Safety

If a fire erupts, immediately

• notify the teacher

• run for the extinguisher

• throw water on the fire

• open the window

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

• anytime 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 to the next part

After completing an experiment, all chemical

wastes should be

• left at your lab station for the next class.

• disposed of according to your teacher’s

  directions.

• dumped in the sink.

• taken home.

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut,

burned, etc.). First you should

• visit the school nurse after class.

• see a doctor after school.

• tell the teacher at once.

• apply first aid yourself.

Long hair in the laboratory must be

• cut short.

• held away from the experiment with one

  hand.

• always neatly groomed.

• 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

• dangling jewelry

• sandals

• all of the above

Horseplay, practical jokes, or pranks in the

classroom are

• always against the rules

• not dangerous

• okay

• fine if you are working alone

When handling animals, students should

• open cages only with permission.

• not tease or handle animals roughly.

• report bites or scratches to the teacher

  immediately.

• All of the above.

If a piece of equipment is not working

properly, stop, turn it off, and tell

• the principal

• your lab partner

• your bff in class

• your teacher