Safety in the Science Classroom Elementary

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Safety in the Science Classroom(Elementary)
Presentation by Canton City Schools Science
Curriculum 2006
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Safety in the Science Classroom

• Eye and Personal Protection
• Fire and Heat
• Handling Chemicals
• Safety with Plants
• Safety with Animals
• Disposing and Clean-Up
• Emergency Procedures

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Eye and Personal Protection

• Wear safety goggles when working with
• Chemicals
• Flying objects
• Fire/flame/hot objects and liquids
• Cutting glass
• Gases under pressure

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Eye and Personal Protectioncontinued

• Wear a lab apron and protective gloves when
  working with
• Animals and plants
• Chemicals
• Learn about the eyewash and safety shower

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Eyewash and Safety Shower
EYEWASH
SAFETY SHOWER
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Safety Goggles, Lab Apron and Protective Gloves
SAFETY GOGGLES
LAB APRON
PROTECTIVE GLOVES
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Fire and Heat

• Wear safety goggles
• Tie back long hair and secure loose clothing
• Do not heat FLAMMABLE liquids
• Use a heat source in a safe area
• Only the teacher uses the matches
• Hot plates do not look hot and be aware of the
  electrical cord attached to the hot plate

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Fire and Heatcontinued

• Be careful of candle drippings- they can burn
• Learn about the fire extinguisher and fire
  blanket
• Only use glassware made for heating
• Heated glassware does not look hot
• Report broken glass to the teacher

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Fire Extinguishers
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The Science of Fire

• Fires need three things to start and to continue
  to burn
• Fuel
• Oxygen
• Heat

These three items are part of the fire triangle.
Removing or disrupting one of the points will
prevent the fire from starting or will extinguish
the fire.
Oxygen
Fire Triangle
Heat
Fuel
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Fire Blanket
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Precautions
BUNSEN BURNER
HEATING TEST TUBES
CANDLE
HOT PLATE
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Precautions
HOT GLASS DOES NOT LOOK HOT
REPORT BROKEN GLASS TO THE TEACHER
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Handling Chemicals

• Be careful when using instruments or equipment
  that contain chemicals in them- like
  thermometers and batteries
• Never place chemicals in or near your mouth, eyes
  or nose
• Smell solutions by waving your hand over the
  container
• Never mix or use chemicals that are not part of
  the procedures in an experiment

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Handling Chemicalscontinued

• Wear protective gloves when handling chemicals
• Always read the label before using any chemical
• Report all chemical spills to the teacher
  immediately
• Remember the use of the eyewash and safety
  shower.
• Learn about a fume hood

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Precautions
WAVE YOUR HAND OVER THE SOLUTION TO SMELL IT
(Whiff)
READ THE LABELS OF THE CHEMICALS BEFORE USING THEM
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Fume Hood
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Precautions
NO HORSEPLAY IN THE LAB
NO FOOD OR DRINKS IN THE LAB
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Safety with Plants

• Wash your hands after working with plants or
  plant parts
• Wear protective gloves if you are sensitive to
  chemicals in plants
• Do not put any plants or plant parts in your
  mouth

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Safety with Animals

• Only handle animals with teachers permission
• Wash your hands after working with animals
• Wear protective gloves and/or a lab apron when
  handling animals
• Do not bring animals to your classroom without
  the teachers permission
• Do not handle wild animals that are alive or dead

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Disposing and Clean-Up

• Follow teachers instructions for clean-up and
  disposing of any chemicals
• Wash your hands with soap and water
• Put all materials away as instructed by the
  teacher
• Make sure lab or desk area is left clean

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What NOT to do in the laboratory!INSTRUCTIONS

• On the next slide is a picture of 36 areas in a
  science laboratory that are not safe.
• For each area, explain what is wrong and/or what
  should be done to correct the situation.
• Each area has been enlarged in a separate slide.
• Write your answers on the paper provided.

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What NOT to do in the laboratory!
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AREA 1 What is wrong?
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Fume Hood
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THE END