Allan Phipps
Broward County Teacher of the Year 2011
South Plantation High School
Everglades Restoration & Environmental Science Magnet Program
Read
instructions
and follow
directions.
•Never taste, touch,
or smell any
substance, and never
bring it close to your
eyes unless
specifically
instructed to do so
by your teacher.
•Never return any
unused chemicals to
their original
container
•Do not mix
chemicals unless
your teacher tells you
to do so.
•Do not enter the lab
alone.
•Do not conduct
your own
experiments unless
approved by your
instructor.
•All assignments
must be turned in on
time.
•Assignments must
follow specified
guidelines.
•Disrespect and
derogatory terms
directed at anyone
will not be tolerated
and will result in
appropriate
disciplinary action.
•Wear a lab apron to
prevent chemicals or
chemical solutions
from contacting your
skin or street
clothes.
•Label everything!
•Do not conduct your
own experiments
unless approved by
your instructor.
•Report any chemical
spill to your teacher
immediately!
•Handle animals
only as your teacher
directs.
•Always handle
animals carefully
and with respect.
•Never eat, drink, chew
gum, or apply
cosmetics in the lab.
•Always label your
samples with your
name, date, and
contents along with any
other pertinent
information.
•Do not leave samples
lying around. Always
organize your work
area and clean up your
work area at the
conclusion of each lab.
•Never work in the lab
alone.
•Do not enter the lab
without permission.
•Do not enter the lab
without the presence of
your teacher.
•Do not conduct your
own experiments
without the permission
of your instructor.
•Do not touch or approach
any animals in the wild.
•Always get your teacher’s
permission before you
handle any plant or animal.
•Always get your instructor’s
OK before brining any animal
into the school building.
•Handle animals only as your
teacher directs.
•Always treat plants,
animals, and other living
organisms with respect.
•Wash hands thoroughly
after handling any plant or
animal.
•Lab is not the place for
horseplay or practical
jokes.
•Never taste, touch, or
smell any substance
unless instructed to do
so by your teacher.
•If you get an acid on
your skin, flush the area
with water and inform
your teacher
immediately.
•No Horseplay in the
lab!
•Do not test your
experiments on your
classmates.
•Do not put your hands
or face over any boiling
liquid.
•Never point a heated
test tube or any other
container at anyone.
•Use test-tube holders,
tongs, or heavy gloves
to handle hot items.
•Follow
Directions!
•Do not touch
anything in the lab
unless instructed
to do so.
•Report an
accident, no
matter how small,
to your teacher
immediately.
•Learn from your
mistakes. Do not
make the same
mistakes again…
•Treat animals
carefully and with
respect.
•Always read all
instructions before
beginning a lab.
•Follow all
instructions exactly
unless asked by your
instructor to deviate
from instructions.
•No
Practical
Jokes in the
Lab!
•No
Practical
Jokes in
the Lab!
•No
Practical
Jokes in
Lab!
•No
Horseplay in
the Lab!
•Sometimes a lab may
not turn out as your
predicted. It is not
the end of the world if
your results do not
support your
hypothesis. You may
learn more from
getting nothing than if
your experiment went
exactly as planned…
That’s the thrill of
scientific discovery!!!
•Use extreme care
with all sharp
instruments such as
scalpels, sharp
probes, knives, etc.
•Diligently take notes
during any lab
activity. Your
observations will be
extremely important
when writing your lab
report and identifying
any potential sources
of error.
•Handle all
organisms with
care and respect.
•Take careful notes
and document
results.
•Wear approved chemical
safety goggles when
working with a chemical or
solution, when heating
substances, or when using
any mechanical device.
•Report any accident, no
matter how small, to your
teacher immediately.
•If you get something in
your eyes, ask for
assistance and flush your
eyes with water at the eye
wash station immediately.
•Report any accident,
no matter how small, to
your instructor.
•Inspect glassware
before use; never use
chipped or cracked
glassware.
•Clean up broken
glassware by using
tongs and a brush and
dustpan.
•Discard broken
glassware in a container
labeled “sharps.”
•Most of what we will
do in this class will
not be rocket
science… Read
instructions and
follow directions to be
successful when
doing labs.
•Stay on Task!
•Keep your hands to
yourself.
•Stay on task!
•Work diligently
towards your goal!
•Stay on task!
•Lab is not the
place for playing
around.
•Use of equipment
should be kept to
that for which it
was designed.
•While in lab, it is
important to stay
on task and not get
distracted.
Pop Quiz
• List 3 things that “God” has done wrong
AND 3 things he must now do that he has
this botched “creation.”
POP QUIZ:
•Never conduct experiments
when
alone
in the lab.that
•List
3 things
•Wear
approved
“God”
has chemical
done
safety goggles, lab apron, and
wrong
AND
3 with
gloves
when
working
chemicals, stains, etc as
things he must now
instructed by your teacher.
do that he has this
•Report an accident, no matter
how
insignificant.
botched
“creation.”
•Cleanup broken glassware
with tongs and a brush and
dustpan.
•Discard of pieces in a sharps
container.
•If you get an acid or base on
your skin, flush the area with
water and contact your
teacher immediately.