Handling Glassware and Equiptment
What should you do if you break glassware?
Tell your teacher and properly clean it up.
What should you do when walking with chemicals?
You should hold the container securely and walk carefully.
What should you put on any time chemicals, heat, or glassware are used?
Laboratory goggles
What should you do if there is equipment out when you walk in To the classroom?
Don’t touch the equipment, tools, chemicals, or other materials until instructed to by your teacher
By pulling on the plug not the cord and ensure your hands are dry before removing an electrical cord.
How should you smell a chemical properly when instructed to?
You should waft it; you shouldn’t directly smell any chemicals.
What should you do if you have long hair and you are doing a lab?
You should tie it back.
Should you eat food, drink beverages, or chew gum in the laborator?
No, you shouldn’t eat or drink in the science laborator.
What should you do with glassware before you use it?
Check if it is dirty or has cracks in it.
What should you do do before you pour out a chemical?
Check the bottle to make sure its the correct one and only take as much as you need.
What kind of shoes should you wear when doing an experiment?
Closed toe shoes.
What should you do with your chair after you stand up?
Push it in to keep the aisles clear.
What should you do if you see dameged electrical equipmen such as a frayed cord or exposed wires?
You should tell your teacher right away and not use damaged electrical equipment.
What should you do with unused chemicals?
You dispose of them properly.
What should you you do with dangling jewelry while conducting a lab?
You should take it off or secure it.
How should you carry a sharp instrument while walking?
With the blade pointed away from your body.
Should you cool down hot glassware by putting cold water on it?
No, hot glassware can shatter when cold water is put on it.
What should you do when you pour chemicals from one container to another?
Hold the bottle away from your body.
What should you do if you are wearing a baggy sweatshirt on the day of a lab?
You should take it off or secure it.
What should you do after you finish cleaning up your lab?
Your should wash your hands with soap and water.