Archive: WI25: Lab Safety Considerations for Pre-Service Elementary Science/STEM Teachers, February 24, 2025

This interactive web seminar will begin with an overview of safety protocols specific for doing elementary level safer science/STEM classroom/laboratory activities with Dr. Ken Roy, NSTA and NSELA Safety Compliance Advisor/specialist and, Director of Environmental Health & Safety, Glastonbury Public Schools (CT). In addition, Dr. Kevin Doyle of Morris Hills Regional School District, NSTA Safety Advisory Board Chairperson will also be presenting.

Critical related topics for science/STEM pre-service elementary teachers addressed include legal safety standards and better professional safety practices, engineering controls, standard operating procedures, personal protective equipment, duty or standard of care and more.  Time permitting, individual questions will be answered by the presenters near the end of the program.

All individuals receive a certificate of participation and 100 NSTA activity points for attending the live seminar and completing the end-of-program survey. A certificate of participation is not awarded for watching the recorded version of the program.

This web seminar is hosted by the National Chapter for Preservice Teachers at NSTA. We invite you to register for upcoming web seminars - invite your colleagues too!

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To view the presentation slides from the web seminar and related resources, visit the resource collection. Continue discussing this topic in the community forums.

Below are comments from individuals who attended the seminar:

  • "I enjoyed the real-life photos from the classrooms, which made the PowerPoint slides come to life. I also enjoyed that Ken and Kevin did not use difficult vocabulary, which made it easy to listen to and obtain information."
  • "I liked how the powerpoint was shown throughout the whole zoom. It was nice that a moment to introduce ourselves was provided. A lot of resources and links were given throughout the meeting which I truly appreciate."
  • "I really enjoyed all the objectives for a safer elementary science/stem. This will be very helpful for me when I have to do lab activities and I will follow all these objectives so all my future students can be safer."
  • "I really enjoyed this Web Seminar and how it was targeted towards preservice teachers! It allowed me to learn practical steps that I can help my students stay safe(er)"

A certificate of attendance was deposited into participants' account page for completing the evaluation form at the end of the program.

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