Celebrating the often-overlooked skills developed in chemistry practical classes
Where else do you get such an opportunity to tinker with things?
I often wonder if the most useful skill I learned in my undergraduate teaching labs was how to wash up! These days the closest I get to using glassware is my annual homemade apple juice production. Despite having worked in a university as a safety professional for many years, I don’t get to go in the lab very much and when I do it is generally to have a look at what someone else is doing rather than donning a lab coat and getting stuck in myself.