Lab Safety and Experiment Procedures

Keep your work area and science room neat and clean is an important lab procedure.

• True

• False

The consequence if the lab procedures and lab safety are broken is to do the lab independently next time.

• True

• False

What do you not remove from the science classroom without the teacher's permission?

• Lab report

• Safety goggles

• Supplies

• Instructions

What kind of instructions should you follow during a lab?

• Teacher’s verbal

• Lab partner

• Direction on the board

• Both written and verbal

Wash your hands when?

• Before leaving the classroom

• Beginning a lab

• Whenever you feel like it

• When the bell rings

Follow all directions (written and oral) given by your teacher.

• true

• false

What type of footwear would be best worn in a laboratory?

• High Heels

• Sandals

• Sneakers

• Flip-Flops

Which of the following is an example of a safe laboratory procedure?

• tying back long hair and loose clothing

• eating or drinking from laboratory glassware

• touching hot objects with your bare hands

• testing an odor by directly inhaling the vapor

When should you look over the experiment instructions? 

• After starting the lab
• When your teacher tells you to
• Before starting the lab
• It doesn't really matter.  Instructions are silly!

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

• figure it out as you do the lab
• try several methods until something works
• skip it and go to the next part
• ask your teacher