Directory: Reference: Education: K through 12: School Safety: Labs and Experiments (35)

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Environmental Health and Safety Index - A very large, comprehensive set of links to lab safety resources. Topics include government and nongovernment agencies, ergonomics, radiation issues, and biohazards.

Laboratory Fire Safety - From U of Oklahoma Dept. of Public Safety

The Laboratory Safety Workshop - A non-profit national center for health, safety and environmental affairs. The workshop's mission is to make health and safety an integral and important part of science education, work, and life in general.

Online Safety Manuals - Safety manuals of all types on the web.

Laboratory Safety Information - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's laboratory safety program.

Yale University OEHS - Office of environmental health and safety. Has many downloadable (pdf format) safety newsletters, manuals, and regulations.

Minimal Risk Levels for Hazardous Substances (MRLs) - Data for nearly 300 hazardous substances.

Bioethics Resources on the Web - This website provides a comprehensive catalogue of bioethics resources within the National Institutes of Health and on the web.

Safety Info.Com - Over 1000 pages of free safety information.

Incompatible Chemicals - A wide variety of chemicals react dangerously when mixed with certain other materials. Some of the more widely-used incompatible chemicals are listed here, but the absence of a chemical from this list should not be taken to indicate that it is safe to mix it with any other chemical.

New Chemistry Lab Guide - Dr. Cal's good laboratory practices and WWW chemistry information for students. Topics include lab safety, lab report writing, preparing for lab, and organic lab tips.

Safety in the Laboratory - General rules which apply to any laboratory situation.

Chemistry Safety Quiz - A short quiz that may prove surprising to you.

Animals in the Classroom - Guidelines for responsible use of animals for educational purposes.

Risk Management Internet Services - Biosafety Programs - Offering paid subscribers texts of biosafety, chemical safety, respiratory protection and hazardous wastes programs from around the world.

ScienceAware - Downloadable safety checklists, quizzes, and other handouts, as well as access to other free lab-safety materials developed especially for high school science teachers and students.

Liquid Nitrogen Safety - Safety notes and concerns for liquid nitrogen demonstrations. Liquid nitrogen is a dangerous material.

UIUC Chemical Waste and Safety Fact Sheets - The complete collection of advice and warnings offered to those working at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, all in HTML and pdf formats. Includes "101 Ways to Reduce Hazardous Waste in the Laboratory" and "Pollution Prevention in Laboratories: The How To Guide."

The High School Safety Web Pages - A simple set of pages covering all aspects of high school lab safety, including photos.

Biosafety Resources - Biosafety resources on the internet, from the American Biological Safety Association.

Allaboutcircuits.com - Electrical Safety Guide - Offers users information regarding electrical safety.

Risk Management Internet Services - Chemistry Safety - Providing paid subscribers with online access to chemical databases on hazaradous properties, carcinogenicity, toxicity and biomedical effects and chemical safety sheets.

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Chemical Safety - NIOSH databases and other resources.

Flinn Scientific - Overcrowding in the Science Laboratory - This article is intended to provide guidelines on how to help solve the problem of overcrowding in the science laboratory.

UVA/OEHS Laboratory Survival Manual - Covers safety practices, equipment use, first aid, properties of hazardous materials, MSDS, collection of waste products, and a glossary with additional references.

Hazardous Products and Compounds in the Home - Alphabetical listing of many household products and the hazardous compounds which make up these products. Many of these materials are used in labs, experiments and even art projects.

Flinn Scientific Safety - Fifteen articles ranging from 'goggle safety' to 'where and why science accidents occur.'

Laboratory Safety - Information is provided courtesy of the Department of Health, Safety & Environment at the University of British Columbia.

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