by msander | Jan 25, 2017 | All Science Teachers, Safety
Supporting science . . . by stressing safety. That’s the intent of an annual lab safety workshop for teaching candidates, arranged and hosted by the Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario (STAO). Every year, volunteers from STAO—a professional non-profit educational...
by msander | Jun 8, 2015 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry, Gr. 11-12 Physics, Safety
The Dow Chemical Company provides an excellent comprehensive series of lab safety modules outlined in the screenshot above. A significant portion of the content covers safety concerns in post secondary institutions, However, this resource still provides plenty of...
by msander | May 14, 2015 | All Science Teachers, Safety
As the curriculum requires students to have concrete hands-on experience, this often involves building models, platforms, and simple apparatus to demonstrate science principles. As a result teachers frequently supply soldering guns, hot glue guns, hammers, nails,...
by msander | Apr 23, 2015 | Gr 1-3 Science & Tech, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Safety
Safety in Elementary Science and Technology is written for elementary school teachers and administrators to provide guidance for the safe delivery of hands-on science and technology programs to students. The resource focuses closely on the elementary science and...
by cbrookallred | Apr 6, 2015 | Safety
Question to the STAO Safety Committee Can resonance rods do damage to a person’s hearing, especially if the demonstration is repeated several times during the day? Response Tanya Malusev from Arbour Scientific measured the sound intensity. The maximum value...
by cbrookallred | Mar 23, 2015 | All Science Teachers, Safety
The STAO Safety Committee frequently responds to questions that Ontario teachers pose regarding safety in their science facilities. Here is a sample: Question Recently, the safety of PTC paper, used widely for demonstrating the ability to taste vs the inability to...
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