L10 - Lab Safety and Experimental Prep

Lab Safety


Strategies employed

1.Connect (Hook and Hold) (5 mins)
+ Welcome the students into the lab
+ Inform students the periods that they are supposed to report to the lab for lessons

2.Acquire and Make meaning (Receive Knowledge and skills, and understanding learning outcomes) (40 mins)

Lab safety instructions 
+ Distribute the lab safety instructions prepared by the HOD Science
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Le8msN0atc3J5SJkLxoj1hwMPQI9u124RQBVpVhzh_w/edit

+ Conduct the safety briefing according to the safety instruction slides:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ygWhdOhAcCUZShe-6UHPFRQCAzlJx4QO6nipM_eMs8Q/edit#slide=id.p49 (Teacher) 

Familiarize with lab SOP for projects
+ They will be able to visit the lab outside the normal school hours as well to prepare for the research. 
+ The lab safety rules applies and students are NOT allowed to violate them. Serious disciplinary actions will be taken against them.
+ Students are allocated their space in the lab.
+ Dismiss the students from the labs.
+ Make sure that all students are aware about the Risk Assessment and Management steps that they have identified here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M04GJEJB0etVb5f4K3vzf_23dK_7ZyE_b7xvG9hVJTg/edit#gid=0

+ Any safety incident (accident or non-accident, injury or non-injury) will be reported to the HOD and School Leaders without fail.
https://docs.google.com/a/sst.edu.sg/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEQaPE67A_KXCMo94LnYO4vV2EzQ9YWsDE95VZp7YzzZ4ufw/viewform?c=0&w=1

3.Transfer (Formative checks, reflections, etc.) (5 mins)
+ Remind students to meet up with the lab staff the next lesson in preparation of their projects.


Experimental Prep
Strategies employed

1.Connect (Hook and Hold) (5 mins)
+ Bring samples of log book to class to show the students how great log books are done.

2.Acquire and Make meaning (Receive Knowledge and skills, and understanding learning outcomes) (40 mins)

Log Book
+ Ask each team to purchase a Log Book from the bookshop at the beginning of the class.
+ Distribute the content page for the Log Book to the students. The content page includes the Lab Safety regulations, Gantt Chart, GPP, Lab request form, and the daily events from Lesson 11 onwards.
+ Remind them to keep the Log Book updated.
+ References can be found here:
+ Look for the Log Book Template in the Googlesite:
https://sites.google.com/a/s2016.sst.edu.sg/iss/

Lab equipment requisition form
+ Remind the students to make sure that they submit the lab request form as soon as possible to the Lab staff before the next lesson.
+ Issue 1 x Lab request form to the students
+ Students are to tick the required items in the form and other small items that the Laboratory Staff may have.

3.Transfer (Formative checks, reflections, etc.) (5 mins)
+ Teacher to visually inspect that the log book, the content page and the equipment request form are completed.

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