CHEMISTRY

Safety in the Chemistry Laboratory and Creating the

Science Notebook

Marie Curie (1867-1934)(1)

• First famous woman scientist in the modern world

• Received Nobel Prizes in both Chemistry and Physics

• Coined the term radioactivity

• Her notebooks are still so radioactive that they cannot be handled without special PPE. (2)

Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890-1954) (3)

• American electrical engineer

• Invented many of the circuits used in radio, radar, and television

• Inventor of modern frequency modulation (FM) radio

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Famous Scientists’ Notebooks Montage

montage

“…a composite picture made by combining several separate pictures.”

Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Montage. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/montage

TASK:

A montage of the notebooks of four famous scientists is displayed on the next slide.

What are types of information are recorded in these pages?

Record one idea per sticky note.

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THE CHEMISTS OF THIS CLASSROOM

HAVE WORKED

_______

DAYS

WITHOUT A SAFETY INCIDENT

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Safety Contract Task

1. Sign both copies of the contract.

2. Take one home for your parent to read, sign, and return.

3. Affix the second copy in your science notebook.

4. Be sure to include an entry in your Table of Contents.

MSDS Guiding Questions

1. What section of information is most important? Why?

2. What potential hazards does your substance pose?

3. What type(s) of personal protective equipment (PPE) is/are recommended when handling your substance?

4. What basic first aid do you need to be aware of before using your substance in the lab?

5. How should your substance be disposed?

6. Note any words or acronyms used in the MSDS with which you are not familiar.

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Bibliography

American Institute of Physics. (n.d.). Marie curie and the science of radioactivity. Retrieved from http://www.aip.org/history/curie/resbr2.htm

Cummings, C. (2012, March 30). Caltech releases complete Einstein archive online. Retrieved from http://techli.com/2012/03/caltech-einstein-papers-project/

Einstein archives online. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.alberteinstein.info/

Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Montage. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/montage

Image Credits

(1) Unknown. (Photographer). Marie Curie. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/3379024364/

(2) Lab Notebook, Pierre (left side) and Marie (right side). (n.d.). Pierre and Marie Curie: Lab notebook 1898. [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.umass.edu/wsp/philology/calendar/curie.html

(3) (1954). Edwin H. Armstrong 1890-1954. (1954). [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/pers0077.htm

(4) Radio Broadcast vol. 1 no. 1. (Photographer). (1922). Feed-back circuit. [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armstrong_circuit.png

(5) Da Vinci, L. (Artist). (c. 1488). Design for a flying maching. [Print Drawing]. Retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Design_for_a_Flying_Machine.jpg

(6) Bell, A. (Photographer). (1876). Retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AGBell_Notebook.jpg

(7) Brew, J. (Photographer). (2006). Otto Hahn's notebook 1938. [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otto_Hahn's_notebook_1938_-_Deutsches_Museum_-_Munich.jpg

(8) Cambridge Digital Library. (Photographer). (n.d.). Newton's observations of snowflakes. [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MS_Add._3958_-_4.jpg

(9) ТимофейЛееСуда. (Photographer). (2013). Safety first sign. [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org: