Lab instruments and safety

   

Text: pages 673-674. 3-4 day unit.

Objectives

After completing this section, students will:

1.    be able to recognize various scientific safety symbols,

2.    be able to recognize and identify and explain the use of various scientific instruments,

3.    be able to use a triple beam scale to accurately determine the weights of a sample

Activities

1.    An activity in which lab equipment is examined.

2.    A lab in which samples are weighed and results tabulated.    Click here for worksheet.

3.    A project in which each student creates a safety poster.

Web Research Links 

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Safety

Universal Colors    http://www.knowledgebydesign.com/tlmc/tlmc_safety.html

Safety Glossary     http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/glossary.html

Safety page          http://wwitch.unl.edu/safety/hslabcon.html

Lab safety            http://207.10.97.102/chemzone/lessons/00measure/safety.htm

Another one         http://pc65.frontier.osrhe.edu/hs/science/clab.htm

Thinkquest           http://library.thinkquest.org/2923/safe2.html

Safety Graphics    http://siri.org/graphics/

Equipment

Equipment                   http://orgchem.colorado.edu/equipment/equipment.html

Great equipment site    http://pc65.frontier.osrhe.edu/hs/science/labeq.htm

Another one                  http://www.ilpi.com/inorganic/glassware/

Lab techniques

Some basic lab techniques    http://pc65.frontier.osrhe.edu/hs/science/labeq3.htm

 

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