Archive: FA25: Lab Safety Considerations for Pre-Service Elementary Science/STEM Teachers, September 29, 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:

  • "Both presenters were engaging in answering questions and providing solutions."
  • "I enjoyed how thorough the presenters were. They gave clear examples of what to do and what not to do when planning for experiments and properly storing the items needed for them."
  • "This was one of the more engaging presentations I have sat in on and I learned way more than I thought I was going to. Overall, I appreciate getting the opportunity to learn more about how to be safer in a science classroom."
  • "What I enjoyed most about this webinar is the helpful resources that were provided to ensure that we always deliver scientific experiments in the safest ways possible. I found some of the photos that were included quite interesting because I have never been in a laboratory where materials were not stored properly, which can put students' lives in danger."

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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Presenters

  Ken Roy
Kevin Doyle

Grade Levels

Early Childhood Elementary

Topics

Sensemaking

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