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Sponsoring Local Section:
Kentucky Lake
Contact
Information:
Keith Butler, Chair
5 Lowery LN
Trenton, TN
38382
Phone 731-414-6598
e-mail kbutler@aollc.biz
Name of
Proposal and Brief Description:
“Safety in the High School Laboratory”
A workshop for high school chemistry teachers and other science
stockroom persons in the area to focus on safety in regards to
storage of chemicals, waste management and laboratory procedures.
Co-Sponsoring Local Sections:
None
Co-Sponsoring Divisions:
None
Program Description: A one day
Laboratory Safety workshop will be held in a location near the
geographical center of the Kentucky Lake
Section. Invitations
will be sent to secondary school systems within the Section
encouraging administrators to allow their laboratory science
teachers to attend. The
workshop will be advertised as a “Professional Development” event
which may meet local requirements for in-service hours but no
continuing education units (CEUs) will be issued.
There will be no charge for attendance but pre-registration
will be required. Those
pre-registered will receive guidance documents and reference
materials for laboratory safety, hazardous materials handling, and
hazardous waste management.
Both invited speakers and local resources will be utilized to
provide seminars on relevant topics.
Event:
Laboratory Safety Workshop.
Preliminary topics to be
covered include:
·
Personal Protective Equipment
·
MSDS
·
Experimental Design for
Hazard Minimization
·
Waste
Management/Environmental Stewardship
·
Proper Storage of Hazardous
Materials
·
Storeroom Inventory and Shelf
Life
·
General Laboratory Safety
Literature will be provided for attendees to take home.
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Our speakers will be encouraged to use live demonstrations and
multi-media presentation aids whenever possible.
Light snacks and beverages will be provided two or three times during
the workshop. Attendees
will be responsible for their own lunch.
Mileage reimbursement will be provided for one vehicle from
each school system.
Program Impact: Because of anecdotal observations
of rusty cans of ethyl ether, pounds of mercury, jars with corroded
tops or illegible labels, combined storage of acids and bases, etc.
in our high schools, members of our section believe there is an
urgent need for reform in the way our secondary school chemical
storerooms are managed.
This workshop will not correct years of neglect but it is
hoped that teachers and managers will be made aware of overlooked
hazards and of the resources and options they have to remove those
hazards. It is hoped
that the ultimate impact of this workshop will be to create a
better, safer place for our children to have their first laboratory
experience.
Budget:
Up to a maximum $2994 based on the following formula ;
1)
48.5 cents per mile for travel expense for each participating school
district. (Estimated total 15 districts traveling 100 miles round
trip $728)
2)
Up to $300 for light snacks and beverages for 25 attendees.
3)
Up to $1000 travel reimbursement for invited speakers.
(2 hotel rooms at $100 plus $800 total mileage.)
4)
Up to $130 for advertising and postage.
5)
Up to $586 for literature purchase and reproduction expenses
to including the following:
a.
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards @ $15 each + 15% shipping
with CD PDF version and tutorial for its use ($431)
b.
ACS - Chemical Safety for Teachers and Their Supervisors, Grades
7-12 @ $2.50 each + 15% shipping ($72)
c.
Laboratory Safety Institute's "The Golden Rules of Chemical Waste
Disposal" wall chart reproduced locally for $3.30 each with approval
from LSI. ($83)
2.
Up to $250 contingency. (APPROVAL PENDING)
Evaluation Plan: After completion of the
workshop, surveys will be distributed to presenters and attendees.
Feedback from the participants will be evaluated by the Local
Section Executive Committee. A
brief report evaluating the workshop will be written and forwarded
to the National ACS Office of Local Activities.
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