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Add a few crystals of of Potassium bromide in 5mls of 1M H2SO4
Add a few drops of 10 vol H2O2
Adjust accordingly to the volume needed

If demonstrating the Big Bang Theory....ideally outdoors using a paper punch.....punch holes in about 7 different colours of paper. Put the "confetti" in a balloon.....inflate balloon and tie off.......burst the balloon then have students make observations eg. * does one particular colour ...

p. 67 of "The Laboratory" says to soak in 10% aqueous oxalic acid solution. Works for me but thanks for the lemonade tip....more
" environmentally friendly "

more details are available for CONSTANZ at

www.constanz.wikispaces.com

Hope your school hasn't blocked wikispaces like my school has

Good luck...it sounds tempting to apply but I am only 6 minutes from home to school and enjoy my holidays. ( Must be getting too old to change direction now ! lol )
Keep us posted on how you go

Do you have plans for the October school holidays ? Why not take a well earned break and visit NZ and attend the Lab Tech conference over there. I can assure you that it is a beneficial PD experience. For details... http://www.nzase.org.nz/pdfs/Constanz-09.pdf At the previous 2 conferences there has...

CSIRO is looking for a Lab Technician. Details attached . If you are interested or know anyone who would be interested please contact Darren Vogrig, whose details are in the attached document. CSIRO Science Education Centre – North Ryde Laboratory Technician CSOF2 salary range $38 324 - $49 3...

The book is titled

ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY - pts 1 & 2

By R B BUCAT & A R COLE

Published in the early 80's

Whilst googling for a textbook I came across this site. Thought I would share it with you :

http://alex.edfac.usyd.edu.au/methods/s ... .htm#texts

If you remember ChemDems by Tony Sperring ....this page is something he has done through Sydney Uni.

Does anyone have a spare copy of these books that they would like to sell ? My Chemistry teacher has found them very helpful in the past...he needs them for this year's Yr 11 class...who have no idea what they are doing . I guess they should have paid attention in science classes for the last 4 year...

I have some copies of this resource book left from a recent conference. If you would like to purchase a copy please let me know and I can send one with Tax Invoice. Cost $39.95 Postage $6.00 Total $45.95 This will save me the hassle of returning them to NZ. http://www.biologyresources.co.nz/ The Bio...

DIY "micromount" slides are a good and fast way to make slides with everyday specimens, especially for Forensics topic "whodunnit".
I also use for the material fibre prac.
They are available from Haines

NSW Catholic and Independent schools should have received the survey in the last week of
Term 3. If you haven't already been asked to fill it in, check with your Science Co-ordinator and Principal.

I spent the first week on the Gold Coast...went to CONASTA for 3 and a half days and enjoyed some interesting workshops. Happy Hour at the end of each day was extremely enjoyable :oops: It was great to catch up with colleagues from other states. The most daring thing I did was have my photo taken ho...

WINSCOPE

This is a handy program to use your pc as a CRO

http://www.mitedu.freeserve.co.uk/Prac/winscope.htm

There will be a workshop at STANSW annual conference 28 November at UNSW on "Physics - Using Winscope"

I am going as well. Lucky I checked dates as I was ready to go this Thurs and Friday
Look forward to meeting you there

Use a mobile phone as something different instead of a bell

I put in 5 matches because the more I send in to a class the more they waste and burn or is it just a boy thing ? I also agree that it depends on the teacher. Yesterday a class was testing metals and non-metals. I made 10 kits with various items to test for conductivity. Guess what ? 10 pieces of ma...

This came from our school councillor today so I thought I would pass it along ICE campaign - "In Case of Emergency" We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or f...

More Positions Vacant :
Knox Grammar - Wahroonga NSW
Lab manager - F/T
Lab Technician F/T & P/T

email to
employment@knox.nsw.edu.au

or mail to

The Headmaster
Knox Grammar School
Pacific H'way
Wahroonga
NSW 2076

Closing date Friday 22 February 2008