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General Lab Maintenance

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All Lab Courses

Students:

1. Wipe down benches, microscopes, and any other lab equipment on the student benches
2. Organize equipment and supplies at their station
3. Tuck in their chairs
   

Lab Instructors:

1.  Supplies:
   • Check the supply of lab materials (262/263 share lab materials), prepare, and refill low materials before the next lab
   • Email the coordinator when quantity is critically low
2. Microscopes:
   • No slides or specimens on stages and the objective lens is set at 4X
   • Turn off and cover all compound microscopes (student and instructor)
   • Turn off the instructor microscope camera
   • Turn off all stereoscopes
3. Instructor and sink benches:
   • Organized/tidy/clean
   • Refill the paper towel dispensers
   • Prepare dirty glassware for the stockroom
   • Place waste materials in the appropriate waste container
4. Student Stations:
   • Trays are organized/tidy/clean
   • Correct equipment and supplies are at each station
5. Turn off the projector and lab lights
6. Lock all entryway doors to the laboratory

BIOL 1102L

Instructors & Students

C-FERN Terrariums

1. Put all plant containers back in the terrarium
2. Place lids terrariums
3. Close the black canvas cover

Station trays:

1. Organized/tidy, sitting at the correct student station on the metal bench riser:
2. Prepared slide specimens in slide sleeves.
3. Colored pencils in the green container.
4. Slides, cover-slips, lens paper, lens cleaner, forceps, organized in weigh-boat.
5. Wash bottles are on the tray and accounted for.

Dissections:

• Follow the dissection and the animal disposal procedures.
• At the end of lab:
  1. Check that all student station trays and dissection supplies are organized and clean. If the stations are not clean, you are required to clean up
  2. Turn off the AVer Document camera and the portable fume extractor.