Directory of Labs and Experiments Resources

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Intended as a resource for all school subjects (especially biology, chemistry and physics) regarding safety in labs and in conducting research or experiments. Most material will have a target audience of high school or college professionals and/or students, but none of the sites are so technical that nonprofessionals will have trouble with them. This is not a category for products which enhance safety. This is for information which, if read and followed, will lead to safer labs and lab behavior.

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• Biology Education
• Chemistry Education
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• Lasers and Laser Pointers
• MSDS
• Physics Education
• Research Ethics
• Teacher Liability Issues

Resources in This Category

• Allaboutcircuits.com - Electrical Safety Guide

  http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_3/index.html
  Offers users information regarding electrical safety.

• Chemistry Safety Quiz

  http://daphne.palomar.edu/safetyquiz/
  A short quiz that may prove surprising to you.

• Incompatible Chemicals

  http://msds.chem.ox.ac.uk/incompatibles.html
  A wide variety of chemicals react dangerously when mixed with certain other materials. Some of the more widely-used incompatible chemicals are listed here, but the absence of a chemical from this list should not be taken to indicate that it is safe to mix it with any other chemical.

• MSDS Quiz

  http://www.ilpi.com/msds/quiz/
  A seven part on-line tutorial and quiz that introduces the reader to Material Safety Data Sheets.

• NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Chemical Safety

  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/chemical-safety/
  NIOSH databases and other resources.

• Safety Info.Com

  http://www.safetyinfo.com/
  Over 1000 pages of free safety information.

• The Laboratory Safety Workshop

  http://www.labsafetyinstitute.org/
  A non-profit national center for health, safety and environmental affairs. The workshop's mission is to make health and safety an integral and important part of science education, work, and life in general.

• Yale University OEHS

  http://ehs.yale.edu/
  Office of environmental health and safety. Has many downloadable (pdf format) safety newsletters, manuals, and regulations.

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