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Scientific Method Science Safety Rules 

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The X-Men has been learning safety rules during science class at the Charles Xavier’s School of Gifted Youngsters.  Read the paragraphs below to find the broken safety rules and underline each one.  How many can you find? 
Kitty Pride, Cyclops, and Iceman were thrilled when Professor X gave their teacher a chemistry set!  Professor X warned them to be careful and reminded them to follow the safety rules they had learned in science class.  The teacher passed out the materials and provided each person with an experiment book. 
Kitty Pride and Cyclops flipped through the book and decided to test the properties of a mystery substance.  Since the teacher did not tell them to wear the safety goggles, they left them on the table.  Kitty Pride lit the Bunsen burner and then reached across the flame to get a test tube from Cyclops.  In the process, she knocked over a bottle of the mystery substance and a little bit splashed on Cyclops.  Kitty Pride poured some of the substance into a test tube and began to heat it. When it started to bubble she looked into the test tube to see what was happening and pointed it towards Cyclops so he could see.  Cyclops thought it smelled weird so he took a deep whiff of it.  He didn't think it smelled poisonous and tasted a little bit of the substance.  They were worried about running out of time, so they left the test tube and materials on the table and moved to a different station to try another experiment. 
Iceman didn't want to waste any time reading the directions, so he put on some safety goggles and picked a couple different substances.  He tested them with vinegar (a weak acid) to see what would happen even though he didn't have permission to experiment on his own.  He noticed that one of the substances did not do anything, but the other one fizzed.  He also mixed two substances together to see what would happen, but didn't notice anything.  He saw Kitty Pride and Cyclops heating something in a test tube and decided to do that test.  He ran over to that station and knocked over a couple bottles that Kitty Pride had left open.  After cleaning up the spills, he read the directions and found the materials he needed.  The only test tube he could find had a small crack in it, but he decided to use it anyway.  He lit the Bunsen burner and used tongs to hold the test tube over the flame.  He forgot to move his notebook away from the flame and almost caught it on fire. 
Before they could do another experiment, the bell rang and they rushed to put everything away.  Since they didn't have much time, Iceman didn't clean out his test tube before putting it in the cabinet.  Kitty Pride noticed that he had a small cut on his finger, but decided he didn't have time to tell the teacher about it.  Since they were late, they skipped washing their hands and hurried to the next class.