Lab Safety

When performing a lab, the best shoes to wear are...

• the most comfortable shoes for the day.

• closed toe shoes like athletic shoes or boots.

• flip flops

• super cute shoes that match my outfit no matter what.

If a laboratory fire erupts, immediately...

• notify your instructor

• run for the fire extinguisher

• throw water on the fire

• run outside

Approved eye protection devices,like 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 glassware are used.

If you do not understand a direction or part of a lab procedure, you should

• figure it out as you do the lab.

• try different methods until something happens.

• skip that part.

• ask your friends.

• ask the instructor before moving on.

Oh no! You accidentally broke a microscope slide. You should (Hint: Microscope slides are made of glass.)

• pick it up and put it in the garbage can.

• pick it up using paper towels and put it in the garbage can.

• pick it up using paper towels and put it in the broken glass box.

• tell your instructor.

• push it quietly in the sink so you do not get in trouble.

If a chemical gets on your eyes, you should

• Use the sink and splash water on your eyes.

• Use the safety shower.

• Use the eyewash station, which will require you to hold your eyes open under the running water.

• Rub your eyes with a wet paper towel.

You should wear gloves if

• Each time you do a lab

• You work with liquids

• You work with specimens or chemicals

• Only when the instructor tells you to

True or False. All chemicals can be poured down the drain to dispose of them.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

If you are working with an open flame,

• Be aware of the flame

• Know how to turn it on and off

• Know how to properly heat

• Keep all flammable materials away from the flame

• All of the above

How many fire extinguishers are in Ms. Lopezś class? (If you do not know, ask Ms. Lopez.)

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4