Science Laboratory Safety Assessment

If a fire erupts, immediately

• notify the teacher.

• run for the fire extinguisher.

• throw water on it.

• open the windows.

Approved eye protection (safety goggle/safety glasses) are worn in the laboratory

• to avoid eye strain.

• to improve your vision.

• only if you do not have personal eyeglasses.

• any time chemicals, heat or glassware 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.

• try several methods until something works.

• ask the teacher before proceeding.

• skip it and go on to the next part.

After completing an experiment, all chemical waste should be

• left at the lab station for the next class.

• disposed of according to your teacher's directions.

• dumped in the sink.

• taken home.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut, burned, etc.). The first thing you should do is

• visit the school nurse after class.

• get a band aid from the first aid kit.

• tell the teacher.

• call your parent.

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• cut short.

• held away from the experiment with one hand.

• tucked into your shirt.

• tied back or kept out of the way with a hair band, etc.

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the classroom are

• always against the rules.

• okay.

• not dangerous.

• okay if working alone.

If a piece of laboratory equipment is not working properly or cracked/chipped,

• stop doing the laboratory activity.

• work with another group.

• tell the teacher and ask for a new piece of equipment.

• continue with the laboratory activity.

Which activity is permitted in the Science laboratory?

• Eating

• Drinking

• Take animals out of the Science room

• None of the above

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

• treat your hands with hand sanitizer.

• wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water.

• wipe your hands on your clothes.

• none of the above.