Scope on Safety: Safety on the Move

Journal Article | December 2014

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses safety related to hands-on activities for the study of force and motion.

Scope on Safety: Wired for Safety

Journal Article | November 2015

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses safety precautions when dealing with electricity.

Scope on Safety: Safety in Videos

Journal Article | October 2013

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue addresses safety issues that accompany the increased access to and use of experiments found in videos.

Scope on Safety: Safety in Numbers

Journal Article | August 2014

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses how crowded conditions affect instructional effectiveness, lab safety, and teacher liability.

Scope on Safety: Slipping on Safety

Journal Article | December 2011

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses how to help prevent slips, trips, and falls.

Scope on Safety: Sun Safety

Journal Article | October 2007

So, what does “sun safety” have to do with middle school science teachers, especially during the winter months? With the movement toward hands-on science and environmentally oriented curricula, more students and…

Scope on Safety: Spill safety

Journal Article | January 2005

Preventing chemical spills in the laboratory is critical, but teachers also need to know what to do if a spill does occur. This article outlines strategies to help with hazardous chemical spills in lab facilities and on…

Scope on Safety: Safety is for everyone

Journal Article | January 2003

The National Science Education Standards reject any situation where some people are discouraged from pursuing science and excluded from opportunities to learn it. In concert with the Standards are federal laws and…

Scope on Safety: Safety and liability

Journal Article | September 2008

In order to provide a level of awareness relative to liability, the NSTA Board charged a committee with the task of rewriting the NSTA Position Statement on Liability of Science Educators for Laboratory Safety. This…

Scope on Safety: Blueprint for safety

Journal Article | October 2010

If your lab facilities are going to be replaced or renovated, you should insist that the science instructors be involved in the process from planning to construction. You know what you’ll need in a facility, and your…