This study aimed to explore inclusion, perceived importance, and perceived value of occupational safety training (OST) within secondary education career and technical education (CTE) programs among current administrators/coordinators of a secondary education CTE school program. It further aimed to obtain insights into whether schools have…

Discusses a study that identified factors that contribute to the most successful eye safety programs. Findings are applicable to most eye safety hazards involving protection from flying objects. (JOW)

Highlights the importance of considering the hazards, precautions, and emergency procedures pertinent to the safe handling of chemicals before introducing students to the laboratory. Discusses safety hazards depending on the chemical's properties including flammability, corrosivity, toxicity, and reactivity; eye protection; and physical hazards.…

Highlights the guidelines for assuring safety that are endorsed within the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Pathways to the Science Standards. Discusses findings of an ongoing study of 500 science teachers that indicate science teacher understanding of the National Science Education Standards and NSTA's guidelines as they relate to…

The author outlines options available to protect students' and teachers' hearing in noisy vocational education laboratories. (CH)

Reports the results of a National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) study that analyzed science classroom safety. Examines the potential need for a national safety indexing system to rank states with regard to science safety. (DDR)

In Washington, the existence of driver education programs is being threatened by tough economic times. To determine the opinions of teenage drivers about their traffic safety education (TSE) experience, the process of learning to drive, and the licensing of 16- and 17-year-olds, 10 percent of TSE students (N=1,070) were surveyed. Further data were…

A scientist explains how commercial smoke detectors work. (BT)

Describes an activity in which teams of students locate laboratory safety equipment in a scavenger hunt contest. (WRM)

Provides information regarding spill control systems in chemical and biological laboratories. Various methods currently in use are described. Suggestions are made for the use of absorbents. (CS)

This student module on marine and longshoring safety is one of 50 modules concerned with job safety and health. This module outlines the requirements for safe operations in the longshoring industry, including procedures for handling cargo. Following the introduction, eight objectives (each keyed to a page in the text) the student is expected to…

This reference guide is designed to organize and suggest acceptable practices and procedures for dealing with safety in the area of biology instruction. It is intended as a reference for teachers, administrators, and other school staff in planning for science activities and in making daily safety decisions. Discussions deal with responsibility for…

This reference guide is intended to organize and suggest acceptable practices and procedures for dealing with safety in the area of chemistry instruction. It is intended as a resource for teachers, administrators and other school staff both in planning for science activities and in making daily decisions concerning safety. Sections include…

Discusses some problem areas as they presently exist in many secondary school laboratories in Australia, and presents some views on how safety in science should be presented to the Australian students. (Author/HM)