Lab Safety

Disrupting other students in the laboratory with horseplay in the lab is:

• helpful.
• allowed
• dangerous.
• the quickest way to do a job.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Helping to clean up the lab or classroom is the job of

• old students.
• transfer students.
• each and every student.
• only the teacher.

When in the lab you should wear...

• open-toed shoes.
• sandals.
• closed-toes shoes.
• no shoes.

You should report accidents to the teacher __.

• after the class is over
• immediately 
• the following day
• never

When should you look over the experiment instructions? 

• After starting the lab
• When your teacher tells you to
• Before starting the lab
• It doesn't really matter.  Instructions are silly!

Which of the following are examples of dressing appropriately in the lab?

• Pulling long hair back
• Leaving long hair down to get in the chemicals. 
• Wearing sandals

When is it OK to eat or drink in the lab?

• Always
• Never

If you break glassware in the lab, you should...

• Tell the teacher
• Clean it up quickly before the teacher notices
• Scream at the top of your lungs

Before leaving the lab you should always wash your hands.

• True 
• False

 After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes should be

• taken home
• dumped in the sink
• disposed of according to your instructor’s directions
• left at your lab station for the next class