4th grade - Science Safety

If you accidentally break or spill something what is the first thing you should do?

• Pick it up and clean up after yourself.

• Shove it under the desk or in a cupboard to hide it so you don’t get in trouble.

• Tell your teacher.

• Leave it where it is so that your teacher can clean it up after class.

Safety goggles should be worn

• always when you are in the lab

• only if you don't have glasses

• when liquids or small particles could get into your eyes

• when you want to wear them

You should always taste and smell all chemicals in the lab

• true

• false

Which tool protects clothing from spills during a lab investigation?

• googles

• apron

• eye wash

• gloves

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

Which of the following items is necessary in a laboratory for safety purposes?

• Triple-beam balance
• Metric ruler
• Computer Monitor
• Fire extinguisher

The most important reasons for keeping your workspace neat is to ...

• make the teacher happy
• prevent accidents or unsafe situations
• lose materials in the lab
• prevent the room from looking messy

Students placed some frogs in a tank to study their behavior. What is the MOST important thing that students should after feeding the frogs?

• Wash the floor with soap and water

• Wash their hands with soap and water

• Rinse the frog's mouth with cool water

• Rinse the frogs with soap and water

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

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

Long hair in the laboratory must be -

• cut short
• held away from the experiment with one hand
• always groomed neatly
• tied back or kept entirely out of the way with a hair band, etc.