Science Safety Rules

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

• Ask the teacher before starting

• Skip it and go on to the next part

When using a gas burner

• Keep clothing and hands at a safe distance

• Never reach over an exposed flame

• Never leave lit burner unattended

• all of the above

Playing around in the lab area is:

• Always against the rules

• Okay

• Not dangerous

• Okay if you are working alone

If chemicals come into contact with your eyes or skin how long should you wash them at the eyewash station?

• 2 minutes

• 5 minutes

• 10 minutes

• 20 minutes

You have been injured in the lab (cut, burned, etc.) First you should -

• apply first aid yourself

• tell the teacher at once

• see a doctor after school

• visit the school nurse after class

You have been injured in the lab (cut, burned, etc.). First you should:

• Visit the school nurse after school

• See a doctor after school

• Tell your teacher right away

• Apply first aid to yourself

Which of the following should you do during a lab?

• Leave the lab a mess so the janitor has something to do.

• Pick up hot beakers with your bare hands

• Never eat or taste anything from an experiment.

• Wear goggles if you feel like it.

When you walk in the room and see science equipment at your seat.  Which of the following is okay to do before your teacher starts the class or gives instructions.

• Don’t touch anything until your teacher tells you to.

• Move the science equipment out of your way so that you can set your stuff down

• Pick up the science equipment and see what it is for.

• If they are goggles pick them up and try them on to see if they fit.

It's always safe to taste an object in science class, because we don't use real chemicals in 4th grade.

• True

• False

Which of the following can you do during a lab?

• wash your hands after the experiment is over

• touch your mouth after touching a dead worm

• touch and taste liquids

• pick up broken glass