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American Chemical Society Safety course and resources

by , posted on 9:23 AM, October 13, 2021
Coming out early next year, ACS is developing an online chemical safety course. Other chemical safety resources are available now.
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The National American Chemical Society is working with the regional Minnesota ACS chapter to develop an online chemical safety course designed for middle and high school science teachers. The course will be free and possibly provide continuing education units to those that participate.  Look for more information early next year. The regional ACS chapter is developing a database of "Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)" for chemical demonstrations. This will also become available to teachers. The ACS wishes to enhance the use of chemical demonstrations in the classroom so that they are safe, appropriate to the curriculum and easily prepared. 

Meanwhile, the ACS has several resources that are free and available to science teachers. These include: 

Six High School Safety Videos : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLG7h7fPoH8IZ6i2rfDK0zVoompXayRL_

A pdf document Guidelines for Chemical Laboratory Safety in Secondary Schools.

And other resources that can be downloaded at

https://institute.acs.org/lab-safety/education-and-training/high-school-labs.html