Australia's Science Forum

Just a reminder that early-bird registration has been extended for another 2 weeks. If your school has a faculty membership of your state science teachers' asscn (STANSW, SEA*ACT, STAWA, STANT, STAV, STAQ, STAT, SASTA ) then you are deemed to be a member and thus pay "member" registration ...

Would anyone have 2 pieces of physics equipment that our school could borrow for a day.......just for a demo For Yr 12 Physics.... Cathode ray tubes : fluorescent display screen and the charged electric plates. ?? I can pick up and return. All our stuff is in storage pending lab refurbishment. Thank...

Same prac but different solutions.....

I thought that Chads were a variety of potato

or are they a native of Chad

Roll on Thursday..........desperately need a holiday !

I ordered a beaker mug and some other stuff from the US on Friday and it arrived today via UPS. How long does it take to get stuff sent from interstate here ?
Great service UPS !

Have you tried a Lighting Shop ... they usually specialize in globes............ or Bunnings ?
My home UV lamp blew and I picked us a new globe at a local Lighting store.

Science in Focus Book 3 ( Pearson Longman )
Prac activity 1.4 - Metal crystals - p.26
The book is available online if you can access it otherwise I can copy and fax/email the recipe to you on Tuesday.

John Cadogen from Scientrific is a workshop presenter on the Vernier dataloggers, at a lot of conferences and PD sessions. I know he is a distributor for them and I have also met the head guy from USA. There are so many dataloggers available and other suppliers' scare tactics. I believe that " ...

A lot of these uni students ( 176 over 7 classes ) haven't done any science in their senior years. There are mature age students as well. I have raised my concerns with the head lecturer and am meeting with her this afternoon to sort out some issues. Consensus with teachers here agree that the plate...

Help...need to clarify something. I always have completely sealed agar plates before they go into the incubator. Yet, while working at Uni have been told not to worry about sealing them. They have Serratia marascens growing on them and other interesting things from a "wash hands" prac. I h...

Just a reminder about CONASTA 59 4-7 July 2010 Details at www.conasta.edu.au/ Register now for earlybird rate...payment due closer to conference Please pass information on to your network groups. Interstate and overseas labbies most welcome. Its an opportunity to network, increase knowledge and have...

Yesterday I bought a "mercury switch" from Jaycar. It looks like an led and mercury is sealed inside safely. Yr 11 Chemistry class is using it to see whether mercury conducts electricity. It will only work when mercury is at one end ( to form a circuit ) Cost $2.75 and can be used over and...

the last couple of pracs have been tooo messy and time consuming.
The boys had NFI what they were doing as well
Thats why we are after something like KISS

Thank you for all the ideas...I have passed them on to the organising teacher and just waiting now to see what he decides.....then the fun begins

Would anyone have a prac test that they would like to share for Yr 9 on Chemical Reactions? I have been off for 3 days and came back to "sorry about late notice but have you any ideas what we could do for an across the form prac test ?" umm...due next week H-E-L-P ! :crazy: Something easy ...

CONASTA is the Conference of Australian Science Teachers Association, held every year in a different state capital. This year it is being held in Sydney 4-7 July at UTS - Sydney There will be workshops for Labbies on Mon 5th and Tues 6th July. If your school has a faculty membership of its state STA...

This is our 2010 model....I am under instruction/orders from the Science co-ordinator that I am not to fill order unless signed by the teacher.
Will be interesting to see how long it lasts !

We have just done this prac with Yr 11 Senior Science - 2 classes - in incubator @ 30degreesC. Both classes got good results in 3 days.
I gave each group a large glass petri dish lined with baking paper to put their food samples on. Easy to clean up afterwards.

I'm sure if you asked the glazier nicely, he would repair it for you ?
Worth a try

I busted my arse to clear our labs in order to hand over to builders by 2 Dec. Work was supposed to commence 4 January but hey...guess what....only a perimeter fence has been erected and no work commenced...yet ! 8O So I now have 15 junior classes and 10 senior classes to share 3 labs at this end of...