Lab Safety Assessment

Why are approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) worn in the lab?

• To improve your vision

• To make you look like a bug

• To give you headaches

• To protect eyes from chemicals, heat, or glassware

You are in lab and your partner accidentally gets their hair stuck in a triple beam balance. What should your partner have done BEFORE the lab to avoid this?

• Worn a hat to class

• Skipped class

• Got a hair cut

• Tied/pulled their hair back

What should you do when gathering materials for an experiment?

• Read all directions carefully

• Check all materials for chips/cracks or they are broken

• Clean the materials if they seem dirty/used

• All of the above

Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are...

• always against the rules

• okay

• not dangerous

• ok if you are finished with your work

When conducting an experiment in the lab, you should always follow this list of steps that anyone could follow to conduct the experiment...

• observations

• materials

• procedures

• questions/answers

It is OK to start the lab before you read ALL of the directions.

• True

• False

Goggles are worn during science experiments --

• only if you don't have glasses

• to improve vison

• to protect your eyes from chemicals, heat or other objects

• to avoid eye strain

If you have been injured in a lab, first you should...

• apply first aid yourself

• tell the teacher immediately

• see a doctor after school

• visit the school nurse later that day

Cleaning up the laboratory is the job of --

• each student

• the teacher

• new students

• students who finished first

A group of students was dissecting a flower. One student ate a petal and dared another student to do the same. What safety rule is being broken?

• Never eat, drink, or sniff anything in the lab

• tie back your hair

• keep your work area clean

• dispose of extra supplies in designated containers