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Good Morning Everyone,

Does anyone have a tried and true recipe for making agar to culture the bacteria in yogurt?

Thanks
Lorrae

Hi All,
if anyone still has the recipe for the lolly fossils I would love a copy.
Could you fax it to:
Attention Lorrae
Fax No: 0248613328

Thanks

Lorrae

Hi,

Isn't chloroform a Black dot chemical!!

We did this prac recently and used hexane mixed with acetone as the solvent and this worked really well.

Hope this is of some use.

Lorrae

Hi Carol, I'm equally outraged!! I don't know the leagallities of it but if your chem store is anything like mine their would be know way that anyone in ther right mind would want to store books and stationary in it. Mine is a really moist environment so books would go mouldy, Plus it has that lovel...

Thanks for the advice.
I must say I'm very relieved. Our staff meeting last wek was about the new copyright legislation and I started to worry about printing the MSDS. Damn now I'll have to finish them!!

Lorrae

Hi All, I have just begun the onerous task of printing current MSDS from Chemwatch. I noticed on the back they have a copyright clause. Are we breeching copyright by printing all the MSDS from Chemwatch?? Thanks for the input. I have learned so much from this site and all the knowledge out there is ...

Hi Tammy,

That sounds great. I haven't had mine approved yet but I'll put in for the Friday too.

See you
Lorrae

Hi Lada,

I sent the fax.

What day suits people the best??
I will most probably be going and either day suits me.

Lorrae

Lisa,
Could you please email me a copy to
mueller@oxley.nsw.edu.au

Thanks
Lorrae

The course is 2007 Chemical Safety in Schools Update Course One day inservice for technical staff working in the laboratory provided by the RACI NSW Chemical education group. Who Is it For? For lab staff who have not yet completed their Mandatory Workplace Training Chemical Safety in Schools When: 9...

Hi!!
Is anyone going to this course at the end of November?

Lorrae

Hi!!
Where do you get a copy of "Getting it to work" Physic equipment for high schools??

TA Lorrae

Good Morning Everyone.

It is a beautiful day in the Southern Highlands of NSW south of Sydney.

What molarity copper sulfate do other labs use for electrolysis??

Thanks

Lorrae

Hi susie, Our labs were built before technology became so popular so our internet connections in the labs are on one wall and there's not nearly enough of them (4). We have laptops that we use in the class rooms (5). Make sure you think about things like internet connection and data projectors, scre...

Don't you mean recycle the water appropriately!!
I'm sure there will be plants to water or something!!

Hi Judy, I have a very nice man who does artificial insemination that delivers the liquid nitrogen. I have a flask here and I phone him when I need it and he comes to the school.Maybe some kind person will do the same for you if you phone around the local area. Being a rural community I'm sure there...

Hi
Check out the CSIS folder there is a section on spill kits.

Lorrae

Sue
Probably Lead nitrate Pb(NO3)2. We have this made up as one of our dropper bottle class sets.
Hope this helps.
Lorrae

Hi,
Sally Hansen Nail Biter is what we have here.
Lorrae

Hi! I've just spoken to our resident experts in all things exploding and dangerous and they tell me 6M NaOH and aluminium foil lightly scrunched in a ball and quite a few of them. Place the alfoil balls in the botton of a conical flask add the NaOH quickly place the prestretched balloon over the nec...