Lab Safety Activities

Introduce and review lab safety using these classroom posters, science readings and activities, a digital escape room, and a project to engage students as you start back to school in your science classroom. Students will be introduced to lab safety through two science texts that detail the importance of lab safety and rules in your classroom. In addition, a lab safety project will have your students create a cartoon detailing one rule. Also included are review activities like a digital escape room, color by number activities, a crossword puzzle, word search, and a graphic organizer that can be done as a whole class assignment, in small groups, or independently. Finally, enhance your classroom decor with colorful decorative posters that detail different lab safety rules.

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Lessons, activities, and materials included:

• 38 beautifully designed watercolor banners that detail laboratory safety rules and steps to the scientific method
  • Lab Safety
    • Eye safety
    • Glassware
    • Poison
    • Sharp objects
    • Electrical safety
    • Clothing protection
    • Disposal
    • Caustic substances
    • Clean up
    • Toxic vapors
    • Fire safety

• • Scientific Method:
    • Question
    • Research
    • Hypothesis
    • Experiment
    • Analysis
    • Conclusion

• 15 Lab Safety Symbol Classroom Posters in a BRIGHT NEON look (BONUS FILE)
  • Animal safety
  • Clothing protection
  • Corrosive chemicals
  • Electric shock
  • Eye protection
  • Fire hazard
  • Fumes
  • General safety
  • Glassware
  • Hot objects
  • Plant safety
  • Poison
  • Proper disposal
  • Sharp objects

• TWO science texts about lab safety (Print and digital versions included)
  • The first science text details ten important lab safety rules and reasons to follow them. Students answer comprehension questions to assess their understanding.
  • The second science text reviews safety signs, equipment, and guidelines. Finally, students show their knowledge through fill-in-the-blanks and a problem-solution graphic organizer.

• Science Lab Safety Contract: (BONUS FILE) Students will read and sign the safety contract to stay safe in the classroom.

• Lab Safety Symbol Science text: (BONUS FILE) Students will read about the lab safety symbols and their importance. Students will answer comprehension questions to demonstrate an understanding of ways to be safe in the science lab.

• Review Activity: 2 color by number activities will review lab safety with your students. In addition, there is a crossword puzzle and a word search to help cement student knowledge of how to stay safe in the lab.

• Graphic organizer: (BONUS FILE) This graphic organizer nicely summarizes student learning.

• Lab Safety Digital Escape Room

• Digital Activities (BONUS FILE): Google Slides version of the lab safety symbol text. It also includes two Google Sheets activities to practice identifying the different lab safety symbols.

• Project: Students will develop a cartoon based on a chosen rule. Illustrations and captions demonstrate their understanding. A rubric, as well as student sheets, are provided. (Print and digital versions are included)

Check out this feedback from happy teachers:

• This is a fantastic resource for homeschool co-op science groups. Thanks so much for creating this!
• My 7th graders love this! They begged to be able to complete it for homework.
• These banners will be perfect reminders for my middle school special education students. I've always struggled with helping them retain the steps of the scientific method, but these banners are clear, concise, and include graphics. I cannot wait to add them to my classroom! Thanks!

Lab safety activities included in this bundle:

• Rules and Scientific Method Classroom Decor
• Lab Safety Reading Activity and Project
• Review Activity
• Digital Escape Room
• FREE Laboratory Safety Sketch Notes

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