Lab Safety

If you are not sure what to do during a lab activity:

• Guess

• Change lab partners

• Ask the teacher

• Just sit quietly and do nothing

9. Which of the following IS considered safety equipment located in the lab classrooms?

• Eyewash Station

• Emergency Shower

• Fire Extinguisher

• All of the above

Where do you find work if you are absent?

• Absent Bin & Daily Slides

• On your table

• You don't miss work when you're absent!

• Turn in trays

2. Keeping your work area neat and clean is important because:

• My teacher is a neat-freak

• I won't lose my supplies in the clutter

• It keeps the room from looking messy

• It helps prevent accidents

Which of the following is NOT a rule in Mrs. Brown's class?

• Bring prepared & bring all materials to class.

• Respect the teacher, your peers, and yourself

• Clean up after yourself and your peers

• Yell across the room to talk to your friends.

When should you look over the experiment instructions?

• After starting the lab

• Never

• It doesn't really matter! instructions are silly!

• Before starting the lab.

Why are safety goggles necessary in some lab situations?

• Improves vision.

• Prevents eye strain.

• Eye protection from heat, chemicals, or glassware.

• Fashion Statement.

8. When you walk into the room and see lab materials, what is the first thing you do?

• Run around the room

• Start the experiment

• Put on safety goggles.

• Wait patiently for instructions and leave materials alone

What is a example of lab safety?

• Keep your hair down

• Eat a snack before an experiment

• Keep your goggles on at all times

• Play around the equipment

You are injured in the lab. What is the first thing you do?

• Tell the teacher

• Run to the nurse

• Call 911

• Fix it yourself