Lab Safety

What do you do if a fire breaks out during a lab?

• Run!

• Tell the teacher

• Just watch it burn

why do we use goggles/eye protection?

• to stop our eyes from hurting

• to help you see the board

• to look cool

• to protect your eyes from chemicals, heat, or broken glassware

If you don't understand something about a lab, what should you do?

• ask the teacher!

• just skip that part of the lab

• figure it out on your own

• ask your best friend in the class

after completing an experiment, all chemical waste should be

• left at your lab station for the next class

• disposed of according to your teacher's instructions

• dumped in the sink

• taken home

You just cut your finger on a piece of broken glass, what should you do?

• go see a doctor after school

• tell the teacher!

• go see the nurse

• take care of it by youself

( Fill in the blank) Long hair should be ____________ in the laboratory.

• tied back

• cut

• down

• curled

(True or False) Horse playing is allowed in the laboratory

• true

• false

when using a razor blade or scalpel, always cut materials

• away from you

• towards you

• to your hand

• perpendicular

(True or False) It is okay to pick up broken glass with your bare hands as long as the glass is placed in the trash can

• true

• false

Laboratory work may be started immediately upon entering the laboratory even if the teacher is not yet present

• false

• true