At the start of each semester, our department begins our chemistry seminar series with a presentation on laboratory safety. All chemistry faculty, staff, graduate students, under-graduate research students, and student laboratory assistants are required to attend. Many of these individuals have sat through these seminars for several years; they feel the seminars are boring and repetitive. In order to enliven these safety presentations, I have created a cooperative online trivia game featuring questions about lab safety. I believe this method of instruction provides a fun and challenging learning environment. In the past, our department has tried direct instruction (1), slide presentations, videos, and skits (2). It has been my experience that this lab safety trivia game is a great alternative method for teaching lab safety.
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