1. Safety Rules

2. Dress Code
Many materials in the lab can cause eye injury. Goggles should always be worn when chemicals are being heated or mixed.

3. Dress Code
Wear lab aprons whenever you work with chemicals, burners, candles or when your teacher tells you to.
You may need to also wear gloves.

4. Dress Code
Tie back long hair and secure loose clothing. Remove jewelry that can hang down and interfere with working in the lab. Young ladies and gentlemen never comb their hair in lab. And ladies never put makeup on in the lab.

5. General Safety Rules
Enter the room quietly! Go directly to your assigned seat. Prepare for the investigation by getting out the materials you need & putting everything else in your backpack or folder and place it on the floor under your chair or under the table.
Keep your work area neat and clean will help reduce the risk of accidents.

6. General Safety Rules
NEVER HANDLE ANY EQUIPMENT until you are given specific permission to do so.

7. General Safety Rules
Read & listen to all directions. BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY. If you have questions or are not sure how to handle a particular chemical, procedure, or part of an activity, ASK FOR HELP!

8. General Safety Rules
HORESEPLAY can never be tolerated in the lab. Horseplay can lead to spills, broken containers, & damaged equipment.

9. General Safety Rules
Clean up your lab area completely before you leave. Your lab station should be spotless before you begin your investigation and you must leave it that way for the next group. Report all messes to your teacher.
Take extreme care not to spill anything in the lab. If spills do occur, ask your teacher immediately about proper clean-up procedures. Never simply pour substances into the trash container.
If glassware breaks or is broken before a lab begins, notify the teacher. Your teacher will clean it up and/or dispose of it in a sharps container.

10. General Safety Rules
Eating & drinking in the lab is out. When you eat or drink in the lab you run the risk of ingesting the chemicals because your food or drink may become contaminated.
This is NEVER done unless the lab calls for it.

11. First Aid
REPORT ALL ACCIDENTS TO THE TEACHER IMMEDIATELY. It doers not matter how small.

12. First Aid
Know the location of safety equipment in the classroom. This includes the fire blanket, fire extinguisher, first aid kit, eye wash station, & shower. Your teacher will administer any first aid necessary.

13. First Aid
Learn what to do in case of specific accidents. Know where to go and what to do if you get something in your eyes, if you spatter yourself with chemicals, if a fire is started, or any other emergency.

14. Safety Equipment
Fire Extinguisher- use when a fire is confined to a small area. Eye Wash Station- use if chemicals splash in eyes. Safety Shower- use if chemicals get on clothing and skin. Fire Blanket- use if clothing catches on fire.

15. Heating & Fire Safety
Always use goggles, tie back hair, & cover clothing when working with candles and burners.

16. Heating & Fire Safety
Maintain a clean work area & keep all materials away from open flames. This means lab notebooks, instruction sheets, and pencils.

17. Heating & Fire Safety
Make sure you know how to light and how to extinguish a burner. You will be instructed how to do so. NEVER leave an open flame unattended.
Never heat substances you have not been instructed to heat.

18. Heating & Fire Safety
Point test tubes or other containers being heated AWAY from you, your lab partner, and anyone else. Always watch chemicals being heated, they can splash, or boil out of their containers.

19. Heating & Fire Safety
HOT!! Chemicals that have been heated require proper handling to protect you from burns. Never grab them with your hand. Use tongs, clamps or heat gloves.

20. Chemical Safety
NEVER MIX CHEMICALS FOR THE “FUN” OF IT. You might produce something that is dangerous or explosive.
Dispose of all chemicals the way you are instructed to do.
Never return excess chemicals to their container.

21. Chemical Safety
NEVER touch, taste, or smell a chemical unless directed to do so by your teacher, Should you need to smell a chemical, do so by holding the chemical 6 inches away from you and gently waving your hand over the substance towards your nose. This will “waft” some of the fumes toward your nose without exposing you to a large dose of noxious material.

22. Chemical Safety
Use only those chemicals your teacher instructs you to. Keep lids closed on all containers. Notify your teacher if a chemical is spilled.
Keep all books, paper etc. away from chemicals.
Rinse off any chemicals that have spilled or splashed onto your skin immediately.

23. Sharp Instruments
Handle scalpels, scissors, & blades with extreme care. Point blades down toward the floor. Pass the equipment to another by handing them the handle. Always cut away from you.

24. Clean-Up Rules
When you are finished or are instructed to do so, clean up your work area & return all clean equipment to its proper place.
Wash your hands after every investigation.
Return to your table, be seated, & wait quietly for the teacher to dismiss you.