Safety 1st
Be calm, walk, do not eat, chew gum, or drink at the lab stations.
What is Safe Lab Behavior?
Use resources and ask for help. If an accident happens, tell the teacher and then learn how to take care of it safely. Wear Goggles when instructed and don’t horse around.
What is Rules for Lab Safety?
To protect your eyes during the lab from chemicals or glass, wear when instructed by the teacher.
What is splash goggles?
With teacher direction, if something is in your eye, gently push the lever forward and put your eyes just above the nozzle to rinse.
What is the Eye wash Station?
To clean up & put broken glass in so it doesn’t rip the regular trash bag.
What is the broken glass bucket?
Close toed shoes, tie back long hair, avoid long loose sleeves
What is how to Dress for labs?
If something breaks in class- use these to clean up the mess, not your hands.
What is a dust pan and broom?
With teacher direction, remove from the red container, cover fire with blanket to smother until fire is out.
What is a Fire Blanket?
One type of qualitative observation we never make in the science lab...
What is tasting?
Return materials, clean out glassware, ready for the next group.
What is how to clean up the lab station?
A steel bar and flint that creates a spark when pressure is applied. Used to light a bunsen burner.
What is a Striker?
To use when experiments are letting off fumes that are not good to inhale, as directed by the teacher.
What is the Fume Hood?
Door used to leave the building when the emergency alarm sounds- use the closest staircase, exit the building, walk to the turf as instructed & stand in the designated line.
What is the fire exit door?
With teacher direction, if covered in chemicals, gently pull the handle down, push back up to turn off -there is no drain - do not play with it.
What is the safety shower?
Connect to a gas jet with a rubber hose, adjust to create a safe flame used in labs.
What is a bunsen burner?
Push the black button to turn off the gas when instructed by the teacher. There are 2 of these.
What is the Emergency Gas Shut Off?
You should only smell chemicals by...
What is Wafting (hand motion)?
Properties that can be used to identify a substance (sample of matter)...
What is characteristic properties?
With teacher direction, remove from wall, Pull pin, Aim at base of fire, Squeeze handle, Sweep back and forth.(PASS)
What is the Fire Extinguisher?