MANUAL GRADES K- SAFETY SCIENCE

1 SCIENCE SAFETY MANUAL GRADES 6 12 NYC Department of Education Greg Borman Director of SCIENCE Ingrid Buntschuh Citywide Instructional Lead, High School SCIENCE Sasha Ban Senior Program Manager, Citywide SCIENCE Programs Additional Contributors Denise McNamara, former Director of SCIENCE Office of Curriculum, Instruction, & Professional Learning March 2022 52 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 Acknowledgments This 2021 edition is a revision and update of the SCIENCE SAFETY MANUAL K 12 that was previously published in 1997 and 2008. It was produced under the auspices of Dr. Linda Chen, Chief Academic Officer; Lawrence Pendergast, Deputy Chief Academic Officer of Teaching and Learning; Lucius Young, Senior Executive Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Learning; and Miguel Cordero, Executive Director of STEM.

2 The project coordinator was Sasha Ban, Senior Program Manager of Citywide SCIENCE Programs in the Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Learning. Denise McNamara, former Director of SCIENCE , and Thomas Evangelist, Assistant Principal of Physical SCIENCE at Brooklyn Technical High School, contributed information and resources to the initial draft of this document. Ingrid Buntschuh, Citywide Instructional Lead, High School SCIENCE , Adaliz Gonzalez, Citywide Instructional Lead, Midde School SCIENCE , and Greg Borman, Director of SCIENCE , contributed content and feedback. Technical assistance and review was provided by Emerson Greenidge, Director, NYCDOE Office of Occupational SAFETY and Health; Bernard Orlan and John Shea, Division of School Facilities; Jay Findling, Office of SAFETY and Youth Development; and Marianna Azar, NYCDOE Institutional Review Board.

3 James Palcik, Director of Education, SAFETY , and Compliance at Flinn Scientific, Inc. contributed technical feedback and resources for the MANUAL s appendix. Jennifer Long and Junior Linton, United Federation of Teachers and Sandy Camacho, Fire Department of New York, reviewed the manuscript. Karen Solimando, NYCDOE Legal reviewed the final document. Kenneth Priester edited the MANUAL . The manuscript was designed and prepared for publication by Vanguard. Table of Contents Who Is Responsible for SAFETY in the Secondary (6 12) Setting: Stakeholders and Responsibilities ..4 General Directions for School Principals in GRADES 6 12.

4 8 General Directions for School Assistant Principals .. 15 General Directions for Lab Specialists or SCIENCE Assistant Principal .. 18 General Directions and Responsibilities for Secondary School SCIENCE Teachers .. 24 General Directions for Custodians .. 28 General Directions for Secondary School SCIENCE 30 What Is Involved in SCIENCE SAFETY at the Secondary School Level .. 33 General SAFETY Procedures ..33 Equipment and Supply Usage and Storage .. 40 Disposal of Appliances and Equipment ..47 Safe Use of Tools in SCIENCE and STEM Classrooms .. 47 Humane and Safe Treatment of Live 52 Section 1: Best Practices in Use of Live Animals in 52 Section 2: New York State Humane Education Laws.

5 55 Section 3: Alternatives to Having Animals in the Classroom .. 57 Dissection and Dissection 58 Best Practices for Dissections .. 59 SAFETY with Microbiology and Biohazardous Materials ..62 General Requirements for BSL-1 Microbiology 62 Human Body Fluids, Cells and 66 Biohazard 67 Sterilization and Disposal of Microbiological 67 Heat and 69 Incandescent Lamps .. 70 Heat-Generating 70 Light and Lasers ..73 SCIENCE SAFETY MANUAL | GRADES 6 12 v Chemical, SAFETY , Usage, Preparation, and Disposal ..76 General SAFETY with 76 Acids and Bases .. 80 Green Chemistry and Less-Hazardous Alternatives.

6 81 Handling Chemical Spills .. 81 Chemical Storage and 82 Fire Department of New York (FDNY) Certificate of Fitness Requirement for Chemical Laboratories ..86 FDNY Laboratory SAFETY 89 SAFETY During Outdoor or Offsite Investigative Activities .. 96 Field 96 98 Other Offsite Activities ..99 Student Research and Participation in SCIENCE Fairs, Symposia, Journals, and other Public Events or Publications ..100 DOE Policy on NYC Public School Students Conducting Research in 100 Information about Student Research Projects Involving Animal Test 102 Information about Student Research Projects Involving Potentially Hazardous 103 About the NYCDOE Institutional Review Board.

7 103 Additional SAFETY Precautions for Life sciences , Earth SCIENCE , Chemistry, and 105 Life 105 Earth 108 Physics ..111 Chemistry ..115 DUE TO EDITS PAGE REFLOW HAS OCCURRED AFTER PAGE 100 SCIENCE SAFETY MANUAL | GRADES 6 12 vi Appendices Part I: Contracts, Training/Meeting Resources, and Sign-Off 117 a.

8 Student Laboratory SAFETY Contract ..119 b. Safe and Humane Treatment of Classroom Animals Student Contract .. 121 c. Sample Letter for Dissection Opt-Out ..123 d. SCIENCE SAFETY MANUAL Sign-Off Sheet for e. SCIENCE Department Conference/ SCIENCE Teacher Meeting Sample 126 f. SCIENCE SAFETY Walkthrough g. Checklist of Collectible Documents with Timelines ..156 h. D-15 Certification Holder Scenarios ..157 i. Laboratory Risk Assessment Tool for Hazard 159 Part II: Links to Laws, SAFETY Codes, and General SCIENCE SAFETY Resources .. 169 a. National, State, and Local Codes.

9 171 b. List of FDNY Codes and Rules for Non-Production Chemistry Laboratories .. 172 c. Guidelines for New York City Community Right-to-Know Laws .. 173 d. New York City Department of Education Chemical Hygiene Plan and New York City Department of Education Hazard Communication Plan .. 175 e. SAFETY Telephone Numbers and f. Sample FDNY Permit ..178 Part III: Managing Hazards and a. Steps to a Safe and Clean Laboratory: Managing Chemical Inventory and 181 b. Eye Protection Requirements ..182 c. Glove and PPE d. Substances Identified as Human Carcinogens by NIOSH.

10 185 e. f. Chemical Removal Form for g. List of Banned Substances, Equipment, and 191 h. NYCDOE IRB: Additional Information on Human Subjects Research .. 214 Part IV: Safe Storage, Usage, and Disposal of a. Chemical Container Labels ..219 b. Chemical Inventory c. Specific Chemical Incompatibilities ..225 d. Suggested Shelf Storage Patterns ..227 e. Maximum Quantities of Storable f. Chemical Spills ..231 g. Hazardous Waste Management ..234 SCIENCE SAFETY MANUAL | GRADES 6 12 vii Introduction SCIENCE education has undergone significant changes since the New York City Department of Education SCIENCE SAFETY MANUAL was last published in 2008.