Send this poster home with the activity, or hang it where families pick students up.
What is on the poster
For students and the adult supervising. The activity is done as written, with an adult, every time.
Do
- Have an adult supervising, at every grade.
- Read the whole activity first, step by step.
- Use only the product the activity names.
- Read its label: the signal word, the hazard, the first aid.
- Wear the protective equipment the activity lists: splash goggles, nitrile gloves, an apron.
- Put everything away afterward, out of reach of younger children.
- Clean up and dispose of it as the activity and the label say.
Never
- Swap in a different product or brand without asking your teacher.
- Mix household products that are not meant to be mixed.
- Use an open flame, a stove or any heat source.
- Use anything labeled DANGER or POISON.
- Start without the protective equipment the activity needs.
Something swallowed or splashed? Call Poison Help, 1-800-222-1222: free, confidential and open around the clock.
Built to the Science Safety Teaching Standard
This poster carries the SSTS mark. Like every Science Safety course, it is built to the Science Safety Teaching Standard (SSTS): every rule on it is taken from the body that governs it, at its current edition, and the source is printed on the poster, so you can check it yourself.
Stay current
When you get this poster, it is saved to your Science Safety account. If we revise the poster, or the Preplanning At-Home Activities module it comes from changes, we will email you, and the latest version will be waiting under Downloads in your account. Every revision carries its revision number and date at the bottom of the poster, so you can tell at a glance whether the copy on your wall is current.
Printing and hanging
- One-page PDF, US letter (8.5 by 11 inches).
- White background, so it prints clearly on any office or classroom printer without using much ink.
- Send it home with the activity, or hang it where families see it.
- The QR code in the blue title band opens this page, so anyone can get their own copy.
- The QR code at the bottom opens the Preplanning At-Home Activities module.
Learn more
The Preplanning At-Home Activities module teaches the full topic this poster comes from.
Sources:
- At-Home Science and STEM Activities Approval Document (2022) – National Science Teaching Association (reviewed October 2, 2026)
- Safer Remote Instructional Guide, Grades 6 to 12 – National Science Teaching Association (reviewed October 2, 2026)
- 15 U.S.C. 1261, Federal Hazardous Substances Act – Legal Information Institute (reviewed October 2, 2026)
- Poison Help, 1-800-222-1222 – America's Poison Centers (reviewed October 2, 2026)
Poster SSP-0059, Rev. 1, October 2026.
