Topic: Lab Safety

Essential Question: What are lab safety rules and why are they important?

Topic: Lab SafetyEssential Question: What are lab safety rules and why are they important?

Lab Safety Rule # 1– Always follow the teacher’s

directions exactly and only do lab work when a teacher is present.

Lab Safety Rule # 2

-Conduct yourself in a responsible manner at all times. No horseplay!

Topic: Lab SafetyEssential Question: What are lab safety rules and why are they important?

Lab Safety Rule # 3

Do not touch any equipment, chemicals, or other materials until told to do so.

Lab Safety Rule # 4

Do not eat food, drink beverages, or chew gum in the lab.

Do not use lab glassware as food or beverage containers.

Topic: Lab SafetyEssential Question: What are lab safety rules and why are they important?

Lab Safety Rule # 5

Report ALL accidents to your teacher immediately, even if you think it is minor.

Topic: Lab SafetyEssential Question: What are lab safety rules and why are they important?

ClothingWear:

• Goggles/safety glasses• Closed-toed shoes• Clothing made of natural based fiber such as

cotton• Tie back long hair

Do NOT Wear:• Sandals• Jewelry• Loose or Baggy clothing

Topic: Lab SafetyEssential Question: What are lab safety rules and why are they important?

Waste Disposal

• First ask your teacher where/how to dispose of waste.

• Never pour anything down the drain unless you are told to do so.

• A waste container will be supplied for substance that cannot go down the drain.

Now take some time…

• Take 2 minutes to go over your notes and highlight or underline the main ideas that answer the essential question.

• You should not highlight everything.

What are the lab safety rules and why are they important?

Time to use the left-hand column

• Let’s write questions that go with what we highlighted or underlined.

Topic: Lab SafetyEssential Question: What are lab safety rules and why are they important?

Lab Safety Rule # 1– Always follow the teacher’s

directions exactly and only do lab work when a teacher is present.

Lab Safety Rule # 2

-Conduct yourself in a responsible manner at all times. No horseplay!

What is the first and most important lab safety rule?

How should I conduct myself at all times?

Topic: Lab SafetyEssential Question: What are lab safety rules and why are they important?

Lab Safety Rule # 3

Do not touch any equipment, chemicals, or other materials until told to do so.

Lab Safety Rule # 4

Do not eat food, drink beverages, or chew gum in the lab.

Do not use lab glassware as food or beverage containers.

When am I allowed to handle materials?

Am I allowed to eat, drink, or chew gum in the lab?

Topic: Lab SafetyEssential Question: What are lab safety rules and why are they important?

Lab Safety Rule # 5

Report ALL accidents to your teacher immediately, even if you think it is minor.

Who do I report an accident to?

Topic: Lab SafetyEssential Question: What are lab safety rules and why are they important?

ClothingWear:

• Goggles/safety glasses• Closed-toed shoes• Clothing made of natural based fiber such as

cotton• Tie back long hair

Do NOT Wear:• Sandals• Jewelry• Loose or Baggy clothing

What things should I wear and not wear during a lab?

Topic: Lab SafetyEssential Question: What are lab safety rules and why are they important?

Waste Disposal

• First ask your teacher where/how to dispose of waste.

• Never pour anything down the drain unless you are told to do so.

• A waste container will be supplied for substance that cannot go down the drain.

How should I dispose of waste after a lab?

Now let’s write a summary

• The summary is the answers to the questions you wrote in the left hand column:

– What is the first and most important lab safety rule?– How should I conduct myself at all times?– When am I allowed to handle materials, and am I allowed

to eat, drink, or chew gum in the lab? – What 2 things doI have to wear, and 2 things I cannot

wear?– Who do I report any accident to?– How should I dispose of waste after a lab?