OA5.1 Identify the uses and dangers of common chemicals

OA5.1.1 Identify uses of common chemicalsOA5.1.2 Identify dangers related to

common household chemicals

Warm Ups:

1. What are some chemicals that you use at home that you really didn’t think were dangerous?

Household chemicals!!!

There are many household products used around your home. What do you know about them?Join us for a house tour and learn more about the chemicals around your home.

Chemical name

Common name What is it used for ?

What are it’s dangers?

1. Insecticides

2. Herbicides

3. Pesticides

Front line, flea and tick medicine for pets, ant and roach motels, bug sprays

Can be absorbed through skin or breathed in…can make you very sick

Kills weeds and other plants

Round Up, Weed sprays

Can sting your skin and eyes, cause irritations on skin,

Rodent poison

Used to kill rodents (mice and rats)

Very dangerous…can make you very sick. Do not eat or get on your skin.

Chemical name

Common name

What is it used for ?

What are it’s dangers?

4. Ammonium hydroxide

5. Naphthalene

6. Ethylene glycol

Ammonia house hold cleaners

Cleaning around the house

Corrosive and toxic as a gas, irritate skin, eyes, nose and throat

MothballsUsed to keep moths/insects out of clothes

Pregnancy problems, very harmful to newborns, skin irritant

AntifreezeUsed to stop things from freezing or getting too hot

POISONOUS! Can cause death if swallowed.

Chemical name

Common name

What is it used for ?

What are it’s dangers?

7. Calcium chloride

8. Sodium tetraborate

9. Sodium hypochlorite

Road, sidewalk salt

Used to melt snow and ice on roads and side walks

Least dangerous chemical, slight skin, eye, nose irritant

Borax Laundry cleaning

Eye, throat and nose irritant, can lead to boric acid poisoning

Household bleach

Used for disinfecting and sterilizing (household cleaning)Pesticide

Never mix with other cleaning supplies…will cause harmful fumes