Fridge and Freezer Safety

Blog Post | September 2018

This blog post describes steps teachers should take to ensure that laboratory freezers and refrigerators are free from safety hazards. Science teachers should adhere to the following standard operating procedures, via…

The Safety Checklist: Navigating to Safer Waters!

Blog Post | December 2021

Safety Awareness and Pandemic Learning Loss

Blog Post | January 2022

Science Instructional Space Safety Signage

Blog Post | November 2023

Scope on Safety: Chemical tracking systems—not your usual global positioning system!

Journal Article | March 2007

The haphazard storing and tracking of chemicals in the laboratory is a serious safety issue facing science teachers. To get control of your chemicals, try implementing a chemical tracking system. A chemical tracking…

Scope on Safety: Sticker Shock--There’s a high price to pay for ignorance about Electricity

Journal Article | December 2004

Lighting a fluorescent bulb by touching it to the nose of a student who has one hand on an electrostatic generator is an illuminating demonstration of the properties of voltage. It demonstrates that the several hundred…