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Hi Brains trust, I've just tried to order new pH meters from 2 different suppliers and have been told they are no longer able to sell to schools or the general public because of new government legislation regarding button batteries. I'm in a NSW private school our suppliers are generally Victoria, h...

No it's not ( Riskassess you can still use - Teacher only)

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I try to order or organise things well ahead of time, once I've seen the Scope and Sequence for the year. Order things in, Dissections etc.,

Thanks Bigmack, it is nice to know what the DET schools are doing. I don't refer to the old CSIS at all any more, so out of date, we use Riskassess. That's our bible now a days, if I really get stuck and can't find an answer on here. I send Phillip Crisp an email.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Just got a notification from DET that Black snake prac is not permitted pending further investigation . https://education.nsw.gov.au/noticeboard/2022/11/safety-alert-95-science-activities-in-schools Not really surprised. We don't have access to the department, can someone fill us in. That would be ...

Our lower Year 8's did it in 6 groups, inside. with small quantities in a evaporating dish. A very experienced teacher; she poured the metho and lit each one. All done safely and successfully after a full risk assessment was done.

Used to love this prac if it's the same one that used in Bio years ago. Put some newspaper under some leaf litter in your garden they'll come. Love dark damp matter.

Yep private school too. That's the sort of fridge/freezer we already have but because of the difficulty getting dissections as soon as they are used I start trying to replace. A chest freezer as well would be good but we just don't have the room.

Here I go again!! Brains trust "I would say No" Many many moons again we could! Have a teacher wanting to bring in a pluck and maybe reproductive organs???? after a sheep kill on a friends farm. Farmer not butcher and no disease checks. Yes or No Background: We dont have an Ag farm or an a...

remlap12 wrote: ↑18 Oct 2022, 12:26 It seems I asked the same question two years ago!!!

Insert face palm emoji

I had even taken photos of the setups!!
found them too!

I know how you feel and only week 2

there is an old file under the same name if you search it. Has some recommendations

cactus155 wrote: ↑14 Sep 2022, 12:18 I would prefer making Whisky

"Grappa"

I used to do the red cabbage juice then freeze. I found at Haines Educational Red Cabbage Indicator Jiffy Juice. It's a powder you make up, so easy no smell or mess.

I've only ever used candle wax to hold paperclips on. My problem is metal conduction stars just about to try ordering some more; ones without zinc and fixed so they can't spin them. I've tried so many different ones. Going to give the Westlab ones a go.

We use the denture and Aspro Clear soluble tablets some teacher prefer one over the other.

We often burn cheezels for the grade 8 energy prac. I have kept a box that has the use by date of 2010 and put the new packet in the old box and send into the classroom, no one wants to eat cheezels that are that far out of date! Love it, I have a Maccas Cheese burger from 2010 that until this year...

Same we tell the kid we have a mouse infestation and food stuffs are out of date by 2-3 years. Classroom management.

Ordered the 1ltr from Haines today thank you Bigmack

Hi Westlab

littltesttube wrote: ↑04 May 2017, 12:50 Hi Sharon
I bought mine from Westlab a couple of years ago, but not sure how much I paid. Do not think it was much. This is 1 Litre.

Do you have anything like this now 1 or 2 litre I've just done a search and couldn't find anything, if so could we have a link.

thanks

We have been using stull bottles for over 10 years and have never had a incident, the first original ones there was a problem with the lids splitting but thats been fixed and nolonger a problem. Where Glass dropper bottles were being knocked over, spilled or smashed and contaminated, swapping droppe...