Lab Safety Rules

Keeping your work area neat and clean is important because:

• My teacher is a neat-freak

• I won't lose my supplies in the clutter.

• It keeps the room from looking messy.

• It helps prevent accidents.

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut, burn, etc.) The FIRST thing you should do is...

• visit the school nurse after class.

• see a doctor after school.

• tell the science teacher immediately.

• apply first aid to yourself.

Approved eye protection devices (such as goggles) are worn in the laboratory

•  to avoid eye strain

• to improve your vision

• only if you don’t have corrective glasses

•  any time chemicals, heat or glassware are used

Read all procedures thoroughly before entering the laboratory

• True

• False

When is it OK to eat or drink at the lab tables?

• Always

• During group work, but not during lab activities

• Never

• During lab activities

Work areas should be kept clean and tidy

• True

• False

Which rules were broken in this scenario: Phineas and Ferb were playing catch with a glass beaker in the middle of a lab. Ferb dropped the beaker and it shattered into many pieces. Phineas distracted Ms. Coleman while Ferb picked up the glass and threw it away in the trash can.

• No horseplay in the lab

• No eating or drinking in the lab

• Tie back long hair in the lab

• tell Ms. Coleman IMMEDIATELY if there is an accident

• Do not touch broken glass! (and broken glass goes in a special container, NOT the trash can)

Which of the following are lab safety rules?

• no eating or drinking in the lab

• no running in the lab

• we wear pink on Wednesdays

• tie back long hair

• only blue pens are permitted in the lab

True or false: If you can't find the lab materials you need, its OK to go into the supply room if Ms. Coleman is busy talking to another student.

• true

• false

True or false: You should always read the lab directions even if Ms. Coleman just finished explaining everything.

• true

• false