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Im with Smiley, I cant recommend 'Risk Assesss' enough.!!!!! It does the prac request and the RA all in one and as we have to keep the RAs for 30 years, I save all of mine electronically into folders on the school drive and then onto a thumb drive at the end of the year. So easy and efficient. As pa...

We are about to breed fruit flies for genetics. I was wondering the same thing but after correspondence with the Dept of Primary Industries, the fruit flies you can buy from Southern Biological are fine as long as you don't breed the "true" fruit fly which originates from QLD.

Hi dss8386,

Where did you buy your dinolites from. I want to purchase some this year and $60 is a great price

Thanks guys,

I will go and have a look at Southern Biological

Hi Everyone,

Hope you all had a wonderful break

Ive been asked if we are allowed to breed fruit flies to study genetics within the classroom ....I DONT KNOW !!!

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

I have a classroom instruction sheet I give the students to carry out this experiment if your interested , send me your email and Ill send it to you.

Donna

That's great Kathryn, looking forward to hearing if AIS can help us out....

Thanks Everyone, After doing a search on chemtalk and coming up with a few names I had one of those 'just by chance moments'. I sent an email to James at 'Eyepoint Instruments' and just by chance he was actually servicing in Young yesterday...so Im at work today getting all of my senior microscopes ...

Hi everyone,

Two questions

1. Can anyone advise me of a microscope repairer that is willing to come to a small country town and not cost my yearly budget

and

2. Is there anywhere I can get training in microscope repair so I can do my own microscopes.

Thanks in advance
Donna

Thanks Narelle so much!!! Im so disappointed that I might miss out , Ill let you know how I go

Ive had a stuff up with my application and need to ring someone to see if I can still get in, does anyone have contact number for the SLAMM commitee??

Oh bother, Ive missed getting a flyer for this year... Is it to late and can someone please email me one

donna.watson@cg.catholic.edu.au

Thanks

Hey Kimmy,

Can I get in on the action as well ..... donna_watson@hccy.nsw.edu.au

Thanks

Hi everyone,

I have just started a new job in Bendigo. I'm finding being in VIC a totally different environment than NSW where I have just moved from. I need some advice on some things. If there are any VIC labbies who can help me out can you drop me a message.

Thank you
Donna

Hi Sharon, Another really easy but effective one is bread clip boats. Fill a shallow dish with milk, gently place the bread clip on the surface. In the hole of the clip drop a drop of food colouring and a drop of detergent. Then just sit back and watch your boats speed off. Boat races are a good hit...

Hi Chemtalk Pals, I have just changed workplaces. I have started a full time position in Bendigo VIC. My delima ...I've come from NSW to VIC and they don't seem to use the CSIS package. Is there any other labbies out there in VIC that can advise me what they use or if I should be pushing the idea of...

Thanks Jazz,

We are doing exactly what this site said and we are still not getting the results we are meant to be getting......

Hi,

We are doing the HSC ion testing prac and we cannot get CaSO4 to ppt. We have tried a range of concentrations of cation and anion (0.1-1M).

The flame test works fine and the BaSO4 precipitates just fine...

Is there a trick to precipitating calcium sulfate?

Hi everyone,

Just wondering what people used for making crystal gardens in........We were using specium jars but I have run out and not sure where to get them from as they were here when I started.......

Thanks
Donna

Hi Sue,

I love a copy as well fax No (02) 63824585

Thanks Donna