1. SAFETY AND WHMIS

2. HOW TO BE SAFE IN A SCIENCE CLASSROOM
THINGS TO BE AWARE OF BEFORE ENTERING A LAB
HOW YOU SHOULD BE DRESSED DURING A LAB
Exits
Fire Alarm
Fire Extinguisher
Eye wash station
Fire blanket
Info on chemicals
NO contacts
Safety glasses
Closed toed shoes
No “dangling” jewelry
Hair tied back
No baggy clothes

3. HOW SHOULD YOU ACT IN THE LAB HOW SHOULD YOU WORK WITH OPEN FLAMES
No horseplay
Follow all instructions
Know how to put it out
No flammables nearby
HOW YOU SHOULD WORK WITH CHEMICALS
HOW YOU SHOULD CLEAN UP SPILLS
No direct touching or smelling unless teacher says that it is okay
Wash skin with SOAP if contact occurs
Flush out eyes if contact occurs
Tell teacher first while someone stays with the spill
Wipe away

4. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOU BREAK GLASSWARE
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU ACT IRRESPONSIBLY
Tell teacher first while someone stays with it
Sweep glass, wipe with moist paper towel
Never clean yourself, have the teacher do it!
Kicked out of lab, but report still due
Kicked out of all future labs

5. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHMIS STANDS FOR?
Have an open discussion with ideas written on the board
- Tell them what it stands for = Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

7. WHAT DOES THIS SYMBOL MEAN?

8. IF SOMETHING HAS THIS SYMBOL ON ITS CONTAINER DO YOU THROW IT OUT IN THE GARBAGE?

9. WOULD YOU LEAVE ANYTHING WITH THIS WARNING NEAR AND OPEN FLAME?

10. A CHEMICAL HAS THIS SYMBOL ON IT, WHAT SHOULD YOU BE WORRIED ABOUT?