I. Introduction to safety in science. Making adjustments for mobility-impaired students -- Laboratory safety : welcome aboard! -- Good-bye MSDS, hello SDS! -- NSTA portal to science safety -- Getting students in the safety zone -- II. Systems to help prevent and control lab safety hazards. Engineering controls. Building safety with engineering controls -- Raining down on safety! -- Clearing the air on ventilation -- Lab fire extinguishers : here today, gone tomorrow? -- Building safety in foreign langauge -- Building safety into construction or renovations -- Laboratory relocation -- Administrative controls. General science safety. Safer administrative procedures -- The safety legal paper trail -- Overloading science labs -- "Chemicals of interest" and more -- Computer safety in the lab -- Math classes and study halls in science labs? -- Know your responsibility -- Rise of the allergens -- Lab safety : a shared responsibility -- Safety in unchartered waters -- Slippin on safety -- Tools for schools rules! -- Biological science safety. Blood-borne pathogen/OPIM hazards : zero tolerance! -- Consumer "science" in chem labs? -- Biosafety : getting the bugs out -- Sun safety : the stats -- Live animals and dissection -- Safety on the move? -- Pregnant in the laboratory -- Chemical science safety. SC3=formula for chemical management! -- Lifesaver resources for chemical selection -- Chemical storage -- Are your "bungs" on tight? -- Shock and awe : peroxide safety -- Equipment safety : UL ratings and more -- Earth and space science safety. Geology : rock solid safety -- Physical science safety. Using ionizing radiation : a hot opportunity? -- Circuit safety -- EMFs : pulling the plug! -- Personal protective equipment. Personal protective equipment : it's the law! -- Safety in the eye of the beholder -- Safety is always in fashion -- Appendixes : NSTA position statements. Animals : responsible use of live animals and dissection in the science classroom -- The integral role of laboratory investigations in science instruction -- Liability of science educators for laboratory safety -- Safety and school science instruction -- Science education for middle level students -- Learning conditions for high school science
