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I have a first aid certificate, mainly for use in my OTHER life. First aid in schools is not part of the job description, it is supposedly a volunteered job.You have to have a current first aid cert to do it though. I am the first port of call for the first aid for the whole school from the science ...

Just curious, but what are the plastic dropper bottles and where did you get them from?
Estelle

Great excuse to ask for chocolates! And lots of them. I have a perspex ferrero rocher chocolate container that is about 21 cm square, the base is 2cm deep and the top 1cm. Makes an excellent setting dish for the agar. I have figures out the amounts to make so it works out perfectly. Then I just run ...

i am more of a picture person.
Monkey see, monkey do!!
Monkey read instructions, i don't think so

I am curious about the soft drink bottle method? I am having visions of a melted blob of plastic over the bunsen.
At the moment I am using pop sticks but am open to new ways.
Cheers
Estelle

Has anyone ordered from this company lately? I am waiting for an order that I placed in November last year! Everytime I go to cancel he tells me that it is on the way. I think that the company must wait until they collect lots of orders then they get a supply on the slow boat from China. I won't be ...

I'm with Smiley, sometimes scare tactics are the best answer because NSW DET (department of education and NO training) says we are to be multi skilled so we can be moved to any department at any time. It's actually up to the school Principal in the end, mine has said she won't allow anyone here with...

Another colour change one to do for science fair ect. Blue Bottle Dissolve 12g of glucose (powder) in a litre of water (volume not critical) Within an hour of class time dissolve 12g sodium hydroxide in the glucose solution. Add about 1mL of methylene blue solution to produce a blue color. Stopper t...

Yes the attachment for the RA's are on page 4, not sure what was meant by send an email.
but pearson have told me it is OK to give these to other schools.
Estelle

Hi, I have repaired quite a few tanks here as well as help the marine studies class make small aquariums each year. The best silicone to use is selleys glass silicone sealant clear in a blue tube which says on it for windows and aquariums. Have had a student use another type of silicone and wonder w...

Hello, I got the job last year of doing the ordering for the whole school using the smartbuy system. It nearly drove me NUTS!!! Actually it still does. The search system is ridiculous. You have to pretty much second guess what the person setting up the system had in mind and I think they must have b...

I posted this under another thread a few weeks ago it may be what you are after. Curriculum K-12 Directorate SCIENCE UNIT Professional learning program supporting SAS Laboratory Assistant staff Semester 2 – 2009 Topics investigated will include: • Using the new Working in Science Manual...

I think a couple of our students would be good candidates for this. Yesterday two students hooked up two transformers and then connected one wire with bare wires on the end (they removed the alligator clip) into the powerpoint. Teacher didn't know what they had done and when he touched the setup it ...

Thanks for the ideas everyone. I won't be going to St Marys (can't afford the expense for this either) but maybe if I give him a call there might be enough interest to get a course up this way.
Have a great holiday.
Estelle

I just got handed a flyer for a day course for labbies for "introduction to data loggers for laboratory support staff. 8th December 9am to 4pm from south western sydney instutute of TAFE Cost $260. There is also one for teachers as well but I think theirs goes for 3 days. The course for labbies...

Update information I just received. From: Restall, Sharon Sent: Wednesday, 9 September 2009 3:00 PM Dear Colleagues, I would like to clear up the confusion in regard to this course. On registering, you will notice that you are informed that your school will be billed $220.00 per participant for this...

Forgot to say it costs $220.00 but you might need to explain to the money holders at your school that $220 is small price to pay for knowledge for your safety. (OH&S issue.)

Just in case lab assistants in the North coast didn't get a flyer. A two day workshop is to be run ( providing they get at least 10 applicants) at Port Macquarie 26 & 27 November and at Ballina 30 Nov and 1st Dec. I have attached the flyer that was sent to me. Anyone new to the science area woul...

We have been using the focus books for a couple of years and there are some dodgy experiments in them. I have kept a track of a couple and each year when we get up to them they are marked so we remember to do them differently. By memory I think even some of the morse codes in one of the levels are w...

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