champs: lab

Happy Wednesday!

Bellwork:

Write 1 testable and one untestable hypothesis.

Science Fact of the DayFor every human on Earth, there are 10 million trillion

microorganisms on the ocean floor. (That’s 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 organisms)

Essential Question: How do I safely participate in labs?

Content Standard: The student is expected to demonstrate safe practices during laboratory and field investigations

Before we can proceed we need to discuss Cornell Notes.

Essential Question #2: How will using Cornell notes help me be successful in science?

• The Cornell note-taking system is a note-taking system devised in the 1950s by Walter Pauk, an education professor at Cornell University. Pauk advocated its use in his best-selling book How to Study in College. The Cornell method provides a systematic format for condensing and organizing notes.

What the

heck are

Cornell

Notes,

anyway?

They look like

this…..

They are broken

down like this…

And some examples

Some common note taking abbreviations(save yourself some time!!)

Number your journals. On page 5.

• Set this page up for Cornell Notes • Essential Question: How do I safely

participate in labs?

Zombie College

My Notes. • Yours should

look similar to this but do not worry about if they do not look exactly like mine.

• They are YOUR notes. As long as the same basic info is on there we should be fine.

CHAMPs: Lab• C: Talk only to your group members about the lab• H: Raise your hand for my help ONLY if EVERYONE

in your group is confused• A: Work safely on lab at assigned station• M: Stand at your assigned lab station. DO NOT

leave station with out teacher direction/approval• P: Talk with your group about the lab. Always

wear safety goggles. Help complete the task. NO heads on desk. DO NOT touch the lab materials until told to do so.

Lab Procedures• Never touch lab equipment without a teacher’s

permission.• Always wear your lab safety goggles and lab apron when

in the lab.• Pull back long hair.• Wear closed-toe shoes during a lab.• Do not touch/turn on water or gas faucets without a

teacher’s permission.• If you wear contacts, it is best to wear glasses in the lab.

If you wear contacts, be sure to tell your teacher.

Lab Procedures

• Do not directly sniff any substance in a lab. Always waft!

• Never eat or put lab materials in your mouth.• Do not chew gum in the lab.• Follow directions exactly as they are given.• If you have a question on a lab procedure, ask

before going on.• If there is an emergency or something is spilled or

glass is broken, tell your teacher immediately.

Fire Emergency Evacuation Plan

• Follow the route your teacher describes• Gather at your assigned area when outside.

Your teacher will be there with the orange class number.

• Remain with your teacher until told to go inside (attendance will be taken).

• If we can return to the building, go directly back to class.

Lab Safety Equipment

• Goggles• Aprons• Eye Wash station*• Safety Shower*• Fire blanket/extinguisher*• Emergency Passes*

• Items with a (*) by them are to only be used during an emergency. Your teacher will notify you when it is appropriate to use one of these items.

WHAT IS HAPPENING?!

• With your partner, look at the picture of the lab.

• Find as many things wrong with it as possible.

Bellwork

1. Put your name and class period on your scantron PENCIL ONLY!!!

2. Get out your lab safety notes3. Go back and create questions and a summary.

***Reminder: Homework due tomorrow!!***

Lab Safety one page(Graded Assignment—Due at the end of class)

• Using only the FRONT side of a sheet of computer paper you need to demonstrate your understanding of lab safety.

• Include:– Title and symbolic border– 3 graphics of safety equipment– 1 scenario and solution– 3 of the safety rules and brief definitions– Use at least 6 different colors (black, white, and grey don’t

count)

Lab Safety Poster

• Choose one lab safety rule/procedure to make a poster about on a piece of computer paper.

• Color it and make it look pretty

• As you do this I will call your table up to show me how to focus a microscope