Objectives:

1. Describe what to do and what not to do in a laboratory.

2. Identify the kinds safety equipment in the lab and their locations.

3. Understand the meaning of the GHS symbols.

4. Read and construct a fire diamond.

5. Retrieve more detailed information about chemicals from the internet.

6. Explain different types of variables in an experiment and use them to set up an experiment.

7. Describe what a toxic substance is, what toxicology is, how a toxic substance can enter my body, and how the toxic effect of a substance is quantified.

8. Identify significant figures and calculate with them appropriately.

9. Use the metric SI unit and the prefix system and explain what each unit and prefix mean.