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Activity |
Hazards |
Mitigation |
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Vacuum: Experience the
discipline that is required to make a good vacuum.
You will mount flanges and leak-check a vacuum
system. Watch the effect of a vacuum on different
materials- SUCK IT IN! |
- Cuts, bumps, scrapes from dropping
or slipping tools.
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- Follow instructions when using
tools.
- Wear safety glasses.
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Metrology: In the metrology
lab you will use precision instruments to see how
flat is flat and how round is round. How thick is
your hair, or your finger? How big do things get
when they get hot? Bend granite beams with a single
finger! - MEASURE UP! |
- Cuts, bumps, scrapes from dropping or
slipping tools.
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- Follow instructions when using tools.
- Wear safety glasses.
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Electronics 1: Build a
continuity checker complete with test leads and
indicator light. Work one on one with an electronics
tech to strip, solder and assemble the unit that you
will take home - ZAP! |
- You could burn yourself.
- Solder
can “pop” into your eye.
- You could cut yourself
with wire strippers.
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- Pick-up a hot soldering iron ONLY
by the handle; keep the tip and the metal barrel
away from fingers, skin, clothing.
- Strip wire away from you, other kids or solid
objects and keep your fingers away from the cutting
edges.
- Wear safety glasses.
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Cryogenics: Learn about the
field of cryogenics, see the effect of cryogenic
temperatures on everyday items, check out
super-levitation and watch a short movie on
super-fluid helium phenomenon - CHILL OUT! |
- Liquid nitrogen can burn you!
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- Stay in the safe area.
- Don’t touch the liquid nitrogen.
- Wear safety glasses
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