Science Safety Rules

If a fire erupts,immediately

• notify the teacher

• run for the fire extinguisher

• throw water on the fire

• open the windows

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

• to avoid eye strain

• to improve your vision

• only if you do not have corrective glasses

• any time chemicals, heat or glass ware are used

if you do not understand a direction or part of a laboratory procedure, you should

• figure it out as you do the lab.

• skip it and go to the next part

• try several methods until something works

• ask the teacher for help before proceeding

after completing the experiment , all chemical waste should be

• dumped in the sink

• taken home

• left at your lab station for the next class

• disposed of with teachers instructions

if you have been injured in the lab, you should first

• visit the nurse after class

• tell the teacher

• see a doctor after school

• apply first aid to yourself

long hair in the lab must be

• cut short

• always neatly groomed

• held away from experiments with one hand

• tied back with a hair band

which of these should not be worn during a laboratory experiment

• loose clothing

• dangling jewelry

• sandals

• all of the above

joking around in the classroom is

• okay

• against the rules

• safe

• okay if you are working alone

when handling animals, students should

• open cages with permission

• not tease the animals

• report bites or scratches to the teacher immediately

• all of the above

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

• your mom

• your friend

• your lab partner

• your teacher