Safety in science

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

• A. To improve your vision
• B. To make you look like a bug
•  C. To give you headaches
•  D. To protect eyes around chemicals, heat, or glassware

Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are...

• always against the rules.
• okay.
• not dangerous.
• okay if you are working alone.

It is OK to start a lab before you read all the directions.

• True
• False

Goggles are worn during science experiments--

• only if you don't have glasses
• to protect your eyes any time chemicals, heat or sediments are used
• to improve vision
• to avoid eye strain

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

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

Cleaning up the science classroom is the job of -

• each student
• new students
• the teacher
• old students

Which of the following is allowed during a Lab?

• Horseplay
• Running
• Gum
• Asking questions

Always point the open end of a test tube

• toward yourself
• toward your lab partner
• toward another classmate
• away from people

If you don't understand the directions, what should you do?

• Figure it out
• Try something until it works
• Ask the teacher for help
• Skip it

The FIRST thing a student should do in a science investigation is -

• read the steps of the investigation
• clean off the table
• get out safety equipment