Ensuring Science Safety

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Ensuring Science Safety

• Using Lab Safety Icons

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What the TEKS Outlines

• (1)  Scientific processes. The student, for at
  least 40 of instructional time, conducts field
  and laboratory investigations using safe,
  environmentally appropriate, and ethical
  practices. The student is expected to
• (A)  demonstrate safe practices during field and
  laboratory investigations and
• (B)  make wise choices in the use and
  conservation of resources and the disposal or
  recycling of materials.

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What Are Safe Practices?

• Spend 2 minutes with people at your table
  discussing how teachers currently address
  demonstrating, and assessing students ability to
  use safe practices during experiments.

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Why Use Lab Safety Icons?

• Students who pass lab safety quizzes are not
  necessarily able to identify possible hazardous
  situations while reading lab procedures.
• Lab safety icons can be used in a variety of ways
  to ensure that all students are able to identify
  when they need to exercise caution.

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When to Use Lab Safety Icons

• What do you think this icon could mean?
• When would a student or teacher use this icon?

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When to Use Lab Safety Icons
These icons can be used throughout any lab
(in any discipline) to the extent a teacher feels
is necessary.
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Applications of Safety Icons

• With your table, brainstorm three applications of
  these safety icons.
• Teachers can embed these icons into lab
  procedures.
• Teachers can include safety icons on posters
  safety equipment (eye wash station) in the
  classroom.
• Students can incorporate safety icons into their
  own personal sequence of events.

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Discussion

• With a partner, take the sequence of events that
  you completed yesterday and determine where you
  would incorporate three of these icons.

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Additional Safety Icons

• Based on the TEKS, students are required to
  practice safe disposal recycling methods during
  labs.
• Brainstorm additional icons to support this
  standard or any addition needs that a science
  teacher may need.