Mock Chemical Safety Sort to Engage with Storage and Inventory

Abstract

Storage and inventory issues are not typically a part of chemistry coursework, yet they are something that a high school science teacher will have to handle immediately upon graduation. Using an authentic scenario and a set of mock chemicals, this activity is engaging and flexible and can be used as either an introduction to safety issues or as a wrap-up and extension and is suitable for a wide range of chemistry and teaching experience levels.

Experiments Safety - The State of Art at Schools in Czechia

“…This issue is even more thorny in the stiffening safety regulations which (in one chemistry teacher's career span) progressed significantly from "not breaking glassware, not burning holes in one's clothing, and keeping the occasional fire or explosion to a small scale" [22] to detailed regulations regarding compounds' storage, manipulation and also the allowed concentrations of many compounds students are allowed to work with. Recently, papers about failings in chemical compound storage [25], overlooking potential risks in chemical reaction uncertainty in Chinese materials [26] or challenges in safety and management (70 % involving laboratory chemicals posing a risk to the students) [27] were published. In addition, Fivizzani [28] pointed out with increasing attention to lab safety, questions about where and when should it be done arose.…”