Lab Safety

Before starting an investigation or lab procedure, you should

• try an experiment on your own

• open all containers and packages

• read all directions and make sure you understand them

• handle all the equipment to become familiar with it

If you get hurt or injured in any way, you should

• tell your teacher immediately

• find bandages or a first aid kit

• go to the principal's office

• get help after you finish the lab

When working with materials or chemicals that might fly or splash into the air and get into your eyes or someone else's eyes, you should wear (Choose all that apply)

• goggles

• an apron

• gloves

• a hat

Before doing experiments involving a heat source, you should know the location of the

• door

• windows

• fire extinguisher

• overhead lights

When working with a flame or heat source, you should

• tie back long hair that hangs in front of your eyes

• heat substances or objects inside a closed container

• touch an object with your bare hand and see how hot it is

• throw hot objects into the trash when you are done with them

As you cut with a knife or other sharp instrument, you should move the instrument

• towards you

• away from you

• vertically (up and down)

What lab safety violations do you see in the image? Choose all that apply

• There is a broken beaker on the floor

• There is a fire blanket, first aid kit, and fire extinguisher in the lab

• Savannah is not using a pipet

• There are scissors in the outlet

• Lindsey doesn't have her hair tied up

When heating a test tube, it is important to point the test tube

• towards your partner

• towards yourself

• away from you and others

• downward

What type of shoes should you wear in a lab?

• flip flops

• purple pumps

• closed toed shoes

• none, go barefoot

Helping to clean up the lab or classroom is the job of

• old students.
• transfer students.
• each and every student.
• only the teacher.