Archive: Lab Safety Considerations for Pre-service Secondary Science/STEM Teachers, October 4, 2021

Web Seminar | August 2021

This interactive web seminar session will begin with an overview of safety protocols specific for doing safer secondary level science/STEM laboratory activities with Dr. Ken Roy, NSTA and NSELA Safety Compliance Advisor…

Scope on Safety: A Science Lab by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet—But Would It Be as Safe?

Journal Article | March 2011

This column focuses on safety information for your classroom. In this month’s column the author discusses the definition of laboratory.

Chemical Safety Training for Science Teachers

Blog Post | August 2018

Academic science laboratories can be unsafe places for teaching and learning due to risks associated with biological, chemical, and physical hazards The OSHA laboratory standard (29 CFR 1910.1450) requires all employees…

Power Tool Safety in Science Labs

Blog Post | May 2018

The use of power tools, such as table saws, drill presses, and miter saws, is becoming more common in science and STEM laboratories. All power tools have special mechanical and non-mechanical safety hazards that can…

Safety Training for Non-Science Instructors

Blog Post | October 2019

Unlike science teachers, non-science educators have little to no training in hazard analysis, risk assessment, or safety-related issues. As a result, non-science employees, such as teachers of other subjects or special…

Being Shielded to Avoid A Safety Pickle!

Blog Post | March 2020

I. Demonstration Hazards A common demonstration that science teachers have used over the years is titled “The Electric Pickle.” It illustrates the fact that when an electric current passes through a salt solution, the…

Science safety

Blog Post | July 2014

Ken Roy, NSTA Chief Science Safety Compliance Consultant and NSTA Safety Advisory Board Contact, has some comments based on the issue of a substitute leaving a science lab unattended, a situation described in a previous…

Creativity and safety

Blog Post | July 2010

I subscribe to many blogs, listserves, and RSS feeds as a way to keep up with current events. This week, two articles caught my attention for their relation to science teaching. The ISTE Connects blog had a discussion…