Archive: SP22: Lab Safety Considerations for Pre-Service Elementary Science/STEM Teachers, February 24, 2022

This interactive web seminar session will begin with an overview of safety protocols specific for doing elementary level safer science/STEM laboratory activities with Dr. Ken Roy, NSTA and NSELA Safety Compliance Advisor/specialist and Dr. Kevin Doyle of Morris Hills Regional School District, NSTA Safety Advisory Board Member.  

Critical pandemic related topics for science/STEM pre-service elementary teachers addressed include legal safety standards and better professional practices, engineering controls, standard operating procedures, personal protective equipment, duty 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 for and by the National Chapter for Preservice Teachers at NSTA. We invite you to register for upcoming web seminars at NSTA.

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Below are comments from individuals who attended the seminar:

  • "Critical pandemic related topics for science/STEM pre-service elementary teachers addressed include legal safety standards and better professional practices, engineering controls, standard operating procedures, personal protective equipment, duty of care and more."
  • "I really loved learning all that I did and liked learning new safety tips I didn’t know before."
  • "I've learned a lot from this webinar, since we been facing the pandemic, there's some knowledge from us that will help to every individual on how to be safe, on how to care ourselves."

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

For more information contact: [email protected]

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Mary Hess
Mary Hess

Safety First!

This is a great overview of safety in the classroom for elementary school. It was a nice reminder the importance of the role students and teachers play when conducting experiments. A valuabl... See More

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