Lab Safety & Scientific Method

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

• 1. figure it out as you do the lab

• 1. try several methods until something works

• 1. 
     ask the teacher before proceeding

• 1. skip it and go to the next part

If you have been injured in the lab, what should you do first?

• 1. visit the school nurse after class

• 1. see a doctor after school

• 1. 
     tell you teacher at once

• 1. apply first aid yourself

Long hair in the lab must be

• 1. cut short

• 1. held away from the experiment with one hand

• 1. always be clean and neat

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

Horseplay, practical jokes or pranks in the classroom are

• 
  always against the rules

• okay

• not dangerous

• okay if you are working alone

When you finish working with chemicals, biological specimens and other lab substances, always

1. 
   

• treat your skin with lotion

• 
  wash your hands thoroughly

• wipe your hands on your clothes

• wipe your hands with a towel

Before you leave the lab you should,

1. 
   

• 1. clean your work area and equipment

• 1. return all equipment to the proper area

• 1. wash your hands

• 1. 
     all of the above

You can eat, drink and chew gum in the lab.

• 1. True

• False

Never remove chemicals, specimens, or other equipment from the lab.

1. 
   

• True

• False

A violation of the safety contract that results in unsafe conduct in the lab may result in removal from the lab and receiving a failing grade for that lab.

1. 
   

• True

• False

Read all procedures thoroughly before starting the experiment.

• True

• False