Product Details

• Directors: American Chemical Society
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: September 3, 1991
• Run Time: 35 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0841219001
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #483,726 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Actor

This product is now available on DVD. Please refer to ASIN 0841239894. The DVD contains the complete contents of the videotape and adds features including film-style captions that can be turned on or off using standard DVD control features and random access of the various sections of the content.

Product Description

This unique video lets students learn about lab safety from their peers. Let your students watch as other students--from both high school and college--demonstrate safe ways to use common laboratory equipment. They'll see for themselves why safety techniques are vitally important--and what can happen when they're ignored!

Use this video all year long to reinforce safety concepts as you teach new chemical concepts. It's simple. Before you begin a new procedure, just show students the relevant section of the tape. It will remind them of important safety tips--and cut down on dangerous mistakes.

Topics

Lighting and Using a Bunsen Burner.
Heating Glassware Safely.
Using Safety Equipment.
Dressing Appropriately for the Lab.
Responding to Common Accidents.
Using Thermometers and Glass Tubing Safely.
Using Proper Behavior in the Lab.
Using the Centrifuge Safely.
Using Emergency Equipment.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining Chem-safety, July 11, 2000

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David Frantz (Bradenton Florida,) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Starting with Safety: An Introduction for the Academic Chemistry Laboratory [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This "Introduction to the Academic Chemistry Lab" is the most entertaining and informative safety film I have seen. Probably the best aspect of the film is that the consequenses of bad choices and actions in the lab are played out before the viewers. All good science students are curious and this film lets them see first hand what dangerous accidents can happen. The actors are very authentic in their presentations. The film is relavent, creatively presented and concise in its instruction. I highly recomend it for your introduction to "lab safety" for any science course.

David Frantz High School Science instructor Florida schools

4.0 out of 5 stars Starting to be dated---but still good, March 15, 2007

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palegreenhorse "palegreenhorse" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Starting with Safety: An Introduction for the Academic Chemistry Laboratory [VHS] (VHS Tape)

ACS did a good job putting together a video that follows some basic laboratory safety principles. It is well organized and repeats information to make sure the students at least have some remembrance of the safety information. My favorite scene is where a hand is stabbed with a glass tube that is being inserted improperly. It always evokes a chuckle from the audience (that is awake).

However the film is dated enough that ACS no longer supports it, the clothing is from my generation not the students that are watching it now, and a few of the recommendations are no longer valid (such as not wearing contacts in lab).

From what I have searched there is no good replacement for this video that is so concise and broad in topics. So it is still worth showing but I dearly wish that ACS would produce a new version.

5.0 out of 5 stars Now available on DVD, January 20, 2006

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ACS producer (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Starting with Safety: An Introduction for the Academic Chemistry Laboratory [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This product is now available on DVD. Please refer to ASIN 0841239894. The DVD contains the complete contents of the videotape and adds features including film-style captions that can be turned on or off using standard DVD control features and random access of the various sections of the content.