Lab Safety - Dartmouth 8th Grade

If a fire erupts...

• Run for the fire extinguisher

• Throw water on it

• Open the windows

• Notify the teacher

Approved eye protection devices (such as 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 laboratory procedure, you should

• .figure it out as you do the lab.

• ask the teacher before proceeding.

• try several methods until something

  works.

• kip it and go on to the next part

After completing an experiment, all chemical wastes should be

• left at your lab station for the next class.

• dumped in the sink

• disposed of according to your teacher’s directions

• taken home

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• cut short.

• always neatly groomed

• held away from the experiment with one hand

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

Which of the following should NOT be worn during a laboratory activity?

• loose clothing

• sandals

• dangling jewelry

• all of the above

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the classroom are

• always against the rules

• not dangerous.

• okay if you are working alone

When handling animals, students should

• open cages only with permission

• .report bites or scratches to the teacher immediately

• not tease or handle animals roughly

• All of the above

When using a razor blade or scalpel, always cut material

• away from you

• in your hand.

• toward you

• perpendicular

Before you leave the science room, you should

• clean your work area and equipment.

• wash your hands with soap and water

• return all equipment to the proper

  storage area

• All of the above