Back to School - Intro to the Science Lab!

When it is back to school time, make sure you engage your students with this fun and easy to prepare introduction to the science lab booklet! The focus of this booklet is to learn the types of lab equipment used, how to set it up safely, and how to use it correctly.

Included in this booklet there are 7 different activities:

• Colouring sheet with lab equipment (these are labelled to introduce students to the names)
• A lab equipment match up activity (pictures to words)
• Label the lab equipment activity
• Bunsen burner set up (cut and stick activity)
• Lab equipment wordsearch
• Measuring using lab equipment (mass, volume and temperature)
• Identify the correct equipment for different tasks activity - to help encourage students to use the correct keywords when describing what they are measuring e.g. measuring the volume of water.

All the answers are included for all the worksheets.

You will find names and pictures of chemistry lab equipment often used, e.g. Bunsen burners, beakers, test tubes, measuring cylinders, conical flasks, balance etc.

By including a lab equipment activity like this one when you start back to school, you are setting students up for success!

This booklet contains a range of activities designed to introduce students to the science lab and the lab equipment used.

To cater to students of different abilities, I have included a range of activities - use them all to solidify understand or pick and choose what works best for your students!