Lab Safety

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

• Always
• Never

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.

I must follow all instructions, written and verbal, about the laboratory procedures given by the teacher.

• True
• False

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

You should never ______ chemicals in the lab. 

• taste
• touch
• smell
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

If you are not sure what to do during a lab activity:

• guess
• change lab partners
• ask a teacher
• just sit quietly and do nothing

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

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

What is the CORRECT procedure for students to follow if a chemical is spilled?

• Stand back and advise the teacher of the spill.
• Run madly out of the room.
• Splash large amounts of water onto the spill.
• Immediately ask to go to the restroom.

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

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