STEM Sparks: May 2025
Safer Engineering and CTE Instruction
Safety for our students is a top priority, so ITEEA offers numerous free resources to aid you in creating and leading a safer classroom or lab.
While the hands-on, design-based learning nature of technology and engineering education is invaluable, the tools, equipment, materials, and chemicals students use in the classrooms can pose potential safety hazards and resulting risks.
ITEEA's wide ranging safety resources can help you answer the question “How can we provide engaging hands-on STEM learning experiences for all students in a safe setting?”
Safer Engineering and CTE Instruction utilizes findings from one of the most extensive national P-12 STEM and CTE safety research studies to date (718 teachers across 42 states) to provide practitioner-friendly safety recommendations with suggested resources. The recommendations provide implications for state education departments, professional associations, school districts/boards of education, administrators, and teachers to make data informed decisions regarding safety policies and practices to enhance STEM and CTE instruction.
Study conducted by: Tyler S. Love and Kenneth R. Roy
Visit ITEEA's Full Safety Resources Page.
