Lab Safety and Equipment

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

• ask the teacher before proceeding.

• skip it and go on to the next part.

• figure it out as you do the lab.

• try several methods until something works.

It is okay to pick up broken glass with your bare hands as long as the glass is placed in the trash can.

• True

• False

Do not leave a lit burner unattended.

• True

• False

Read all procedures thoroughly before performing a laboratory investigation.

• True

• False

You should never ______ chemicals in the lab. 

• taste
• touch
• smell
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

When in the lab you should wear...

• open-toed shoes.
• sandals.
• closed-toes shoes.
• no shoes.

Which of the following is considered safety equipment in the classroom?

• Eyewash Station

• Emergency Shower

• Fire Extinguisher

• All of the above

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!

Long hair in the laboratory must be 

• tied back or kept entirely out of the way with a hair band, hairpins, or other confining device
• always neatly groomed
• held away from the experiment with one hand
• cut short

Flammable materials should never be used near:

• A. An open door

• B. An open flame

• C.Another student

• D. A sink

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3