Lab Safety

What should you do if you break glass in the lab?

• Tell the teacher.
• Sweep up the glass.
• Pick up the glass with your hands.
• Ignore it; the teacher will clean it up when she sees it later.

Horseplay, jokes, and pranks are appropriate in the science classroom at any time.

• True
• False

Part of lab safety includes reading the lab procedure...

• before doing the lab
• while doing the lab
• after doing the lab
• only if you think you really need it

It's fine to smell chemicals directly from their containers.

• True
• False

Chemicals, lab equipment, and other lab materials

• can be borrowed for the weekend, if you have a good reason for it.

• are pretty cheap and can be used generously.

• should never be removed from the science classroom.

• need to be signed out, if you want to take them home.

During the lab it is okay to

• Have a snack
• Drink in lab
• Taste chemicals
• None of the above

Why are safety symbols important?

• So you know wha to do
• They are cool
• They tell you specific dangers
• They tell you how to do an experiment

Identify the piece of lab equipment seen in the image.

• Erlenmeyer Flask
• Graduated Cylinder
• Beaker
• Test Tube

Identify the piece of lab equipment seen in the image.

• Microviewer
• Dissecting Scope
• Microscope
• Electron Imager

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

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

• visit school nurse
• text your parent
• see a doctor after school
• tell instructor immediatly