Flinn Scientific Student Safety Contract

Vocabulary flashcards covering the rules and agreements outlined in the Flinn Scientific Student Safety Contract.

Student Safety Contract Purpose

A set of rules established to ensure a safe classroom and laboratory environment, which must be signed by both the student and a parent or guardian before participating in science activities.

Rule 1: Science Room Conduct

Students must conduct themselves in a responsible manner at all times in the science room; horseplay, practical jokes, and pranks are not tolerated.

Rule 2: Instruction Compliance

Students must follow all written and verbal instructions carefully and ask the teacher questions if they do not understand the instructions.

Rule 3: Touching Supplies

Students must not touch any equipment, supplies, animals, or other materials in the science room without permission from the teacher.

Rule 4: Authorized Experiments

Students may perform only authorized and approved experiments and must not conduct any experiments when the teacher is out of the room.

Rule 5: Food and Drink Restrictions

Students must never eat, drink, chew gum, or taste anything in the science room.

Rule 6: Science Hygiene

Students must keep hands away from face, eyes, and mouth while using science materials or working with chemicals or animals, and wash hands with soap and water before leaving.

Rule 7: Eye Protection

Students must wear safety glasses or goggles when instructed and never remove them during an experiment, with no exceptions.

Rule 8: Work Area Maintenance

Students must keep their work area and the science room neat and clean, bringing only laboratory instructions, worksheets, and writing instruments to the work area.

Rule 9: Post-Experiment Cleanup

Students must clean all work areas and equipment at the end of the experiment and return all equipment clean and in working order to the proper storage area.

Rule 10: Waste Disposal

Students must follow the teacher's instructions to dispose of any waste materials generated in an experiment.

Rule 11: Incident Reporting

Students must report any accident (fire, spill, breakage, etc.), injury (cut, burn, etc.), or hazardous condition (broken equipment, etc.) to the teacher immediately.

Rule 12: Chemical Safety

Students must consider all chemicals used in the science room to be dangerous and not touch or smell any chemicals unless specifically instructed to do so.

Rule 13: Animal Safety Precautions

Animals must be handled with care and respect; rules include opening cages only with permission, never handling when teacher is out, wearing gloves, keeping away from faces, and reporting bites or scratches immediately.

Rule 14: Microscope Transportation

Microscopes must always be carried with both hands by holding the arm with one hand and placing the other hand under the base.

Rule 15: Handling Sharp Instruments

Scalpels, scissors, and other sharp instruments must be used only as instructed, never cut toward the body (always cut away), and cuts or scratches must be reported immediately.

Rule 16: Prep and Storage Room Access

Students must never open storage cabinets or enter the prep/storage room without permission from the teacher.

Rule 17: Removal of Science Materials

Students must not remove chemicals, equipment, supplies, or animals from the science room without permission from the teacher.

Rule 18: Glassware Handling

Glassware must be handled with care, and students must never pick up hot or broken glassware with bare hands.

Rule 19: Heating Equipment Precautions

Extreme caution must be used with matches, burners, or hot plates; light burners only when instructed, do not put uninstructed items into flames, and never leave a lit burner unattended.

Rule 20: Proper Lab Dress

Proper dress requires long hair to be tied back, no dangling jewelry, no loose or baggy clothing, and wearing aprons when instructed.

Rule 21: Safety Equipment Awareness

Students must learn where safety equipment is located and how to use it, know exit locations, and know what to do in case of an emergency or fire drill.