be found in high school storage rooms and can all form dangerous peroxides. How dangerous…