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Laboratory Safety Rules and Cautions
Laboratory Safety Rules and Cautions
1. Think about what you are doing at all time. Read the experiments before starting, note for
the hazards before you begin and be prepared for the unexpected. Think not only for your own 1. There are two sides of the ISN, LEFT side and RIGHT side. The LEFT side is called
safety but that of others working around you. the PUPIL’S OUTPUT. The RIGHT SIDE is called the TEACHER’S INPUT.
2. Safety goggles and glasses must be worn and experiments that require them, shoes with 2. The LEFT side is student directed, it is original, individual interpretations and reactions
tops (not sandals) are also required. to the material. e.g. Illustrations, flow charts, foldable.
3. Report act at once any accidents, he experiments however minor, report it to your teacher.
3. The LEFT SIDE may be done by the student to process information through:
4. Do not perform unauthorized experiments in the laboratory. Do only the experiments
specify by your teacher.
5. Know the location of the fire extinguisher and the nearest first aid kit. Poetry and song lyrics Flow charts Lab and self biography
6. At no time the student be permitted to work in the laboratory alone.
Cartoons/doodles Sketches Pictures
7. Never aim the opening of the test tube of the flask in which reaction is taking place at your
place or anyone else. Reflections Concept maps Timelines
8. Never leave an experiment while it is being heated or reacting. Venn diagram Mind mapping Posters
9. Be very cautious when checking the odor of a substance. When observing the odor of the Charts Answering prompts Worksheets
substance, fill your lungs half-full or air, then cautiously inhale the vapors as you wave them
towards your nose. If the vapor is irritating, the air that you inhaled first will let you exhaust it
quickly from your nostrils.
4. The RIGHT side is where student learn new information. It may include notes, articles,
10. Never put anything in your mouth while working in the lab. Eating, drinking, and smoking lab procedures, or other assignments. It may include fact-based answers. It is used for
are not allowed. Do not pipette bulb to draw liquid. writing down facture information.
11. Carry out experiments in the fumes hood when ask to do. Allow irritating or toxic fumes
to be vented away from you and the others in the lab. 5. PAGES are never removed from the ISN.
12. Clean up any spilled reagents immediately. Ask your teacher for assistance if you are not 6. Color is important part of the notebook.
sure how to clean up a particular chemical.
13. Lubricate the stopper and glass tubing with glycerine. Protect our hands a gentle twisting 7. Glue or tape should be used to fasten output. NO STAPLES or PAPER CLIPS.
motion.
8. Key ideas are underlined in color or highlight.
14. Bundle long, loose hair so it will not become a fuel for a nearby burner.
15. Think about what is hot and what is not. A common injury in the laboratory occurs when 9. If a student is absent, he/she must ask the right input from the teacher or another
someone tries to hurry things along and grabs a ring stands, glass or burner before it has had student.
time to cool off. As the first safety rule says “THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING
ALL THE TIMES.” 10. If it is last, make another / new ISN for the quarter.
NOTEBOOK EVALUATION SHEET
NOTEBOOK EVALUATION SHEET
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