Elements of Safety

Have your students to get out their periodic tables and fill in the blank spaces with elemental symbols and complete some of the important safety rules for the high school science laboratory. The first one is done for you.

  1.  Do not use flammable liquids near open    Fl        Am        Es   .
  2.  Read each lab over thoroughly _____   _____   _____   _____  coming into the lab.
  3.   Always tie your long hair _____   _____   _____.
  4.   Do not wear open-toed _____   _____   _____   _____ in the lab.
  5.   Never _____   _____   _____  any of the chemicals.
  6.   Safety goggles must always be _____   _____   _____ during the  
     lab.
  7.   Always keep a clean work _____   _____   _____.
  8.   Always pour _____   _____   _____ into water.
  9.   Know where the _____   _____   _____ extinguisher and eye  _____   _____   _____  station are located.
  10.   Never leave a lit Bunsen _____   _____   _____   _____
      unattended. 
  11.   Always place broken glass into a broken glass_____   _____    _____   _____   _____   _____.
  12.   Unless you are explicitly told otherwise, only pour _____   _____   _____  down the lab sinks. 
  13.   Excess reagents are _____   _____   _____  to be returned to stock bottles. 
  14.   If chemicals come in contact with skin or eyes, _____   _____   _____   _____ immediately
      with water. 
  15.   Prevent accidents by using your common _____   _____   _____. 

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