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Steve, RoSPA (the Royal Soc for Prevention of Accidents - www.rospa.org.uk ) has some excellent safety resources for children and teachers, as does the HSE (www.hse.gov.uk ) The HSE has just updated its education pages with links to copious guidance from a wide range of different people. There's a link from their front page. You can also find the lists of banned substances associated with the COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) regulations, most of which you'd have to be mad to want to play with anyway, whether in a classroom or other setting. The HSE position is always that you can do anything as long as it doesn't contravene the regulations, and you've conducted a proper risk assessment and put in place suitable and sufficient controls to minimise risk "so far as it reasonably practicable". Where working with young people you should take account of their "lack of experience, or absence of awareness of existing or potential risks or the fact that young persons have not yet fully matured" when conducting risk assessments. (This quote is a paraphrase of part of the Management of Health and Safety at Work regulations 1999) Cheers Colin -----Original Message----- From: psci-com: on the public understanding of science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Allman Sent: 30 September 2004 09:37 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [PSCI-COM] Water Safety Messages Hello, Ben Craven and I have been asked to look into communicating water safety messages using exhibits (e.g. don't play near a river, watch out for strong currents etc.). I remember the old seventies advert of 'Death' creeping up behind little Johnny as he tried to recover his ball from a canal lock, but wondered if anyone out there had come across an exhibit or exhibition that promotes this type of message (whether it is water safety, road safety or any other). If you have, could you let us know where it was, what the exhibit/exhibition was like and what you liked about it. Thanks for your help. Best Wishes, Steve Allman and Ben Craven Steve Allman, ohm projects. t. +44 (0)141 334 9539 m. +44 (0)7905 500 751 w. www.ohmprojects.co.uk ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk **********************************************************************