Transcript Lab Equipment Presentation & Materials

Activity 1: Lab Equipment Card Sort
1. Use a PENCIL.
2. Work as a Table Team, identify the
names of all the lab equipment in
your Lab Equipment Card set.
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Equipment - Liquids
1. Graduated Cylinder
• Measures the volume
of liquids
• Units = liters & milliliters
2. Beaker
• Measures liquids
• Used for mixing solutions
• Can heat glass beakers
Equipment - Liquids
3. Pipette
• Precise dropper
• Small amounts
• Units = ml
4. Dropper
• Add small amounts of liquid
Equipment - Liquid
5. Flask
• Holds liquids for mixing,
measures liquids
• may be used to heat under
certain circumstances
Safety Equipment
6. Funnel
• Helps in pouring
without spilling
7. Safety goggles
• Protects your eyes
Equipment - Measurement
8. Triple beam balance
• Measures mass
• units = grams
9. Spring scale
•Measures weight
•units = Newtons
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What’s the difference?
Equipment - Measurement
10. Meter Stick/ ruler
• Measures length
• Units = meters, cm, mm
11. Thermometer
• Measures temperature
• Units = degrees Celsius
Equipment - Measurement
12. Stopwatch
• Measure time
• Units = hours,
minutes, seconds
Equipment - Containers
13. Test tube
• Used to heat
• Make Dilutions
14. Petri dishes
• Grow cultures, like
bacteria in it
• Hold specimens
Equipment – Visual Observation
15. Magnifying glass/hand
lens
• Makes objects appear
larger to see details
Equipment – Visual Observation
16. Cover Slip & Slide
• Holds objects for viewing
under a microscope
17. Microscope
• Allows you to view
microscopic organisms
Activity 2: What should I use?
• Read the science task I need to do. I need
your help. Working as a Table Team:
• 1. Identify the capital resources needed in
the Equipment Column.
• 2. Draw pictures of the equipment the last
column.