Lab Equipment Scavenger Hunt

In your spiral, go to your Table of Contents page In your spiral, go to your Table of Contents page. Under “Safety Notes” write “Lab Equipment”

On the right, write down the page number YOU started the lab equipment notes on. It may be different from your neighbor.

Now, go to your page titled “Lab Equipment” and get ready to take notes.

Cut out the three strips of lab equipment and paste onto your paper.

For each item, write down the name, it’s function and if there is a task on the card, the answer.

safety goggles To protect the eyes from chemicals, fumes and objects.

lab apron To protect the body and clothing from chemicals.

plastic gloves To protect the hands from chemicals and pathogens (things that make you sick).

triple beam balance To mass objects. Grams is the standard unit for science. Task: What is the mass of the object?

microscope To view very small object or to look at parts of an object at a cellular level. Task: Try to focus on and see the slide.

Microscope Parts Eyepiece (Ocular Lens) Body Tube Revolving Nosepiece Arm Objective Lens Stage Stage Clips Coarse Adjustment Knob This may, or may not, be the same version of the microscope used in class. Students will be identifying the parts and functions of the parts on the microscopes at their desks as we go along. Diaphragm Fine Adjustment Knob Light Source Base

microscope slides Used with the microscope to fix a specimen or object.

slide cover slips Used with the microscope slide to prevent the object or specimen from falling off of the slide.

hot plate Used to heat chemicals, glassware etc.

ceramic plate Used with the hot plate. Place anything that needs to be heated on the tile.

tongs Used to pick up and carry hot objects or containers with corrosive chemicals.

test tube Used to hold substances for viewing, mixing or testing.

test tube clamp Used to hold test tubes over a burner flame or to hold hot tubes.

test tube rack Used to hold test tubes.

erlenmeyer flasks Used to measure, hold and/or mix chemicals Task: how many milliliters of liquid are in the flask?

graduated cylinder Used to measure the volume of liquids Task: how many milliliters of liquid are in the graduated cylinder?

beaker Used to measure, hold and/or mix chemicals. Task: how many milliliters of sand are in the beaker?

meter stick Used to measure length. Always use metric numbers for science (meters, centimeters, millimeters) Task: measure the object.

thermometer Used to measure the temperature of substances. For science, use the Celsius side. Task: What temperature is the liquid in the graduated cylinder?

spring scale Used to measure force. Some can also be used to mass objects. Task: What force is required to hold up the block?

petri dish Used to hold biological substances or to grow bacteria, fungi, mold etc.

pipette (eye dropper) Used to transfer liquids for mixing, viewing, or testing Task: Practice pulling liquid into the pipette.