UNIT 1: The Scientific Method

Biology I

DAYSHEET 7: Laboratory Safety & Heart Rate Pre-Lab

Name: _______________________________

Date: _______________

Bellringer: Carefully study the picture of the science laboratory. Use what you have observed
to answer the questions below.

1. List 3 unsafe activities shown in the illustration and explain why you think each is unsafe.

2. List 3 lab procedures depicted in the illustration that you believe are correct.

3. What do you think Bob should do after the accident?

4. What do you think Sue should have done to avoid an accident?

5. What are three things shown in the lab that you think should not be there?

Activity 1: Laboratory Safety Cornell Notes

Biology Objective / Essential Question:

Questions / Main Ideas:

Questions / Main Ideas:

Stop & Jot

List 7 important concepts about laboratory safety that you were
presented in the Lab Safety Rap Video:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
1.

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Accidents in the lab, as in the home, can be ________________________________________:

Stop to think!
Use _________________________________________________.
What will be the _________________________________
of what I do next?
If in doubt, ask the instructors

Who is responsible for laboratory safety? ____________________

Laboratory Rules:
The _______________________________________
2.

Rule #1: ______________________________________________

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This includes ____________________, drink, __________,
and lab materials.
Assume everything in lab is _________________________

Questions / Main Ideas:

Questions / Main Ideas:

3.

Rule #2: ______________________________________________

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Horseplay will not be tolerated!
Consequences:
_____________________________________
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Cooks Zero Tolerance Policy:

4.

Rule #3: ______________________________________________

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5.

Rule #4: ______________________________________________

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Accidents will happen.
A ______________ problem quickly becomes a ____________
one if you do not ______________________________________
immediately.
Know where the _____________________________________ &
how to _____________________________
Broken Glass!
Broken glass is the __________________________ accident in
the lab
_________________ the breakage to your teachers immediately.
Your teachers will collect the broken glass, _________________!

Summary: Use this space

to write a 3-5 sentence
summary of your Cornell
notes. It should contain all
the important components of
you video lecture.

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Activity 2: Laboratory Safety Contract

Directions: Read your Laboratory Safety handout. Read your Laboratory
Safety contract. Sign your contract and place it in the correct bin on the
back table.

Activity 3: Laboratory Safety Open-Note Quiz

1. Go to www.Biomonsters.com
2. Click on the Courses link
3. Click on the CHS Academic Biology link
4. Click on the What We Did In Class Today link
5. Click on Daysheet 7: Lab Safety & Heart Rate Pre-Lab link
6. Click on 4. Laboratory Safety Open-Note Quiz link
7. Complete your quiz!

Activity 4: Measuring Heart Rate

Accurately
Each time the heartbeats, blood is pumped
into the arteries. As the blood moves into
the arteries during a heartbeat, each
artery stretches and bulges. This bulge is
called a pulse.
To feel the pulse, find the artery in your
partners wrist. Place the tips of the first
two fingers of one hand on the palm side
of your partners wrist, over toward the
thumb side of his or her wrist. Dont use
your thumb to feel the pulse in the wrist
because your thumb has a pulse of its
own.
You will be measuring heart rate by
counting the number of pulses in the artery
in the wrist in a 30 second interval. To
measure heart rate, count the number of
pulses in 30 seconds. Multiply that number by 2, and you will have the number of beats
per minute.
Example: During a 30 second interval, I felt 28 pulses in my partners wrist.
28 pulses x 2 = 56 beats per minute
Test You Accuracy:
1. Place your first 2 fingers of your left hand over your right wrist.
2. Count how many pulses you feel in 30 seconds.
3. Write your 30 second pulse rate below:
____________ beats per 30 seconds
4. Use the equation below to determine your beats per minute:
_______ beats per 30 seconds x 2 = ________ beats per minute
Reflection Questions:
1. Why do you need to have a heart?
_____________________________________________________________
2. Does your heart always beat at the same rate? _______________________
3. List some activities that you think may increase a persons heart rate:
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Homework 7: Laboratory Safety Review

Name ____________________________________

Biology I

Date ________________

Directions: Study the picture below carefully. List 10 things that are being done
incorrectly in the laboratory.

1. _________________________________________

3. _________________________________________

5. _________________________________________

7. _________________________________________

9. _________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________

6. _______________________________________________

8. _______________________________________________

10. ______________________________________________