Product Details
Safer hands-on STEM is essential for every instructor and student. Read the latest information about how to design and maintain safer makerspaces, Fab Labs and STEM labs in both formal and informal educational and community settings. The book is easy to read and provides practical recommendations and examples for instructors, administrators and media specialists. If your community or school system is looking to design or modify a facility to engage students in safer hands-on STEM activities, then this book is a must read! Includes the following topics:
- Federal safety standards
- Safer professional practices
- Safety controls
- General biological/biotechnology, chemical and physical hazards
- Facilities construction and renovations with floor plan examples
- Descriptions and pictures of exemplar makerspaces, Fab Labs and STEM labs
- Frequently asked safety questions
189 pages, 8½" x 11", spiral bound, soft cover.