| DOES THIS ACTIVITY INVOLVE OR USE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? | YES | NO |
| Category: General Safety |
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| Unsupervised science activities |
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| Electricity |
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| Flames (including matches, candles, |
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| Batteries |
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| Mercury thermometers |
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| Lasers |
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| Glassware |
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| Sharp objects (pins, needles, scalpels, probes, scissors, or iron filings) |
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| Category: Biological Safety (Life Science) |
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| Blood or other body fluids, such as saliva, mucus urine and vomit |
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| Bacteria |
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| Poisonous plants |
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| Poisonous fungi |
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| Aquatic organisms |
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| Animal dissections |
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| Owl pellets |
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| Live animals |
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| Allergens |
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| Sense of smell activities |
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| Category: Chemical Safety (Physical Science) |
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| Chemicals |
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| Science activity kits |
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| Latex products, including gloves, balloons, and band-aids |
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| Category: Soil, Rocks and Minerals Safety (Earth Science) |
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| Soil |
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| Rock and mineral identification |
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| Rock collections |
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| Disclaimer: additional safety concerns may exist. The authors of this article do not intend to identify every safety issue but rather provide a general guideline for elementary teachers to follow in safely selecting science activities to use in their classroom. | ||