Science safety rules

Someone spills a liquid in the floor during a lab. What should you do?

• Clean it up and keep working

• Tell the teacher immediately

• Ignore it and finish your lab

You notice science equipment on a table in your classroom and know that there is a lab today. What should you do?

• Start the lab without asking permission

• Move the supplies to your desk and wait

• Do not begin until told to do so

You notice your lab partner’s long sleeve shirt keeps knocking lab material onto the floor. What should you do?

• Ignore it, nothing bad has happened yet

• Politely remind them to fix their sleeve

• Get really mad when something breaks and you get in trouble

As you enter the science lab your friend is chasing a classmate around your lab station and a beaker gets broken. What do you do?

• Offer to go with him to tell the teacher

• Help him clean it up secretly

• Leave it, hoping it will go unnoticed

Your teacher has a list of clean-up duties for each lab station. When it’s almost time for the lab to end, you are instructed to begin cleaning up. What should you do?

• Let your lab partner do the work

• Ignore the teacher, it’s not your mess

• Do your part to help clean up

You are doing a lab using food coloring, baking soda, vinegar, and a glass beaker. What safety gear should you wear?

• Goggles and apron

• Apron, goggles and gloves

• Apron only

You are doing a lab using gummy bears. You really want to eat one, but the directions do not say to do so. What do you do?

• Eat just one, it won’t matter

• Secretly eat your lab partner’s gummies

• Follow all directions exactly and wait until you are instructed to do so

Select all the lab safety rules

• Listen and wait

• Wear safety gear and clean up when you’re done

• No loose clothing

• No running

• Tell the teacher if there is an accident