Pre-Lab Safety
This should be done to long hair when working with an open flame.
Tie hair back.
This piece of safety equipment is used to wash someone if they catch on fire or spill chemicals on themselves during a lab.
Student A is using a wafting technique to detect the scent of an unknown liquid substance.
Good behaviour
This piece of lab equipment is used to measure volume of liquids during a lab.
Measuring cylinder
This type of shoe should not be worn on lab days.
Opened-toed shoes
This piece of safety equipment is used only by the teacher in case of an uncontrolled fire during a lab.
Fire extinguisher.
Student B is wearing safety goggles and a lab coat while working with baking soda and vinegar during a lab.
Good behaviour.
This piece of lab equipment is used to measure mass.
Scale (top pan balance)
These two items must be worn to protect our clothes and skin.
Lab coat and gloves.
This piece of safety equipment contains material to treat minor injuries.
First aid kit.
Student C is wearing goggles and a lab coat while reaching across a hot plate to unplug it.
Bad behaviour (no gloves and reaching across the burner)
This piece of equipment is used to look at small objects, not visible to the eye.
Microscope.
These are important to wear to protect our eyes during a lab.
Safety goggles
This piece of safety equipment is used when debris (small particles) get in your eyes.
Eyewash station.
Student D is wearing goggles and gloves while picking up broken glass from a beaker that was dropped on the floor.
Bad behavior (Tell the teacher!)
This is a piece of equipment you use to heat objects.
Bunsen Burner
According to our safety contract, hair products have this chemical property that can be dangerous during a lab with an open flame.
Flammability
This is the first person that should be made aware of any mishaps or accidents during a lab.
Teacher.
Student E sits down at the lab table and immediately begins to read the lab directions and mixing unknown chemicals as indicated by the directions.
Bad behavior. (The teacher did not tell them to start)
This piece of lab equipment is used to time experiments.
Stopwatch.