Lab notebook and safety practical
Open your materials, follow the steps, then turn in your work.
Set up a dated HBS lab notebook and pass a PPE and SDS safety practical.
1. Open your materials
Use the materials named in the first step below. Open lesson resources.
2. Start the work
Create notebook sections for objective, data, analysis, and reflection, then date page one.
Show all 5 required steps
- Create notebook sections for objective, data, analysis, and reflection, then date page one.
- Locate the eyewash, sharps container, and SDS binder in the lab.
- Open one SDS and find the hazards (Section 2), PPE (Section 8), and first aid (Section 4).
- Put on the correct PPE for a mock specimen-handling task and have it checked.
- Submit your initialized notebook page and completed safety/SDS checklist.
Lost your place? If you lost your place, check your notebook setup (dated, with objective, data, analysis, reflection) and your SDS card (Sections 2, 8, and 4). Add the missing part.
Check your work before submitting
- You can record a dated, labeled lab-notebook entry.
- You can find hazards, PPE, and first aid on any SDS and gear up correctly.
Before lab work: read the safety rules
- Goggles and gloves must be on before handling any specimen or chemical in this class.
- Know the location of the eyewash station before beginning any lab.
- Never recap needles or put sharps in the regular trash; use the sharps container.
- Wash hands with soap and water after removing gloves.
3. Turn in your work
DueCheck Schoology- Hand in
- Completed SDS checklist (Sections 2, 4, 8) plus a photo of your initialized, dated notebook page.
How to submit and name your file
Submit both items together as one PDF or combined photo upload.
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Assignment: Wk3 Pre-lab: Lab notebook and safety practical
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How this lesson connects
Keep using what you learned last class: The body maintains a stable internal environment through continuous negative-feedback loops. Today: Safe lab practice begins with reading the SDS and using the correct personal protective equipment before handling any specimen or chemical.
Unit 1 guide: what to keep and use nextOptional: listen or watch a unit review▸
Thinking practice for this week▸
What counts as evidence, and where to find it
What makes evidence strong, and where do you find evidence you can trust?
Evidence is the data and observations you use to back up a claim. In science that means measurements, experimental results, images, and records, not “my friend said” or “I saw it once.”
Strong evidence is relevant (it actually bears on the claim), sufficient (there is enough of it), and reliable (it was collected carefully and others could repeat it). One data point is rarely enough; a pattern across many is far stronger.
Where you find it matters. Prefer primary sources and reputable ones: peer-reviewed studies, government and health agencies (CDC, NIH, NHGRI), and your own lab data. When you find a source online, do not trust it on looks. Check who is behind it and what better sources say.
- • Relevant: it directly supports (or tests) the claim.
- • Sufficient: there is enough of it, not a single lucky data point.
- • Reliable: collected carefully, and others could reproduce it.
- • Sourced: you can say where it came from and why that source is trustworthy.
- • Stop. Investigate the source: who made this and why?
- • Find better coverage: what do other reputable sources say?
- • Trace claims and quotes back to the original.
Find two pieces of evidence for a claim in this unit, one from your lab/class data and one from a reputable source. Note why each source can be trusted.
Need help? Warm-up, timing, and directions▸
💡 Big idea: Safe lab practice begins with reading the SDS and using the correct personal protective equipment before handling any or chemical.
- 0-8Intro: why lab matters in a health-science course
- 8-20Lab tour: locate eyewash, sharps, fire extinguisher, SDS binder
- 20-40SDS deep-dive: open one sheet, complete Sections 2, 4, 8 on checklist
- 40-55Notebook setup: date page one, create four sections, write first objective
- 55-75PPE practical: don correct gear for mock task, teacher sign-off
- 75-80Submit notebook photo and checklist
- • Today we earn the right to use the lab for the rest of the year. No practical, no lab work.
- • We are going to walk through the lab together, find every piece of equipment, and practice reading a real Safety Data Sheet.
- • Your notebook is your scientific record. Everything you do in this course gets recorded there first. Today you set it up correctly.
- • The practical at the end of class is pass/fail. If you need a second attempt you will do it at lunch. No exceptions.
- • A Data Sheet (SDS) has 16 sections; Section 2 lists hazards, Section 8 lists required PPE, Section 4 covers first aid.
- • Standard lab PPE for handling includes gloves, goggles, and a lab coat or apron.
- • Every lab notebook entry must be dated and include objective, data, analysis, and reflection sections.
PLTW connection and today's work
Open Activity 1.1.2 Language of Anatomy (Lesson 1.1 Beginning With Bones) in myPLTW and locate the lab-safety acknowledgment or introductory safety task; complete it before the PPE practical ends.
Today's stopping point: You completed homeostasis Tuesday; today the safety task should be checked off and your notebook initialized.
PLTW activity titles identify the course connection. If your account will not open, use the posted materials for today and tell Mr. Mendoza. Do not mark an online activity complete unless you completed it.
Course connection
- Activity 1.1.2 Language of Anatomy
Use the turn-in directions at the top of this page. Do not create a second submission unless your teacher asks for one.
Show another explanation or a smaller first step
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Finish the assigned lab safely before starting extra practice.
Lesson resources: reading, slides, and vocabulary▸
The deck carries the prior idea forward, lets you inspect an analogy, maps the rule to biology, and ends with the same evidence decision and exit ticket used on this page.
Generated from this lesson's canonical data with a red-team citation check.
The body maintains a stable internal environment through continuous negative-feedback loops.
Safe lab practice begins with reading the SDS and using the correct personal protective equipment before handling any or chemical.
A pilot uses a preflight checklist before the aircraft moves.
- Which checks happen before action?
- Which hazard does each check control?
- What happens if a familiar step is skipped?
A routine works when each action controls a named hazard before exposure begins.
A laboratory hazard can change during a procedure, so students must keep monitoring conditions after the checklist.
- • Preflight checks map to PPE and setup.
- • Aircraft hazards map to chemical, biological, heat, or sharps hazards.
- • Go or no-go maps to the pre-lab readiness decision.
Driving question: You are about to handle a preserved for the first time. What do you check, and what do you put on, before your gloves touch it?
What you already know: The body maintains a stable internal environment through continuous negative-feedback loops.
New idea: Safe lab practice begins with reading the SDS and using the correct personal protective equipment before handling any or chemical.
Visual or model: F1. F1. A lesson illustration or teaching diagram for Lab notebook and safety practical. Use it with E1-E3; it is a model or context image, not experimental or patient data. What to notice: Trace the labeled structure, movement, or system relationship that connects form to function.
- Observe or measure the relevant feature in today's lesson.
- Organize the observation with a stable evidence ID.
- Apply this rule: A routine works when each action controls a named hazard before exposure begins.
- Choose the option the evidence supports and state the limit of the conclusion.
Real biomedical example: You are about to handle a preserved for the first time. What do you check, and what do you put on, before your gloves touch it?
What the evidence supports: E1-E3 and F1 support the daily take-home when the response meets the stated success criteria.
What it cannot prove: The package does not support claims beyond this lesson's or any real patient diagnosis.
- • : The study of the body's structure and how its parts are arranged, from whole organs down to individual tissues and cells.
- • physiology: The study of how the body's parts function and work together to keep an organism alive and healthy.
- • : The body's ongoing process of keeping internal conditions like temperature, blood sugar, and pH steady despite changes in the outside environment.
- • : A direction term meaning toward the front of the body, such as the chest being to the spine.
- • : An anatomical direction meaning toward the back of the body or behind another structure.
- • : A direction term meaning closer to the point where a limb attaches to the body, such as the elbow being to the wrist.
- • : An anatomical direction meaning farther from the point where a limb attaches to the body or from the origin of a structure.
- • CER: Use the lesson context and glossary entry to explain CER in your own words.
Use it now: Choose one decision option. Cite E1 and E3, then explain how the rule connects the evidence to your choice.
Go further, optional: The source links below are optional enrichment. Every fact required for today's local evidence decision appears in this lesson package.
Laboratory depends on matching each identified hazard to an appropriate containment practice, protective measure, and stop-work condition before the procedure begins.
Limit: The lesson check does not replace the site-specific SDS, approved procedure, teacher supervision, or emergency plan.
A routine works when each action controls a named hazard before exposure begins.
Limit: A laboratory hazard can change during a procedure, so students must keep monitoring conditions after the checklist.
You can record a dated, labeled lab-notebook entry.
Limit: E3 defines the classroom product or success criterion. It is not independent scientific evidence and cannot justify a clinical or causal claim.
PLTW-HAP-2027-02-01 · Simulated classroom evidence scenario
Your role: anatomy and physiology consultant
Decision: Your team must decide what the evidence from today's lesson supports before submitting the pre-lab readiness record named on today's page.
- • Pull on gloves and start handling the , since gloves cover the hazard in this lab.
- • Hold the work until my dated notebook entry and the SDS hazard section are both ready.
- • Read Section 8 of the SDS first, then put on every piece of PPE it names.
Response: State one choice, cite at least two evidence IDs, explain the rule that connects them, and add one limitation. Submit it as the pre-lab readiness record.
Claim ceiling: Today's evidence supports a classroom claim about today's lesson. It cannot prove causation, diagnose a real patient, or justify action outside this room.
Reason for review: Your team must decide what the evidence from today's lesson supports before submitting the pre-lab readiness record named on today's page.
Context: Safe practice begins with reading the SDS and wearing the right PPE, because you protect yourself before you ever pick up a .
- • T1: Create notebook sections for objective, data, analysis, and reflection, then date page one.
- • T2: Locate the eyewash, sharps container, and SDS binder in the lab.
- • T3: Open one SDS and find the hazards (Section 2), PPE (Section 8), and first aid (Section 4).
- • T4: Put on the correct PPE for a mock -handling task and have it checked.
- • T5: Submit your initialized notebook page and completed /SDS checklist.
- • E1: Laboratory depends on matching each identified hazard to an appropriate containment practice, protective measure, and stop-work condition before the procedure begins.
- • E2: A routine works when each action controls a named hazard before exposure begins.
- • E3: You can record a dated, labeled lab-notebook entry.
Measurements: No patient measurement is supplied unless it appears explicitly in E1-E3 or F1. Do not invent a value.
Figure finding: Teaching diagram for Lab notebook and practical. Trace the labeled structure, movement, or system relationship that connects form to function. This is a teaching model, not patient or experimental data.
Uncertainty: This is a composite classroom scenario. Missing history, measurements, or confirmation tests remain unknown and limit the conclusion.
Students often think gloves are enough for lab . The trap: the SDS tells you which PPE the specific hazard needs, and Section 8 may require goggles and a coat, not just gloves
SDS Checklist (for the chemical I was assigned):
- Section 2 (Hazards): the SDS lists the product as causing skin and serious eye irritation. Signal word: Warning.
- Section 8 (PPE): requires safety goggles, nitrile gloves, and a lab coat or apron.
- Section 4 (First aid): for eye contact, rinse with water at the eyewash for at least 15 minutes and seek help; for skin contact, wash with soap and water.
PPE I put on for the mock task: goggles, gloves, lab coat. Checked by my partner.
Lab equipment I located: eyewash station (back left sink), sharps container (by the door), SDS binder (on the supply shelf).
Notebook page one (dated):
- Objective: set up my HBS lab notebook and pass the PPE and SDS safety check.
- Data: SDS sections recorded above; PPE check passed.
- Analysis: I can find hazards in Section 2, PPE in Section 8, and first aid in Section 4 of any SDS.
- Reflection: I now know to read the SDS before touching any chemical or specimen.
This model shows the level of evidence and organization needed to complete: A completed safety checklist that records the hazards, required PPE, and first-aid information found on a Safety Data Sheet, paired with a photo of your set-up, dated lab notebook page.
- Identify the purpose, hazards, and required controls.
- Write the procedure in a usable order.
- Confirm materials, measurements, and waste handling before starting.
Keep the structure. Replace the question, facts, measurements, and evidence. Then recheck units, vocabulary, and whether the conclusion goes beyond the evidence.
Also due today: Submit the checklist and the dated notebook photo together as one PDF or combined photo upload.
- CER:
- Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: make a claim, back it with evidence, explain your reasoning.
- SOP:
- Standard Operating Procedure, the exact steps to follow (especially in a lab).
- Tracker:
- Your PLTW progress log where you record completed evidence.
- myPLTW:
- The PLTW course site where you do the online activities. Find it in Clever with your Microsoft sign-in, right next to Schoology.
Tap the speaker to hear a term. Add two of these to your notebook glossary with a definition and an example in your own words.
Pick just 2 or 3 words from today and make them yours: write what each one means in your own words, name the context clue or evidence that helped, then give one example from what you actually did in Lab notebook and safety practical. Try your own words first; the glossary is there if you get stuck. This is voluntary and counts as extra credit, so keep it short.
Saved on this device. Show Mr. Mendoza or add these to your notebook glossary to claim the extra credit.
Play the cold open at the start of the unit to set the scene. Each recording is AI-generated and simulated (fictional callers, no real people or student data).
Hand-picked readings, videos, and interactives for this lesson, all free and from authoritative open organizations (NIH, CDC, OpenStax, Khan Academy, PhET, HHMI, and more).
A fillable, Cornell-style notebook for Unit 1: Road to Rehabilitation. Type your notes, cues, and summaries right in the PDF, or print it and write by hand. Each lesson page has a cue column, a notes column, and a summary box, plus dated lab-record pages you can turn in.
HBS Unit 1 notebook: Road to Rehabilitation Fillable PDFCornell notes + lab recordsOpenClassroom documents for this lesson are posted in Schoology. Open Clever, then Schoology, and find each one by the name shown on its card.
Use this as the classroom resource for HBS launch and body systems overview.
Placement rationale
Matched HBS launch and body systems overview by path:Human-Body-Systems/00-Course-Planning; keywords:body systems. Score 130. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Sign in to Clever with your district Microsoft account to open Schoology or myPLTW. Follow today's posted steps. If myPLTW will not open, use the posted alternative and tell Mr. Mendoza. Turn in your completed work through the Schoology assignment.
Practice: try a question, then check your answer▸
Claim ceiling for this check: Today's evidence supports a classroom claim about today's lesson. It cannot prove causation, diagnose a real patient, or justify action outside this room.
Which SDS section tells you the required PPE, and why check it before handling a specimen?
Write an answer and pick a confidence to unlock the key.
Fast retrieval with instant answers, not the commit-then-reveal check above. Try each from memory first: write what you remember about the earlier units, then check yourself here.
Missed class or ready for more?▸
Run this before you touch the bench. It is built from the real lab procedure, so the decisions you make here are the ones you will make with the equipment in your hands.
I can name the procedure's purpose and the evidence I will record. I can name today's hazards and the control for each: Goggles and gloves must be on before handling any specimen or chemical in this class. My data table is ready before materials are handled.
Finish the checklist before you handle any material.
- • Goggles and gloves must be on before handling any specimen or chemical in this class.
- • Know the location of the eyewash station before beginning any lab.
- • Never recap needles or put sharps in the regular trash; use the sharps container.
- • Wash hands with soap and water after removing gloves.
- 1Before materials are handled, identify the purpose, variables or comparison, controls, measurement units, and stop-work condition.
- 2Create notebook sections for objective, data, analysis, and reflection, then date page one.
- 3Locate the eyewash, sharps container, and SDS binder in the lab.
- 4Open one SDS and find the hazards (Section 2), PPE (Section 8), and first aid (Section 4).
- 5Put on the correct PPE for a mock specimen-handling task and have it checked.
- 6Submit your initialized notebook page and completed safety/SDS checklist.
- 7Record each result in the prepared table before interpreting it. Mark missing, repeated, or invalid results truthfully.
- 8Complete the named cleanup and waste route, remove PPE safely, wash hands when required, and confirm the station is ready for the next group.
| Trial or sample ID | Independent condition | Measured result with units | Observation before interpretation | Quality-control note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Before the procedure, predict the result and cite the rule behind the prediction.
After the procedure, compare the result with the prediction and name one limitation or source of uncertainty.
What today's skills lead to. These are real health-science careers this course builds toward. Tap one to see, on the US Department of Labor's O*NET site, what the job actually involves, what it pays, and how fast it is growing.
Complete the SDS scenario: read a provided Data Sheet, identify hazards, required PPE, and first-aid response, then write a short handling plan and a sample dated notebook entry for the task.
CDC: Laboratory safetySubmit both items together as one PDF or combined photo upload.
Class still runs. Complete the online activity above (it's self-guided). Need the concept taught without a teacher? Use this authoritative explainer:
CDC Laboratory Safety- CompleteEvery required part of the artifact is present, nothing left blank.
- AccurateThe science and the data are correct and match the evidence.
- Scientific reasoningYou explain your claim with evidence and reasoning (CER), not just an answer.
- Professional communicationClear, organized, labeled, and written the way a clinician or scientist would.
- SubmittedGo to Schoology to turn this in. Submit one PDF. Put your first and last name in the document header. Name the file: FirstName LastName - Assignment Title - YYYY-MM-DD.pdf. If you cannot get in, see Mr. Mendoza. Do not skip the work.
- Error analysis and method · counts doubleName a specific limit of the method and how it moved your result, and compare what you predicted to what happened. "Human error" does not count; say what about the procedure or instrument caused it.
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