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Thinking of taking time off here at Wollumbin High possibly for last half of this term and next term. I have a casual who covers me every second friday but she is great at cleaning up but no other experience. I need someone who can use mix and handle chemicals, otherwise I would be coming back to ch...

I'm not sure if the way I do it is right or not but it seems to work. I carefully kind of wave the bottom of the thermometer back and forward through the heat of a bunsen until the alcohol meets again, then quickly take it out of the heat. You just have to keep an eye on it as it heats up. I've done...

Yes I know there are private schools on this site too but it would be handy to put the public url on to save some hassle. You still need a user name and password to access it.

Forum rules??
the URL is a det access one.

I haven't used chemwatch almost all year but I have to do a chemical audit of the whole school tomorrow. I tried to login using the old web address but it didn't work. So after a call to them they have given me this one jr.<URL removed, see forum rules>/cg3 Then you just need to put in your school l...

Must make anyone with a tattoo symbol a bit nervous.

Hi All, My dishwasher that is about 12 years old isn't working like it should anymore. Admin seems to think that I need practice washing up.... That's not going to happen.. So, if anyone can recommend a dishwasher that hopefully will last as long as the simpson that I had, I would love to hear from ...

My favourite potential hazard..
Chicken, freshly dead...

Axe anyone??

I can relate to this post. I took every second friday LWOP last year so the school got funding to replace me in science, which worked out well. The friday casual got to do the jobs that I didn't have time for during the week. I also do the ordering in oasis and smartbuy for the whole school, I go to...

Lots of damage to roads in the area, a few homes in Tumbulgum had water through them. My road to work is closed to local traffic near where i live and i'm driving around 6 road slips and 2 lots of water to get to work.Missed the first day of work. Council will have their work cut out for them for mo...

What a classic!! New female teacher here, came marching up to my desk and asked, "Do I have balls?" I replied "I'd like to think not, but then again round here you are probably going to need them" I laughed for ages at the way she said it. (We are doing pracs using rulers, tennis...

Hello,
Don't worry about the postage. Hope the books are helpful. It's still a mystery as to where the physics books went. I've searched high and low for them. If they ever surface I will send them on if you still need them.
Estelle.
Have a great year.

55 minutes, that's a while to keep people interested. Some kind of humor is always a good option.

The fumes alone would knock me out for the day. We used to do the burning of alcohols etc. on watch glasses. Metho, kerosene, methanol, ethanol, until a student put her hand on the burning methanol or ethanol which wasn't visible while burning. Ever seen those race car drivers running around after a...

I just found another 6. Yours if you want them.
I'm not going to the conference and I live in northern NSW.
I'll see about postage but it may not be worth the cost.
I'll get back to you.
Estelle

I have 6 of the chemistry pathways 1 if you would like them.
estelle

Short slinkys, no problem, send them to some of the students here! Standing joke between my friday casual and myself now. I stuffed one of the 2 metre long overstretched slinkys by the students, into a plastic beaker, put sticky tape across the top and then on her friday job list, asked her if she c...

I took the cheapskate option for hanging posters. I put a curtain rod between the metal bays in the store room, brought wire coat hangers and pegs and I hang the posters off them.
Estelle

Marine teacher has requested 3 new filters for the tanks in his room because they have all stopped working. I just checked them, I thought the sponge filters were brown, turns out after I gave them a good clean that they are actually blue filters. Plus found a dead fish stuck behind one filter, judg...

Keep ours plugged in and wound around as well. Had them for four years I think and haven't lost one yet.