SCIENCE SAFETY SCAVENGER HUNT

Directions: Work as an individual or pairs, but complete your own sheet. Map the room on another piece of paper. As you answer the questions, label the safety features in your room.

  1. Find the fire extinguisher and label. It is an ______type of extinguisher. To activate the extinguisher ______the handle, ______the pin and ______the hose at the base of the flame.
  1. Find and label the goggle cabinet and label. If you wear glasses or contacts, you ______need to wear goggles during a lab. You should ______use safety goggles even if there are no chemicals involved.
  1. Find the fire blanket and label. You would you use this if someone’s clothes were on ______. If your clothes are on fire you should ______, ______, and ______.
  2. Locate and label the safety shower. You must rinse yourself under the shower for ______if you spill chemicals on yourself.
  1. Locate and label the eye wash station. You should wash your eyes for ______if you splash a chemical in your eye.
  1. Find the fume hood and label. The fume hood ______out the air inside it. It should be used when experimenting with ______or ______chemicals.
  2. Locate and label waste beaker. Chemicals that cannot be rinsed down the sink should be placed in the ______.

8. Locate and label the paper towel dispensers and garbage cans.

You should ______alert your teacher to clean up all ______spills.

  1. Locate and label the broken glass container. All ______or ______glass ware should not be used and place in the broken glass container.
  1. Locate and label the emergency buttonsin the room. These buttons shut off power and gas to the room.This can only be used by the ______!
  2. If you have a minor cut or burn, rinse the area with ______and immediately inform your ______.
  3. Locate the gas jets at the lab tables. Bunsen burners are connected to these fuel sources. When the handle is parallel to the nozzle, the gas is ______. When the handle is perpendicular to the nozzle, the gas is ______.
  4. When the fire alarm rings during chemistry class you leave through the ______door and exit the building to the ______.