Chemistry classroom high school students

As we described above, it was NLCS and KEVI that pioneered the introduction of chemistry laboratories. A few other schools followed their lead, including Redland High School, Bristol,50 and St. Swithun s School, Winchester.51 St. Swithun s acquired a chemistry laboratory in 1895, after an open flask releasing chlorine gas was left deliberately in a classroom prior to a tour by the Administrative Committee (see Fig. 1.1). One of the students taking the chemistry practical examination in 1897 reminisced ... 

A high school teacher, carrying out a chemistry demonstration, was using methanol with some chemical salts when a sudden explosion occurred that burned several students in the front row. Three students received serious burns to their faces, necks, arms, hands, and legs. The other students in the classroom ran from the room. Media reported that there was a lack of safety oversight that is common in many schools and inspections are rare. 

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