Explanation:
There are three main reasons for European Exploration. Them being for the sake of their economy, religion and glory. They wanted to improve their economy for instance by acquiring more spices, gold, and better and faster trading routes. Also, they really believed in the need to spread their religion, Christianity.
Because those broken equipment and glassware might eventually hurt other people around it.
You should tell your teacher (because your teacher is responsible for the well being of all the students in the class) and so he/she could bring up that problem to the school management and replace that equipment/ glassware for the new one.
The answer to this is friday