 |
| Credit: Joe Schroeder, Fox 59 |
INDIANAPOLIS — Several students and a teacher were injured Thursday at Southport High School when a large glass bottle exploded during a chemistry class demonstration.
According to an email sent to Southport teachers and obtained by FOX59/CBS4, the incident occurred just after 12 p.m. in a chemistry lab during a “whoosh bottle demonstration.” The explosion reportedly shattered a “large glass bottle,” Principal Amy Boone wrote to teachers.
The email said the teacher performing the demonstration and multiple students received “minor injuries.” One student will reportedly require stitches, according to the email, while the rest of the injured students either returned to class or were released to a parent.
It's rather shocking to me that the teacher used a glass bottle (doesn't seem like a great idea), but I guess we'll find out more (or not.)
While I get the fascination with fire and booms, real-life chemistry as practiced bends over backwards to avoid fire. These teachers are teaching what NOT to do.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine the looks I would get if I tried to get a hot-work permit to perform this experiment.
This country has short-changed education for decades, and now we're seeing it blow up in our faces. Now literally in addition to figuratively.
ReplyDelete