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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Teaching Labs in Fall- What Are People Doing/Resources (COVID-19)
Date: Saturday, June 13, 2020 at 12:25:07 PM
Author: Samuella Sigmann <sigmannsb**At_Symbol_Here**appstate.edu> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] pumpkin fire and other demos
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 18:14:33 -0400
Author: DCHAS Membership Chair

From: Pam Auburn <aubu**At_Symbol_Here**HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Teaching Labs in Fall- What Are People Doing/Resources (COVID-19)
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 19:06:02 +0000
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The first thing we did was to create a to scale map of our lab space. We then overlay workstations that allowed for social distancing (6 ft separation) While administration had planned on 9 students per lab section for social distancing, our maps clearly showed that 6 was the highest workable and 4 would be more appropriate. We then created a short list of labs that would give students hands on experience with key techniques and proposed a four-week rotation with one group in each week. We drew up detailed protocols for the labs including materials to eliminate/reduce common touch points.   Lastly, we worked out a budget that took into account PPE, sterilization between labs and the added materials and added prep time for individual experiments over what we were consuming working in groups. 

Even with all this (1) we cannot require students who may be high risk or uncomfortable to be in lab and (2) if anyone should fall ill (student, faculty or lab prep staff) the building would be shut down for three days of deep cleaning and all exposed would be quantized for 14 days. 

Admin is in the process of digesting all this.  From the questions I have been asked in the past few days, my guess is that we will be asked to be fully online. Both the risk scenario and the budget seem to be major issues. 

Pamela Auburn, PhD
2041 Branard
Houston TX 77098

From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU> on behalf of Samuella Sigmann <sigmannsb**At_Symbol_Here**APPSTATE.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 11:25 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Teaching Labs in Fall- What Are People Doing/Resources (COVID-19)
 
We are going reduce the number of experiments to 6 and alternate weeks. For a section of 24, 12 students in lab one week; the other 12 will do some assignment (virtual, simulation, data, writing, etc.). The following week they will switch. We will be providing masks that will be disposed at the end of lab.

This is a way to at least get all the students in lab some without the extra sections/instructors. We are in the process now of deciding the labs that we will do to teach the most critical skills.

We are still waiting for them to cancel f2f.
S-

On 6/13/2020 11:49 AM, Frankie Wood-Black wrote:
One other consideration - if we have to do all laboratories face-to-face - we are going to have some issues (particularly with funding) that means we would have to double the number of laboratory sections thus double the number of laboratory instructors - and some institutions will not be able to do this from a funding perspective - Oklahoma announced cuts to higher education earlier this month.  And, that also does not account for space at some institutes, i.e. they won't have the space to double or time slots to double the number of laboratory periods to meet the social distancing requirements.


Frankie Wood-Black, Ph.D., REM, MBA
Principal - Sophic Pursuits
NOTE - ADDRESS CHANGE - Mailing Address - PO Box 433, Tonkawa, OK 74653

580-761-3703


On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 8:35 PM Patricia Redden <predden**At_Symbol_Here**saintpeters.edu> wrote:
The New York section is holding a virtual discussion on Thursday, June 11, at noon to discuss various options for virtual labs.  You're all welcome to join in if you wish, and if you can contribute something that worked this spring, we'd love to hear it.  Drop me an email and I'll send the link once it's published.

Patricia Redden, Ph.D.

Professor, Chemistry Department

Fellow, American Chemical Society

Fellow, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety


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On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 8:02 PM Melissa Anderson <mwanderson08**At_Symbol_Here**gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I'm looking for thoughts/ideas about reopening and running socially-distanced teaching labs. Our department just found out that we will most likely need to offer face-to-face labs for our GOB track so students can meet licensing requirements. We need to submit a proposal and I'd like to do my homework before getting started.

Is anyone else in the process of planning what a social-distancing chemistry teaching lab might look like? Or do you know of departments that offered such a program this past Spring and can provide insights on how it went?

Some ideas we have include separating students into smaller groups and having them only come in every three weeks to reduce room occupancy, having students wear (appropriate) face coverings, and shortening labs so custodial can clean between lab sessions (our labs are very impacted so we have little down time between labs normally).

I'd love to get in touch with anyone else considering the same issues or get insights from others who have looked at the problems in a different context.

Thanks in advance!

Melissa W. Anderson, Ph.D.
Chemistry Instructor, Division of Natural Sciences
Student Learning Outcomes Co-Coordinator
Pasadena City College


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Samuella B. Sigmann, MS, NRCC-CHO

Immediate Past Chair, ACS Division of Chemical Health & Safety, 2020

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