Activity summary

What you must remember:
  • vocabulary associated with PPE, safety equipment and behavior in lab


Skills linked to the curriculum:

Compétences Capacités à maîtriser

APP

 Connaître et savoir appliquer les règles de sécurité au laboratoire
Savoir adopter une attitude responsable au laboratoire

ANA

Savoir réagir face à une situation dangereuse au laboratoire, d’une manière autonome


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Part 1: Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Watch the two videos in order to find out the PPE you have to wear in a laboratory:

Video 1: Proper Dress and PPE - Lab Safety Video (Part 1)


Video 2: Health and Safety Essentials: Laboratory Best Practices (from the beginning to 1 min 33 s)


1. Find out the right PPE in a lab and fill in the diagram below:

Part 2: Safety equipment
Watch the video in order to find out the safety equipment available in a general chemistry lab:

Video 3: Safety Equipment - Lab Safety Video (Part 2)


2. Find out the safety equipment found in the lab and complete the picture below:

Source : https://www.dartmouth.edu/~chemlab/info/safety/equipment.html


3. What is the eyewash station used for ?

4. How long do you have to rinse your eyes in the eyewash station ?

5. What are the 4 types of fire ?

Part 3: Your behavior in a lab
Watch the video in order to find out the appropriate behavior in a chemistry lab:

Video 4: Behavior - Lab Safety Video (Part 3)

6. How should you behave in order to ensure that the lab is a safe environment for everyone ? (Fill in the blanks)

– First consideration is to follow the written ……………………………………………………………………………… step-by-step
– Never ………………,………………………,……………………………. or ………………………………………………… while in the lab
– Never …………………………………………………….
– Good ……………………………………………
– Never place any chemical bottles ……………………………………………………
– If you do make a spill, check the ……………………………………………………….. for the appropriate response. And clean it immediatly and place a ………………………………………………. sign
– Keep your …………………………………………………………………………………
– Don’t place materials ………………………………………………….. of the workbench
– Never try to ………………………………………………………………………………………….. and dispose the glass in a designated ………………………………………………………………………………..
– After you’ve finished an experiment, …………………………………………………………, return reagents ……………………………………………………….. and clean …………………………………………………………………..
– If a safety violation occurs, or you notice any unsafe condition in the lab, report it immediately to …………………………………………………………………………………..

Part 4: Interactive eLearning tools => Lab safety
To conclude this activity, you have to obtain your certificate of completion.
It will prove that you know how to:
  • Dress properly before entering the lab
  • Locate lab safety equipment in your own lab
  • Keep your lab clean and free of clutter
  • Respond to hazardous situations

Enter the lab, follow instructions and do successively:
  • Proper Dress
  • Housekeeping
  • Safety Equipment
  • Mixing

At the end of the activity:
  • Click « View Certificate » to print your certificate of completion
  • Click « Print Lab Notes » to obtain your Lab Notes


Modifié le: lundi 9 septembre 2019, 13:59