Scope on Safety: Glue guns—Aiming for safety

Journal Article | September 2010

While glue guns are very useful, there are safety issues. Regardless of the temperature setting, glue guns can burn skin. The teacher should demonstrate and supervise the use of glue guns and have a plan should a…

Safety First: Modeling Safety in Clay Use

Journal Article | November 2012

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses the types of clay and when to use each type.

Safety First!

Journal Article | January 2006

Working with young children and chemicals requires attention to safety. This article details the experiences of a third-grade teacher who used a “disaster” to create a hands-on inquiry that introduces children to…

The Science of Safety

Journal Article | November 2012

Students explore engineering with model cars and ramps.

Scope on Safety: Flame Tests—A Burning Safety Issue

Journal Article | October 2008

Flame-test demonstrations are conducted annually in middle and high school science labs across the country. The purpose of the flame test is to help identify an unknown metal or metalloid ion based on a characteristic…

Scope on Safety: Building safety into student models and projects

Journal Article | March 2003

This column shares safety information for your classroom. In this month’s issue the author discusses the basic safety guidelines for students engaging in model building and other hands-on projects.

Surveying Science Safety: NSTA analyzes safety in the classroom

Journal Article | September 2002

Results of a yearlong safety project prompted the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) to conduct a web-based study of its membership examining the potential need for a national safety indexing system with…