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Hi,Does anyone know,
Will there be anyone to talk/join from the ASET group. This will be handy so that we can ask questions etc.
Maybe a desk with the rep's from the science company's?????
Would be handy to gain members and for those who don't know much about the organisation..
Thanks Trish.

thanks for everything,
Have been in contact with our OHS co-ordinator, and she will be visiting the school next week to talk to principal..
Thanks for the suggestion guys.
Trish..

Grrrr :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: It's not fair that there is no clear information on what has to be done, for those who were unable to attend the course!! In my network of Lab Tech's, not one person had heard or knows anything about GHS! You can read certain sights on the internet but it's not...

Please for us country bumpkins who were unable to attend.
What is the GHS system???
What do we have to have done by a certain time??
What has to be implemented??
I think I missed something somewhere! I am getting confused..
Thanks, Trish.

Yes I usually collect the crystals that form in the bottom of the beaker, allow to dry and reuse the next time we make borax crystals.
Though i must admit that the used borax i add more to the beaker than the first time use, just to be sure it works.
Trish.

Hi everyone, Just logged on and found information on how department schools can now use chemwatch gold. I found the information by going into the intranet and reading Schoolbiz. So check it out as it may help you if you are using chemwatch. Trish. Ps, it says we now have to log on as we do for manif...

I sweet talk to my cleaners, and they bring any rulers/pens( working and not chewed)and other stationary to me, so i can recycle/use in the science area. They only generally throw them in the bin as they clean the rooms throughout the school. thats how I have cut down on stationary purchasing. But s...

I'm in Taree, but I'd hate to borrow and never be able to replace it.
Well looks like we can't have that prac anymore. The teachers can surely come up with something else. I am looking into the instant ice packs, So far, most are ammonium nitrate free.
Thanks, Trish

Hi , it's been 12 months since this thread was talked about. Has anyone had any luck in purchasing ammonium nitrate lately? I have rang all my suppliers and had no luck, has anyone else? we are allowed to have under 3 kg, but i just want 100g for our senior chemistry class. please let me know, Thank...

would fruit tingle lollies do the job
trish

Hello, can anybody help me????? Our senior Earth and environment class are going to grow crystals. And the textbook(Spotlight Earth and Environment Science 1 pg 82) says a saturated solution of a mixture of Thymol crystals in Ethyl Alcohol. Would you put 50/50, or does anyone have a better mix ratio...

At my school we have the corrosives and flammables in proper cupboards and the rest are on shelves (made of chipboard) (which I hate!), I have been trying to collect glass to put on the chipboard as I have seen at other schools, but its a slow process. I have no chemicals in my preproom, all are in ...

when we do this sometimes you just have to play with the corn flour at first, sometimes the runnier works best and sometimes a little dry. so spend the time with that. And while you test it just play with the tempo/ audio settings on the sound generator. Thats how we always set it up, but as i said ...

Yeah it was called 'Richard Hammonds Invisible Worlds". I watched it and thought it was good. One of my teachers taped it for us.
It's a series so part 2 will be on next week.
I liked it
Trish

Thanks for the information, now I have to check that is what guide lines they are following.
I have finished the MSDS for them now I have to instrust that they are doing the rest.
Trish

Hi, I was just wondering if ag farms at schools have to store their chemicals in a chemical room, like science and have flammable cupboards or corrosive cupboards, I am at the moment doing the school chemical register and the thought came to me if they are doing the right thing. I have checked Csis,...

Hi Robyn, sorry took long to post this, but was waiting for a reply from BOC, My husband is the BOC distributor for Taree he contacted them and their answer is: Almost every 2 weeks NORCO, orders bulk dry ice which is transported into lismore for them, if you would like a kilo etc, you need to ring ...

I would add a good set of molecular model kits for them, as well as good glass measuring cylinders, volumetric flasks. and water bottles(juniors seem to destroy them here)
25ml Pipettes and bulbs, check that you have all the equipment for titrations....
Trish

As a Prac one of my teachers does is they make pizzas. But they book out a home ec room for this and they have to arrange the toppings as the cell. To make it better the kids have to bring in the toppings so they have to do the thinking!
Trish

To help keep them clean, we the staff at my school purchased new lab coats at the start of the year, and to hide the marks we Tye dyed them all different colours. The kids think its great and the iodine/silver nitrate etc stains and marks don't show up on them as clearly. We still wash them regularl...