Dear Ralph:
Ken's blog might be of interest to the CHAS members. Thanks. Marta
"Planning for Safety in a Temporary Science Instructional Space: Hands-On in a Temporary Science Classroom" - If science teachers conduct these hands-on lab activities in typical
classrooms, which do not meet legal safety standards and/or better professional safety practices for science, they and their school district are open to serious legal implications should a safety incident take place and someone become injured. Check out the
Dec. 2020 NSTA Safety Blog Commentary by Dr. Ken Roy at:
Kenneth R. Roy, Ph.D.
Chief Safety Compliance Adviser
National Science Teaching Association (NSTA);
Safety Compliance Officer
National Science Education Leadership Association (NSELA);
Safety Committee Member
International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE);
Director of Environmental Health & Chemical Safety,
Glastonbury Public Schools (CT);
General Manager / Senior Safety Adviser
National Safety Consultants, LLC
34 Tallwood Drive
Vernon, CT 06066
USA