PERSONAL
SAFETY
--Every person shall wear eye protection devices when using
corrosive, toxic, reactive, or irritating chemicals and during
hazardous activities.
--Wash your hands before removing your goggles and leaving the
laboratory.
--Never be a practical joker in the laboratory.
--Laboratory aprons must be worn when working with hazardous
solutions.
--If you do not understand how or why to do a task, ask your
instructor for help. If there is any doubt in your mind, ask your
instructor.
--Some chemicals can be harmful to a fetus. If pregnant, or suspect
pregnancy, notify your science teacher or school counselor.
--Tie back long hair. Secure loose clothing to the body and remove
loose fitting coats and jackets.
--In classrooms functioning as a laboratory, no eating or drink
will be allowed.
ROOM SAFETY
--Learn the location of the eyewash station and fire extinguishing
devices and how to use them.
--Before leaving the laboratory be certain that gas and water lines
at your station are shut tightly and that all equipment and
supplies are placed in their proper places.
--Off-limits designation for any area or demonstration is to be
strictly observed by students.
I
KNOW THE LOCATION AND USE OF:
-- Fire Extinguisher and Eye Wash
-- Fire blanket and Emergency Evacuation Route
LAB
SAFETY SKILLS
-- Follow your instructor’s oral and written instructions
before, during and after all laboratory
activities.
-- Read an assigned investigation carefully before beginning it,
noting all cautions listed.
-- Work deliberately and with definite purpose, but do not
hurry.
-- Keep the workspace at your station and your apparatus clean and
in good order.
-- Read the label carefully before taking anything from a bottle
or container. Using the wrong
-- material could result in serious injury.
-- Know what you are doing. Be wary of what neighboring students
are doing.
MATERIALS
SAFETY
· All chemicals should be regarded as hazardous unless your
instructor informs you otherwise.
· Never mix or heat chemicals unless you are directed to do
so.
· When mixing concentrated acids and water, always pour
acids into water slowly and stir constantly.
· When observing the odor of any liquid, do not smell it
directly. Use your hand to fan the odor towards you.
· Never taste a chemical or a solution or touch chemicals
with your hands unless directed to do so by your instructor.
· When heating a test tube, do not heat just one spot on the
test tube. Never have the open end of the test tube pointed at
anyone. Never look directly down into a test tube.
· Always allow ample time for cooling after materials have
been heated.
· Dispose of all materials as instructor
designates.
OOPS!
NOTIFY YOUR INSTRUCTOR OF ANY ACCIDENT OR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
SITUATION.
IF ANY
CHEMICAL IS SPLASHED ON YOU SKIN OR IN YOUR EYES, FLOOD WITH WATER
IMMEDIATELY, THEN NOTIFY YOUR INSTRUCTOR.
Follow your
instructor’s oral and written instructions before, during and
after all laboratory activities.
Any person not complying with these regulations is subject to
removal from the science laboratory.
Student
verification of science safety instruction
Save for your records by placing this upper portion and Safety
Rules in your science notebook.
I have read,
understand and will abide by the above science safety rules and
laboratory regulations.
Student name (Please print)
__________________________________________________________
(Student Signature) (Date)
Detach here
Instructor’s verification
of science safety instruction.
Return this
lower portion to your science instructor.
Student:
· I have read, understand and will abide by the above
science safety rules and laboratory regulations.
· Any person not complying with these regulations is subject
to removal from the science laboratory.
Student name
(Please print)
__________________________________________________________
(Student Signature) (Date)
Parent or
Guardian:
· I have read and understand the above science safety rules
and laboratory regulations.
· I understand that if my student does not complying with
these regulations they are subject to removal from the science
laboratory.
· I give my permission for my student to participate in the
supervised laboratory experiences associated
with their science class.
(Parent Signature) (Date)
Prepared by
Seattle Public Schools Science Instructional Staff, May 2002,
revised October 2003.
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