1. A Mad Scientist’s Lab Safety Presentation
Rules and Guidelines
This PPT may need to be adjusted for your specific classroom situation.

2. The Big No-No’s No eating or drinking in the lab.
This means no gum, cough drops, applying chapstick, chewing hair ends, holding a pencil in your mouth, nail-biting, etc.
Never use lab glassware as food or drink containers.
Never taste any substances or draw any material into a tube with your mouth.
Never inhale chemicals.
No Horseplay of any kind
No unauthorized experimentation

3. Protect Yourself… Use proper safety protection Goggles for eyes
Lab apron to protect clothes
Gloves to protect hands (chemical/heat)
Tie hair back…its flammable!
Roll up long sleeves & remove dangling jewelry.
Touch substances only when told to do so
Smell substances using the proper technique (wafting fumes toward you)
Wash hands after handling substances and before leaving the Lab
WAFTING: Be sure to have your students demonstrate their technique. Make sure they are using the proper form…a cupped had pulled across the opening to their nose…it is NOT waving at the object or with fingers spread.

4. Lab Procedures Prepare a clear work environment
No books in the way
Only materials need for lab
Read ALL instructions and wait for permission to start; do not touch materials until instructed
Work quietly and carefully
Observe good housekeeping practices.  Work areas should be kept clean and tidy at all times. 
Clean up all spills Immediately AND inform the teacher

5. More Lab Procedures
Dispose of broken glassware as instructed by your teacher
Report broken or damaged equipment immediately (DO NOT USE IT)
Clean up work area completely when you are finished
Wash/dry all glassware thoroughly and return as directed by your teacher
Report all accidents to the teacher immediately (no matter how minor)

6. Protect Yourself… NEVER TASTE and always WAFT when checking odors
Know about MSDS forms
Material Safety Data Sheets
Show proper storage and handling of chemicals
Discuss hazards and safety when using chemicals including disposal
NEVER TASTE and always WAFT when checking odors
Use carefully, especially when pouring and measuring

7. Safety Equipment… What and Where?
Demonstrate Eye Wash station and point out all locations of safety equipment in your area.

8. Symbols… General Warning Corrosive Biohazard Fire Explosive Poison
NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
(NFPA) HAZARD LABELS
Explosive
Poison

9. When entering the classroom, a student sees the lab setup above
When entering the classroom, a student sees the lab setup above. What should the student do next?
Turn on the water faucet
Cut the leaves into small pieces to prepare for the experiment
Organize the lab equipment so everything is ready to begin
Wait for the teacher to give instructions
Wait for the teacher to give instructions

10. To be safe, which of these should not be worn when collecting grass samples from a large field?
A. Gloves
B. Long pants
C. Sunscreen
D. Open-toed shoes
Open-toed shoes

11. Which item would be safe to mix with chlorine bleach?
A. Sulfuric Acid
B. Ammonia
C. Vinegar
D. Water
Water