Transcript Lab Equipment Power Point

Lab Equipment
Scavenger Hunt
In your spiral, go to your Table
of Contents page.
Under “Safety Notes” write “Lab
Equipment”
On the right, write down the
page number YOU started the
lab equipment notes on. It may
be different from your neighbor.
Now, go to your page titled “Lab
Equipment” and get ready to
take notes.
Cut out the three strips of lab
equipment and paste onto your
paper.
For each item, write down the
name, it’s function and if there is
a task on the card, the answer.
safety goggles
• To protect the eyes from chemicals, fumes
and objects.
lab apron
• To protect the body and clothing from
chemicals.
plastic gloves
• To protect the hands from chemicals and
pathogens (things that make you sick).
triple beam balance
• To mass objects. Grams is the standard
unit for science.
• Task: What is the mass of the object?
microscope
• To view very small object or to look at
parts of an object at a cellular level.
• Task: Try to focus on and see the slide.
Body Tube
Revolving
Nosepiece
Objective Lens
Stage Clips
Diaphragm
Light Source
Eyepiece
(Ocular Lens)
Arm
Stage
Coarse Adjustment
Knob
Fine Adjustment
Knob
Base
microscope slides
• Used with the microscope to fix a
specimen or object.
slide cover slips
• Used with the microscope slide to
prevent the object or specimen from
falling off of the slide.
hot plate
• Used to heat chemicals, glassware etc.
ceramic plate
• Used with the hot plate. Place anything
that needs to be heated on the tile.
tongs
• Used to pick up and carry hot objects
or containers with corrosive chemicals.
test tube
• Used to hold substances for viewing,
mixing or testing.
test tube clamp
• Used to hold test tubes over a burner
flame or to hold hot tubes.
test tube rack
• Used to hold test tubes.
erlenmeyer flasks
• Used to measure, hold and/or mix
chemicals
• Task: how many milliliters of liquid are
in the flask?
graduated cylinder
• Used to measure the volume of liquids
• Task: how many milliliters of liquid are
in the graduated cylinder?
beaker
• Used to measure, hold and/or mix
chemicals.
• Task: how many milliliters of sand are
in the beaker?
meter stick
• Used to measure length. Always use
metric numbers for science (meters,
centimeters, millimeters)
• Task: measure the object.
thermometer
• Used to measure the temperature of
substances. For science, use the
Celsius side.
• Task: What temperature is the liquid in
the graduated cylinder?
spring scale
• Used to measure force. Some can also
be used to mass objects.
• Task: What force is required to hold up
the block?
petri dish
• Used to hold biological substances or
to grow bacteria, fungi, mold etc.
pipette (eye dropper)
• Used to transfer liquids for mixing,
viewing, or testing
• Task: Practice pulling liquid into the
pipette.