1. Common Lab Equipment

2. Lab Equipment Used In 7th Grade Science (Click on the equipment list below and draw each piece of equipment and note its function)
Beaker
Erlenmeyer Flask
Graduated Cylinder
Test Tube
Dissection Kit
Scalpel
Forceps
Probes
Hand Lens
Dissecting Scissors
Metric Ruler
Dissecting Tray
Dissecting Pins
Compound Light Microscope
Microscope Slide
Cover Slip
Petri Dish
Safety Goggles
Triple-Beam Balance
Meter Stick

3. _____ml Beaker Function - To measure liquids
They come in different sizes so you need to put the size in front of the name.
Ex. 100ml Beaker, 250ml Beaker

4. _____ml Erlenmeyer Flask
Function - To measure liquids and mix them.
Erlenmeyer flask also come in different sizes.
Ex. 500ml Erlenmeyer Flask

5. ______ml Graduated Cylinder
Function - To accurately measure liquids.
Graduated Cylinders come in various sizes. Ex. 10ml Graduated Cylinder.

6. Test Tube
Test tubes have many functions including mixing liquids to observe their reaction.

7. Dissecting Kit Used for dissection.
Contains: Scalpel, Forceps, Hand Lens, Probes, Dissecting Scissors,and Metric Ruler.

8. Scalpel
Function - To cut open a specimen you will be dissecting.

9. Forceps
Function - To hold and move parts you should not touch.

10. Probes
Function - To move and push aside materials during a dissection.
A dissecting kit contains a straight probe and a bent probe.

11. Hand Lens
Function - To magnify small objects for viewing. H

12. Dissecting Scissors
Function - To cut specimen you are dissecting. Often used to cut through small bones.

13. Metric Ruler
Function - To measure the length of small objects in centimeters or millimeters.

14. Dissecting Tray
Function - Provides a place to dissect your specimen and a surface to stick dissecting pins into.

15. Dissecting Pins
Function - To hold a specimen down to the dissecting tray.

16. Compound Light Microscope
Function - To magnify very small objects, and observe objects you cannot see with the naked eye.
Click above to start a short video on microscopes

17. Microscope Slide
Function - To hold the object you are looking at on the microscope.

18. Cover Slip
Function - To cover the object you are looking at on the microscope. It helps in making wet mounts which you will learn about later.

19. Petri Dish
Function - Provides a surface for you to experiment on various materials. In our class we will use them to grow bacteria and fungi.

20. Safety Goggles
Function - Keeps your eyes safe from dangerous liquids that may cause permanent eye damage.

21. Triple-Beam Balance
Function - To measure the mass of an object in grams.

22. Meter Stick
Function - To measure the length of objects in centimeters or meters.