LAB SAFETY STATIONS: Trade and Grade

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LAB SAFETY STATIONS Trade and Grade
Station Number Lab Safety Rule
1 9
2 16
3 3 or 4
4 20
5 1
6 11
Station Number Lab Safety Rule
7 19
8 14 or 15
9 2
10 18
11 13
12 5
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Write 2 Safety Rules that you observe

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vxJG0ir9nDtc

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How Safety Savvy are you?

• Number your paper from 1-8
• Do your best to identify the following symbols

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1 What does this symbol mean?
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2 What does it mean if you see this symbol?
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3 What does this symbol indicate?
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4 If you see this symbol, what type of
materials are you working with in the lab?
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5 What does this symbol mean?
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6 What should you wear if you see this symbol?
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7 What does this symbol mean?
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8 What is the student below doing?
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How did you do?

• 1. Poisonous
• 2. Hazard
• 3. Corrosive Materials
• 4. Flammable Materials
• 5. Biohazard
• 6. Protective Eyewear (goggles)
• 7. Radioactive
• 8. Wafting (waft with me, waft with me...)

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Lab Safety Symbols Notes (Back of Page 4)
Term Drawing Definition Example
Hazard A source of Danger Acid Chemicals Sharp Items
Corrosive Ability to chemically eat away (Rust) Strong Acids Strong Bases
Flammability Ability to catch on fire and burn rapidly Paper Wood
Poisonous Toxic Materials Harmful if ingested or inhaled Hydrogen cyanide Mercury Snake Venom
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Term Drawing Definition Example
Radioactive Highly unstable Uranium
Biohazard Organism or toxin that causes disease Bacteria Viruses
Protective Eyewear Experiment requires wearing goggles Heating Mixing
Waft Gently moving air/fumes past your nose Smell something in the lab
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Safety Savvy?

• One person from each team will draw a Safety
  Symbol, Piece of Safety Equipment, or Lab Safety
  Rule
• When you know the answer, raise your hand
• The team to answer the most correctly WINS!