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At the end of each day I sign and save the RA's into a file labelled the current year ... NO PAPER here ... and then end of year they are saved onto 3 thumb drives, one for science, one for whs and one for archives ...

Try your aquariums some of them have a *cough* also ... Just sayin ...

I have a contents list (which just involves printing the 1st column of chemical manifest from excel) and how it appear on the contents list is how it is filed ... so 1-butanol etc are under the B etc .. and DONT staple them you end up with bulky corners ...

It took me 2.5 years to sort through everything aka equipment, chemicals and reduce and chuck ... so keep it up sharon you will get there ... We disposed of our chemicals last year and its so enlightening ...

Prima wrote:I found some black food colouring which splits into 3 colours very quickly. It was very dark so I diluted it with a bit of water.

HOw do you do it with the food colouring ... intrigued ...

The best pens to use are artline.4mm .. Just saying after testing over 20 different pens and markers ..

We are independent school and use the risk assess system and yes the CSIS info is over 20 years old so we take the higher of the recommended ... which is usually risk assess ... in this instance it is recommended for Teacher Use only ... It has a pretty long list of warnings : May cause cancer May c...

sorry to burst the Christmas BAUBLE ... but NO BORAX for year 6 ... maybe a demo of elephant toothpaste with red and green food colouring ..

I have a box labelled TEACHER USE ONLY that goes out with the class set ... in case there is an overuse they can give a student a couple quickly ...

Very spacious and handy indeed .. room for a hammock???

Hi Labbies and Labbettes ... Our WHS lady has asked me to check out ... what others are doing as far as teaching at induction incoming staff about chemical safety in schools - we are an independant school - DoE said use chemwatch ... Its mainly to teach them about GHS, using chemicals in schools, kn...

May I have a copy of these ideas too please
mclarenk@wccs.nsw.edu.au

with thanks

round of applause indeed ... i have done that with some items too ... feels good ... i currently have a box of dynamic karts ... they will get done over big school holidays ... will need various different bibs and bobs ...

Same as most we put about 6 matches in each box - 8 boxes per class - i had an abundance of plastic soap dishes and the 8 fit in that ... and then i have about 8 boxes of matches labeled :TEACHER ONLY: in case they need a refill in class ...

Excellent - Send me a message if they are interested ...

Good advise - I made up a list of things to check, change etc ie clocks, calibrating balances, changing air cons over etc spanned them out over the year ...

Hi All - if you know any school looking to do a musical or are doing Mary Poppins - our school has props and costumes to sell ... Send me a PM ...

Do you know if that law applies to these.... Physics teachers were hoping to get a speed gun but I noticed that supply companies which used to sell them no longer do, so I had thought they may be no longer legal. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Bushnell-Velocity-Speed-Radar-Gun-Baseball-Softball-Racing-...

Labbies ... I just wanted to let you know with regards to laser pointers there were changes to rules in the last few years ... 1st - you must not possess a laser point of more than 1mw (milliwatt) 2nd - anything over 1mw is classified a prohibited weapon If you do have any laser pointers of MORE tha...

Hi Kate I think it's a great idea to hyperlink to the SDS PDF. Can I ask a question, if you don't mind? The PDF that you have hyperlinked to in Chemwatch, will the print date change to the date that you print that PDF? Or does it stay at the date that you hyperlinked it in your spreadsheet. I hope ...