Flinn MS Safety

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

• to avoid eye strain.
• to improve your vision.
• only if you don’t have corrective glasses.
• any time chemicals, heat or glassware are used.

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

• figure it out as you do the lab.
• try several methods until something works.
• ask the instructor before proceeding.
• skip it and go on to the next part.

You are heating a substance in a test tube. Always point the open end of the tube

• toward yourself.
• toward your lab partner.
• toward another classmate.
• away from all people.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• cut short.

• held away from the experiment with one hand.

• always neatly groomed.

• tied back or kept entirely out of the way

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

• visit the school nurse after class.
• see a doctor after school.
• tell the science instructor at once.
• apply first aid yourself.

In a laboratory, the following should not be worn.

• loose clothing.
• dangling jewelry.
• sandals.
• all of the above.

The following footwear is best in the laboratory.

• sandals
• open-toed shoes
• closed-toed shoes
• shoes appropriate for the weather

Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are

• always against the rules.
• okay.
• not dangerous.
• okay if you are working alone.

If a piece of equipment is not working properly, stop, turn it off, and tell

• the custodian.
• your lab partner.
• your best friend in the class.
• the science instructor.

When you finish working with chemicals, biological specimens, and other lab substances, always

• treat your hands with skin lotion.
• wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water.
• wipe your hands on a towel.
• wipe your hands on your clothes.