Lab Safety Review

If there is a fire, immediately

• shout for the teacher

• run for the fire extinguisher

• throw water on the fire

• open the windows

We wear safety glasses or goggles during lab

• to avoid eye strain

• to improve your vision

• only if you do not have corrective glasses

• any time chemicals, liquids, heat or glassware are used

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

• figure it out as you do the lab

• try different things until something works

• ask the teacher before proceeding

• skip it and go on to the next part

You have been injured in the lab (cut, burned, etc.). The first thing you should do is

• visit the school nurse after class

• tell the teacher right away

• see a doctor after school

• ignore it

Long hair in the lab must be

• cut short

• held away from the experiment with one hand

• tucked into your shirt

• tied back

Horseplay (messing around), pranks and wandering are

• always against the rules

• not dangerous

• okay

• okay if you are working alone

The following activity is allowed during lab

• chewing gum

• eating

• drinking water

• none of these

Before you are dismissed from your lab station, you will need to

• clean your work area, equipment and sink

• return all equipment to the correct place

• push lab stool under the lab or put it up

• do all of these

Before you begin a lab, you should have

• read all the instructions

• asked for any clarification

• made sure you have all the lab materials you need

• done all of these

All materials in the lab, including food and chemicals, should be treated as hazardous.

• True

• False