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Totally agree. Makes no sense at all.

The blue cover has to come off to remove the battery cover. It does take some convincing the first time as it is glued to the multimeter. The glue is also around the battery compartment and I have found a pair of needle nosed pliers gripping the hole where the screw goes helps get the battery cover ...

Lighting a match is the easiest one I know.

I ask for minimum 2 working days notice for the original order from the students but after that they can order refills etc at the end of the lesson for the next lesson. I need longer if I need to order in things or grow seedling etc.

I had this happen to me too about 10 years ago. I turned the freezer on to freeze the liquified offal and rats so it was easier to dispose of. Vanilla fridge wipe definately helped with the smell. I recommend changing the door seals as well.

We have had great success using Coffee Mate or drinking chocolate.

Here's the algae ball prac we use.


http://www.saps.org.uk/attachments/arti ... 0balls.pdf

Are they making algae balls? We've done the experiment here for a couple of years, I scrape algae off side of pond and that works really well.

Yes I wondered too if it had been tested before being put into the QCAT book. Is it written by a science teacher? I would hope not. I tried it and the Year 9 teachers all had a go before their classes did it. Between the 7 of us we had variations of between 2 and 14 teaspoons of sugar. Silly, scient...

Hi Biker
I'm a labbie from the SE corner. Don't often post on here but find it an invaluable resource. You can email me at katte1@eq.edu.au