Science Equipment
Hand Lens A magnifying glass designed to be held in the hand.
Dissecting Tray A tray that you place the specimen or object on that is being dissected.
Dissecting Pins To hold specimen in place on dissecting tray
Forceps An instrument, as pincers or tongs, for seizing and holding objects, as in dissecting/surgical operations.
Dissecting Scissors For cutting open a specimen
Dissecting Probes For moving internal parts of a specimen to get a better view
Scalpel A small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections.
Safety Glasses/Goggles Goggles or safety glasses are forms of protective eyewear that usually enclose or protect the area surrounding the eye in order to prevent particulates, water or chemicals from striking the eyes.
Harvard Trip Balance / Double Beam Use: measure mass (typical units = mg/g/kg)
Triple-beam Balance Use: measures mass (typical units = mg/g/kg)
Electronic Balance Use: measures mass (typical units = mg/g/kg)
Use: measures gravitational force, Spring Scale Use: measures gravitational force, units = g or N(Newton)
Graduated Cylinder Use: measures volume (space) most common unit = ml
(read the center of the curve) Meniscus Curve (read the center of the curve)
Test Tube A hollow cylinder of thin glass or plastic with one end closed, usually with a rounded U-shaped bottom. Used by chemists to hold, mix, or heat small quantities of solid or liquid chemicals
Test Tube Rack Used for holding and observing or drying test tubes
Test Tube Holder For holding and moving test tubes
Test Tube Brush For cleaning test tubes
Funnel A cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.
Wash Bottles A wash bottle is a squeeze bottle with a nozzle, used to rinse various pieces of laboratory glassware, such as test tubes and round bottom flasks.
Buret/Burette [byoo-ret] A graduated glass tube, commonly having a valve at the bottom, used for accurately measuring or measuring out small quantities of liquid.
Beaker Common units = ml & l A flat-bottomed cylindrical container, usually with a pouring lip, especially one used in a laboratory. Use = stirring, mixing and heating liquids
For gripping and lifting beakers Beaker Tongs For gripping and lifting beakers
Erlenmeyer Flask A flat bottom, a conical body, and a cylindrical neck. It is named after the German chemist Emil Erlenmeyer, who created it in 1861. Use: heat liquids, microbial cultures, & capture gases
Florence Flask (AKA boiling flask) Use: holding & boiling liquids A Florence flask has a round bottom with a single longneck. It is designed for uniform heating and ease of swirling. The flask is named after Florence, Italy
Rubber Stopper Use: seal flasks, test tubes, & soda bottles, & to attach glass tubes & thermometers
named after Robert Bunsen Bunsen Burner named after Robert Bunsen Use: for heating, sterilization, and combustion Fuels: natural gas, propane, or butane
Portable Bunsen Burner & Stand
Flint Igniter Use: igniting a bunsen burner
Ceramic Iron Wire Gauze Durable iron gauze with ceramic fiber center for flame thermal protection and longer life.
Hot Plate
Pipette (Medicine Dropper) Pipette Glass Pipette Disposable
Glass Slides Coverslips
Greek ‘Thermos’ meaning hot, metron, "measure") Thermometer Greek ‘Thermos’ meaning hot, metron, "measure") Measures temperature Units: Fahrenheit (°F) Celsius (°C) Kelvin (K) Water Freezing: 0°C, 32°F Boiling: 100°C, 212°F
named after Julius Richard Petri Petri Dish named after Julius Richard Petri It is a shallow cylindrical glass or plastic with a lid Use: growing & observing culture cells or mosses
Metric ruler Measures distance Units: mm, cm, m, km
Lab Scoop/Spatula Use: scoop chemicals out of bottles
Ring Stand A metal stand consisting of a long upright rod attached to a heavy rectangular base that is used with rings and clamps for supporting laboratory apparatus
Ring Clamp Clamp on to a ring stand
Buret/Thermometer/Test Tube Clamp