Pause
Stop your hands and your feet. Do not improvise with an unfamiliar material, tool, smell, sound, or spill.
Unit 02 · shared stop · 7th & 8th grade
Safety is a skill.
Before we measure, heat, mix, build, or investigate, we learn how to protect ourselves, our classmates, and the evidence. The first move is not “try it.” The first move is pause, look, and ask.
No physical lab promisedTeacher direction controls
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Tap nothing. Notice everything.
The briefing · four moves
When in doubt, make the safe move boringly obvious.
Safety is not a bravery test. It is a repeatable routine that keeps a small problem from becoming a big one.
Protect
Use the required protective equipment and give the hazard space. Keep hair, sleeves, bags, food, and phones out of the work zone.
Tell
Tell the teacher or supervising adult what happened, plainly and immediately. Questions are data, not trouble.
Prevent
Follow the adult’s directions for cleanup, first aid, evacuation, or disposal. Never hide a mistake to protect a grade.
Watch · Khan Academy candidate
See the routine before you need it.
This is the selected middle-school candidate. It opens as a supplement; the teacher’s directions and the official contract remain the authority.
Cards · vocabulary
Know the words before the moment.
Flip the cards. The deck stays in this browser only; it does not record a grade or create an account.
Read · Eleo explains
Safety is how we make science possible.
A short companion article turns the rules into decisions you can make under pressure.
Sketch · sketchnotes
Practice the safe move on paper.
Three duplex sets turn the official English safety contract into desk-ready practice. Print the workbook, complete it, then check your thinking against the key.
Investigate · scenario cards
What would you do next?
Choose a situation. The safe answer starts with stopping the action, creating space, and telling the supervising adult.
Practice · math + teacher assessment
Make the safe choice measurable.
Use the print sheet to practice unit conversions, averages, and reading a simple safety-check data table. Your teacher’s existing safety assessment comes after the briefing; this page stores no results.
Unit #02 · both grades · worksheet
Safety Data, Honest Numbers
Metric conversions, mean and median, a response-time table, and a graph-reading check.
metric unitsmean / mediandata tablesOpen the sheet →teacher handoff
Assessment lives with your teacher.
Complete the assigned lab-safety assessment after reviewing this page and the official contract. Ask your teacher where to submit it and what counts as passing.
No quiz, grade, or student identity is stored here.Myth-busters · tap to flip
Good intentions are not a safety plan.
Contract · official bilingual source
Read it. Ask about it. Sign it the way your teacher directs.
The student summary on this page does not replace the official agreement. Use the linked English & Spanish contract for the complete wording, checklist, signatures, and teacher directions.