Australia's Science Forum

Helloo everyone, I haven't been on here form some time. I gave up being a Labbie at the end of 2011 so that I could complete my Honours in Behavioral Science and well quite frankly I wish I hadn't. Anyway I have recently moved to the Gladstone region in central Queensland with my diesel fitting part...

Hi, Turns out they can't find anyone to take my job, so I will be back next year on a casual basis until they do find someone. In the meantime sending this out there. Position available 30 hours a week at Good Shepherd Lutheran College, (at the beautiful) Howard Springs Middle/Senior Campus, years 6...

Thanks for that.Any idea where to get a stand from i can't find one with the supplier i got the jar from. Are they called something specific that I need to use as a search term?

HI, I just got my bell jar today and have no idea what sort of hoses etc I will need to make it work. All the one's I have seen on Youtube seem to be sitting on some sort of base which the pump connects to, but those jars are solid. The one I have as you can see from the pick has a stopper in the to...

What's a safety shower shock?
I just test mine by turning it on and letting it run and then turning it off and cleaning up the mess!

http://www.winegrowers.info/wine_making/Alcohol.htm this site may help? distillationa nd use of hydrometer seem to be the norm

In my experience with TAFE if you get RPL you do not have to pay for the parts of the course you get RPL for because course fees generally apply on a unit basis and if you don't do that unit you don't pay for it. There may be an administration fee involved but it is generally minimal

look up the MSDS and see if it is called by another name

I only purchased our VDG a year or two ago so I still have the operating manual which outlines safety, maintenance, and an explaination of how it works with a bit of trouble shooting

yep one of my teachers did it last term but we used a volumetric flask instead of a measuring cylinder with decent results .

Another alternative to this is to use a yeast suspension in plabe of the KI

got a mortar and pestle? could try grinding it up it one of those? Make sure you wear you safety gear though it might get messy.

Yeah one cabinet soilds on the top shelf and liquids on the others below

to demonstraite the green oude effect every year one of our teachers get students to make a little triangle house with 3 microscope slides and plastcine they take them outside into the sun with two thermometers one in the house and one out in the open and record the tempreature difference on the two...

My cabinet is very corrided aswell it is about four years old. The self closing mechanism on the door doesn't work anymore because the bracket attaching it to the inside of the cabinet has corroded away and fallen off. I have to wipe it out all the time because the fumes condense and settle. The nex...

Bindi we have the same deal as you in one of our labs but the other lab has normal desks with chairs and then a massive pile of the tall chairs in the corner which I hate because they are NEVER stacked neatly and they are always in the way. Very much a OH&S issue and if I had it my way they woul...

Thanks everyone. The school does have a stationary cuboard which all staff are allowed to help themselves to so maybe I will go and raid it and grab a bunch of stuff and labell it specifically for science. I guess we are still a realatively new school and alot of things are still being made up as we...

yeah I just have a mismatched assortment of containers , except in the corrosives and flammables cabinet where the trays came with the cabinet.

Hi All, I just want to know if you provide stationary for teachers if they request it for pracs. I am getting extreamly frustrated with teacher requests for things like highligher textas, one lead pencil, permanent markers, rulers, blue tack, sticky tape and scissors. All students were provided with...

disprin tablets. we used them to blow the tops off film canisters