Learning Module: Safety Data Sheets (SDS) - Instructor Guides

By Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME)

Southwest Center for Microsystems Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

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Abstract

A Safety Data Sheet (SDS) contains valuable information and OSHA required information on a chemical - its physical and chemical properties, potential hazards, proper methods for storing and transporting, and much more.  This learning module provides information on the requirements and content of Safety Data Sheets, how to locate a specific SDS, and how to interpret it.  Activities allow students to demonstrate their ability to locate a specific SDS and to extract and interpret important safety information. (Note:  The SDS used to be called a Material Safety Data Sheet or MSDS.)

This learning module includes the following.

  • Learning Module Map (Guide for instructor)
  • Pre-assessment
  • Reading Material: Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
  • Presentation:  Safety Data Sheets
  • Activity:  SDS Research
  • Activity:  SDS for KOH (Potassium Hydroxide)
  • Assessment: KOH SDS interpretation
  • Assessment

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Submitter

MJ Willis

Southwest Center for Microsystems Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

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