1. Essential Question: What are lab safety rules and why are they important?

2. Lab Safety Rule # 1 ◦ Always follow the ◦ teacher’s directions exactly and only do lab work when a teacher is present. Lab Safety Rule # 2 -Conduct yourself in a responsible manner at all times. No horseplay!

3. Lab Safety Rule # 3 Do not touch any equipment, chemicals, or other materials until told to do so. Lab Safety Rule # 4 Do not eat food, drink beverages, or chew gum in the lab. Do not use lab glassware as food or beverage containers.

4. Lab Safety Rule # 5 Report ALL accidents to your teacher immediately, even if you think it is minor.

5. Clothing Wear: Goggles/safety glasses Closed-toed shoes Clothing made of natural based fiber such as cotton Tie back long hair Do NOT Wear: Sandals Jewelry Loose or Baggy clothing

6. Waste Disposal  First ask your teacher where/how to dispose of waste.  Never pour anything down the drain unless you are told to do so.  A waste container will be supplied for substance that cannot go down the drain

7.  Take 2 minutes to go over your notes and highlight or underline the main ideas that answer the essential question, you should not highlight everything  What are the lab safety rules and why are they important?

8.  Let’s write questions that go with what we highlighted or underlined

9. Lab Safety Rule # 1 ◦ Always follow the teacher’s directions exactly and only do lab work when a teacher is present. Lab Safety Rule # 2 -Conduct yourself in a responsible manner at all times. No horseplay! What is the first and most important lab safety rule? How should I conduct myself at all times?

10. Lab Safety Rule # 3 Do not touch any equipment, chemicals, or other materials until told to do so. Lab Safety Rule # 4 Do not eat food, drink beverages, or chew gum in the lab. Do not use lab glassware as food or beverage containers. When am I allowed to handle materials, am I allowed to eat them if they are edible?

11. Lab Safety Rule # 5 Report ALL accidents to your teacher immediately, even if you think it is minor. Who do I report any accident to?

12. Clothing Wear: Goggles/safety glasses Closed-toed shoes Clothing made of natural based fiber such as cotton Tie back long hair Do NOT Wear: Sandals Jewelry Loose or Baggy clothing What 2 things that I have to wear, and 2 things I cannot wear?

13. Waste Disposal  First ask your teacher where/how to dispose of waste.  Never pour anything down the drain unless you are told to do so.  A waste container will be supplied for substance that cannot go down the drain When should I pour something down the drain?

14.  The summary is the answers to the questions you wrote in the left hand column: ◦ What is the first and most important lab safety rule? ◦ How should I conduct myself at all times? ◦ When am I allowed to handle materials, and am I allowed to eat them if they are edible? ◦ What 2 things that I have to wear, and 2 things I cannot wear? ◦ Who do I report any accident to? ◦ When should I pour something down the drain?