Chemistry
Laboratory Safety Rules Web Quest
Introduction: Each day people around the world use materials
bought at local stores to use at home and are injured because they to not read
the safety precautions. From cleansers to pesticides, chemicals are ever
present in our lives and should be treated with care. Our laboratory activities
put you in new and unique situations, handling equipment and materials, which
can be dangerous to both you and your classmates, if adequate rules are not
observed. These safety rules in the laboratory are referred to as protocols. No
one wishes to be injured or injure others, and there are severe penalties for
breaking rules even without resultant injuries, from failing an individual lab
to being barred from lab entirely (which will result in being barred from the
Regents and lead to failure in the course).
Your job is to develop a set of safety rules for our
laboratory, based upon what is available on the Internet, your own research and
experiences. This will be the first in a yearlong series of Web Quests, each of
which will count as an exam. At later dates you will produce Power Point
presentations based on each of your individually assigned five elements.
Finally, by Memorial Day 2001, you will produce Word and Power Point presentations
based on a public policy analysis of the chemicals used to combat the West Nile
Virus.
Task: You will develop, as an individual and part of an
assigned team, a product, which will establish standards of behavior and
protocols for our class’ laboratory activities. One group will create a Word
document and the other a Power Point presentation. Both will be responsible for
a verbal presentation of their product.
Process: On Day 1, November 20, assigned pairs of
students will investigate Internet sites regarding established laboratory rules
in the computer lab. They will save the information on their computer and
isolate relevant rules. For example, you will not be handling radioactive
materials, so rules regarding them can be deleted. Save the information on their computer and isolate relevant
rules. For example, you will not be handling radioactive materials, so rules
regarding them can be deleted. You will do so by entering the file in which the
rules are saves, highlighting them, and hitting the delete key. If in doubt,
you can bookmark the rule for later discussion. You must print
out a hard copy of your product before leaving the lab with your name on
each page.
On Day 2, November 22, you will meet with an assigned
product group in recitation class to merge your individual rule set into an
agreed upon single set. These rules should be prioritized within clear
categories (e.g. – general behavior versus protocols for specific materials).
Since you have been primarily looking at rules designed for college students,
be aware that you will need to add an awareness of “common sense” rules
regarding your behavior tat have been previously related to you.
You will separately submit
committee assignments, which should include, but not be limited to: chair,
recorder, evaluators, and verbal presenter. The Word committee must also
specify layout and typist assignments. The Power Point committee will also
specify specific slide assignments. Before Day 3, a hand written version/design
must be completed and submitted. Sources beyond the Web Quest are required.
On Day 3, TBA, projects will be completed in the computer
lab, from previously hand written documents. If additional time is sought, Mr.
Gresko and Ms. Coleman must be notified prior to the end of the period, with an
estimate of how much computer time you will need. Ms. Coleman will have the
final word regarding the availability of computers in her lab room. In no case
will there be extensions beyond the Christmas vacation. Projects will be saved
at the computer sites and hard copies submitted.
On Day 4, TBA, both teams will make verbal presentations
(no reading) and site evaluations.
Resources: 1 Http://pc65.frontier.osrhe.edu/hs/science/clab.html
2 Http://physchem.ox.ac.ukmsds/incompatables.html
3 Http://chem.vt.edu.rvgs/actt/lab//safety_rules.html
5 Http://wwitch.unl.edu.safety/hslabcon.html
6 Http://chemistrycoach.com/home.html
7 Http://uwm.edu/dept/ehsrm/lab/
8 Http://uvic.ca/ohs/labsafety.html
9 Http://towson.edu/nsweeting/safeorg.html
Teams: Day I Pairs Resource
Sites
J. Baez & S. Forgenie -------------------------- 1, 5, 10
C. Cruz & K. Modoo
------------------------- 2, 6, 8
M. Mora & Jen. Santiago --------------------- 3,
7, 5
S. Gonzalez & S. Grant ----------------------- 4,
9, 1
M. Mejia & Jon. Santiago -------------------- 5,
10, 2
S. Eaves & G. White
-------------------------- 6,
9, 7
R. Choudhury & A. Wright ------------------ 7, 8, 4
E. Perales & K. Winston & E. Alvarado---- 8, 1, 2, 3, 4
Word
Document Committee Power Point Committee
Forgenie Alvarado
Grant Baez
Modoo Choudhury
Jen. Santiago Cruz
Jon. Santiago Eaves
White Gonzalez
Wright Mejia
Mora
Perales
Winston
Evaluation Rubric: Item % of Project Grade
Print out of selected rules Day 1 --------------- 20
Participation Day 2 ------------------------------ 20
Product content comprehensiveness ---------- 20
Creativity and appearance (including
Grammar
& spelling)
--------------------------- 20
Review
of Web Sites
---------------------------- 15
Verbal
--------------------------------------------- 5
Conclusion: Each site must be evaluated. The review process
will begin as a class discussion and will result in a written document by each
student before the end of the period. The review will include a racking of the
sites (best to worst) with a cited criteria and comments on each site, as well
as suggestions for further activities.