Lab Safety

Which of the following safety rules is INCORRECT?

• Do not start lab until all your questions are answered.

• Horseplaying with your group and others is allowed

• Clean your area completely after the investigation.

• Return and discard supplies/waste as directed by teacher.

Students are using heat, chemicals and glassware in a laboratory experiment. Which of these is the best method of eye protection?

• Safety goggles

• Contact lenses

• Prescription glasses

• Eye protection is not needed

A student is finished working with chemicals or biological specimens. Which of these is best for the student to do before leaving the laboratory?

• Wipe hands on clothing

• Rinse hands with water

• Treat hands with skin lotion

• Wash hands with soap and water

If you break glassware in the lab, you should...

• Tell the teacher

• Clean it up quickly before the teacher notices

• Scream at the top of your lungs

Part of lab safety includes reading the lab procedure...

• before doing the lab

• while doing the lab

• after doing the lab

• only if you think you really need it

When equipment is broken or not working properly, what should you do?

• Quickly repair the equipment.

• Let your classmates know you shouldn't use the equipment.

• Tell your teacher immediately about the problem.

• Clean up the mess made from the broken equipment.

What should you do with long hair during a lab investigation?

• Keep it clean

• Keep it brushed

• Keep it straight

• Keep it tied back

If you do not understand a direction or part

of a laboratory procedure, you should:

• figure it out as you do the lab.

• try several methods until something

  works.

• ask the teacher before proceeding.

• skip it and go on to the next part.

You have been injured in the laboratory (cut,

burned, etc.). First you should:

• visit the school nurse after class.

• see a doctor after school.

• tell the teacher at once.

• apply first aid yourself.

What should a student do if equipment is not working properly in the laboratory?

• Tell the science teacher

• Continue to try to use it

• Tell you lab partner to fix it

• Find another piece of equipment.