Lab Safety Lesson
Directions: Complete the following activities to gain a better understanding of what it means to be safe in a science lab. Use your lab safety contract and the information below to complete each activity on your own sheet of paper. This is a grade and a failing grade will result in your inability to participate in labs/inquiries until a time when you can demonstrate your understanding of these rules and expectations.
Materials Needed: Computer, Lab Safety Contract, Loose Leaf Paper, Writing Utensil
This is an INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY. You should not work with or speak to anyone else. If you have a question, please raise your hand.
Materials Needed: Computer, Lab Safety Contract, Loose Leaf Paper, Writing Utensil
This is an INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY. You should not work with or speak to anyone else. If you have a question, please raise your hand.
Activity 1: Read the lab safety contract. Seriously, just read it.
Activity 2: Picture Analysis
Review each picture below. Then, answer the lab safety questions above each picture. Reference your lab safety contract as needed. Be sure to number your answers correctly and answer each question in a complete sentence.
Sample Student Paper
Picture 1
1. List two unsafe activities depicted in this illustration and explain how they should be altered to make them safe.
2. What pieces of safety equipment should be used to put out the fire?
1. List two unsafe activities depicted in this illustration and explain how they should be altered to make them safe.
2. What pieces of safety equipment should be used to put out the fire?
Picture 2
3. How should Rick correct his technique?
4. Are these students behaving appropriately? If not, what should they be doing differently?
3. How should Rick correct his technique?
4. Are these students behaving appropriately? If not, what should they be doing differently?
Picture 3
5. Compare Evelyn's technique with Kwan's technique.
6. Whose technique is the correct one and why?
5. Compare Evelyn's technique with Kwan's technique.
6. Whose technique is the correct one and why?
Picture 4
7. Identify three unsafe activities shown in this picture.
8. Explain alternative procedures for each activity you identified above.
7. Identify three unsafe activities shown in this picture.
8. Explain alternative procedures for each activity you identified above.
Picture 5
9. Describe Jarvis' error. Who in this scenario is performing a correct procedure?
10. Identify two unsafe activities here.
9. Describe Jarvis' error. Who in this scenario is performing a correct procedure?
10. Identify two unsafe activities here.
Picture 6
11. What is unsafe about Ernie's behavior?
12. Why is Lydia's behavior appropriate? Why is it important in a laboratory setting?
11. What is unsafe about Ernie's behavior?
12. Why is Lydia's behavior appropriate? Why is it important in a laboratory setting?
Activity 3: Lab safety videos. **If you do not have headphones please turn off your volume and watch the videos using the CC (close caption) feature of YouTube.**
Watch each video below. Then, answer the analysis questions listed below. You should continue to use the same piece of paper.
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13. Why is lab safety important?
14. What is one new thing you learned from the Amoeba Sister video?
15. What is one new thing you learned from the Lab Rules music video?
14. What is one new thing you learned from the Amoeba Sister video?
15. What is one new thing you learned from the Lab Rules music video?
