Lab Tools are WAY COOL

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Lab Tools are WAY COOL!!!
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RULES

• Lab tools are NOT toys!
• Wash them, dry them, and put them back in their
  place after every lab.
• Report breakage to the teacher immediately!
• YOU are responsible for them dont blame others.

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Beakers

• Containers that are used to measure and pour
  liquids, usually made of glass and can be heated
• They don't measure the volume of liquids very
  accurately. It is usually used as a container for
  mixing or holding chemicals.
• Measures in milliliters (mL)

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Beaker Safety

• Glass wear goggles
• Use beaker tongs if hot
• Carry with BOTH hands (one under and one around)

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Goggles

• Used to protect your eyes from broken glass,
  chemicals and flames.
• Clean them carefully
• Make sure they fit - snuggly, but not too tightly.

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Test tubes and holders

• Used to hold and mix small amounts of substances.
  
• A TEST TUBE is used as a container to hold
  chemicals during heating or other reactions
• TEST TUBE RACK supports the test tubes.
• Glass and chemicals wear goggles.
• Use tongs could be very hot or very cold

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Meter stick

• Meter sticks measure length in cm
• 100 cm 1 meter
• Dont bend
• Not a weapon

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Graduated cylinders

• Used to make accurate measurements of liquid
  volumes mL.
• Get at eye-level with liquid.

• Measure the Meniscus read the bottom of the
  curve
• If glass wear goggles, it
• will fall over easily.

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Petri dish

• Used to view small organisms or substances
• The cover doesnt stay on carry carefully
• Dont use if cracked.

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Pipettes and droppers

• Draw a liquid into a pipette and allow the liquid
  to drain from the pipette in a controlled manner
  - drops.
• Pipetting is used to quantitatively transfer a
  liquid from one container to another.

• The DROPPER PIPETTE is a medicine dropper and
  dispenses small drops of liquid.
• Some have units.

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Hot Plate

• A tool that is used as a heat source, usually
  powered by electricity

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Triple Beam Balance

• A tool that is used to measure mass (the amount
  of matter) usually in grams.
• This is a close up of the numbers on the balance.

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Microscope

• A tool that is used to view very small objects by
  making them appear larger.
• This tool magnifies the object using lenses and a
  light source.

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Microscope Safety

• Carry with BOTH hands!
• Clean lenses Very carefully!
• Coarse focus with low power ONLY
• (1st) Low power (2nd) medium power (LAST) high
  power
• Cover when finished

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Slides and cover slips

• Slides put small single layer specimens on
  these to view under the microscope.
• Cover Slip used to cover the specimen on the
  slide.
• GLASS do not use if scratched or broken!

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Erlenmeyer flask

• This is a container which gives only approximate
  measurements of volume is usually used as a
  mixing vessel or a container for heating.

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Spring Scale

• a tool that is used to measure weight (the
  heaviness of an object relating to gravity).
• Measured in Newtons or grams.

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Hand Lens

• a tool that is used to observe objects and
  magnify them so that you can get a closer view.

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Funnels

• It is used to funnel liquid or fine-grained
  substances into containers with a small opening.
• Without a funnel, much spillage would occur.

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BEAKER TONGS

• These are used to hold a hot beaker.

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THERMOMETER

• Used to measure temperature
• Always use Celsius in the Science lab!