EHS Lab Safety

Approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) are worn in the laboratory

• to improve your vision

• so that you look super cool

• for protection any time chemicals, heat or glassware are used

If you do not understand a direction or part of a lab procedure, you should

• skip it and move on

• ask your teacher or classmates

• try different things until something works

• figure it out as you do the lab

After completing an experiment, all wastes should be

• taken home

• tossed in the trash can

• disposed of according to your teacher's directions

• left out for someone else to clean

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut, burn, etc.). First you should

• apply first aid yourself

• tell the science teacher immediately

• see a doctor after school

• visit the school nurse after class

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• tied or pinned back

• neatly groomed

• held away from the experiment with one hand

• cut short

In a laboratory, the following should not be worn.

• all of the answers

• dangling jewelry

• sandals

• loose clothing

Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are

• okay if you're working alone

• not dangerous

• okay if Ms. Dominguez isn't watching me

• ALWAYS against the rules

Work areas should be kept clean and tidy

• True
• False

All chemicals in the lab are to be considered dangerous

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Laboratory work can be started immediately upon entering the laboratory even if the instructor is not yet present

• True
• False