Safety in Science

Look at the safety tool. Identify how it keeps you safe during classroom investigations.

• It protects your hands

• It protects your eyes

• It protects your clothes

Identify why your teacher might ask you to wash your hands during a classroom investigation

• To keep you from getting shocked

• To get rid of things that could harm your skin and eyes

• To keep things from getting broken

A student is starting a classroom investigation. She is using new materials. Identify how she can learn to use the materials.

• Follow other students

• Do what she thinks is best

• Ask the teacher to show her how to handle them

During an outdoor investigation you get a few grains of sand in your eyes. Identify which safety practice you should have followed.

• Wearing safety goggles

• Wearing a lab apron

• Wearing gloves

Handling insects during outdoor investigations can leave germs on your hands. Identify which safety practice you should follow when handing insects.

• Handle insects with the tip of your fingers

• Wash your hands after handling insects

• Bring insects into the classroom before viewing them.

You collect water from a pond using glass tubes during an outdoor investigation. Identify what you should do if a tube breaks.

• Try to clean up the glass

• Pretend like you did not break the glass

• Tell a teacher

When should you show safe practices by wearing safety goggles in the classroom?

• When working with plants

• When working with water

• Any time something could harm your eyes

Which is not an outdoor science safety rule?

• Join in horseplay

• Never taste anything

• Throw away litter

You are doing an outdoor investigation. Which shows that you are using materials correctly?

• Wasting paper towels

• Cleaning plastic beakers

• Leaving tools outdoors

Which is not an indoor science safety rule?

• Tell your teacher if you break something

• Wipe up spills right away

• Touch electric outlets