Dress Code & Prep
You must wear these over your eyes whenever chemicals, heat, or glassware are present.
What are safety goggles?
Do this immediately if any accident, spill, or injury occurs.
What is reporting it to the teacher?
The proper technique used to safely smell a chemical in the lab.
What is wafting (fanning the scent toward your nose)?
Use these tools instead of bare hands to move hot glassware or containers off a burner.
What are heat-resistant gloves or tongs?
The requirement regarding horseplay, running, or pranks during lab time.
What is zero tolerance / they are strictly forbidden?
This foot protection rule must be followed during labs—no flip-flops or sandals allowed.
What are closed-toe shoes?
The minimum amount of time you should rinse your eyes or skin if a chemical splash occurs.
What is 15 minutes?
What you should never do with unused chemical leftovers after completing an experiment.
What is returning them to their original containers?
What you must do to glassware before applying heat or putting liquids in it.
What is examining it for cracks or damage?
The teacher status required before students may enter or work in the lab.
What is present in the room?
Do this to long hair and loose items before starting a lab.
What is tying long hair back and removing/securing baggy items?
Use these two items instead of your hands to clean up broken glass.
What are a dustpan and a brush?
Unless specifically authorized by your teacher, these three consumer activities are strictly forbidden in the lab.
What are eating, drinking, and chewing gum?
The dangerous outcome of plunging hot glassware directly into cold water.
What is shattering/breaking the glass?
Two key safety steps you must complete before starting any lab procedure.
What are reading all written procedures and listening to verbal instructions?
You must do this to your hands immediately after completing any lab activity.
What is washing them with soap and water?
Broken glass should never go into regular trash cans; it goes here.
What is the designated broken glass bucket?
Unless explicitly instructed, you should never do these three physical actions to any chemical.
What are touch, taste, or smell?
What you should never do while looking at a beaker or tube actively being heated.
What is looking directly into the top of the container?
The two location-based facts every student must know before beginning a lab.
What are where safety equipment is located and how to use it?
Always carry sharp tools like scalpels pointing in this direction and away from your body.
What is pointing down?
The critical requirement for using the eyewash station properly during a chemical splash.
What is keeping your eyes open continuously?
You should always hold and move containers of chemicals in this physical position relative to your body.
What is away from your body?
The safety violation associated with stepping away briefly from an active gas burner or hot plate.
What is leaving a lit burner or hot plate unattended?
The rule regarding performing experiments that were not explicitly assigned.
What is only performing authorized experiments?