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I made up a sign for the frideg in my prep room that says BIOLOGICAL HAZARD FOOD IN THIS FRIDGE NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION and printed it in red. This was after doing OH&S training, and the Science conference at St Mary's last year, beacuse of my concerns that staff were keeping ice blocks in the...

Many thanks, Annette,

This is a great site!

Liz

Robb,

Would also love to see your list. Was looking through ours recently, and thought it could be longer.

Is this the sort of thing that could be posted onto the new wiki set-up, so that we can all access it whenever we need to?

Regards,

Liz

Hi Sue, I think they used to do the same prac here, but not since I've been on the job. However, our Yr 8's make sunscreen at the beginning of each year, very similar ingredients - paraffin, beeswax, wax crayon (for colour) and zinc oxide. It was a nightmare to clean the small beakers used afterward...

Hi Celia. Your faculty should have a copy of the DET Manual for School Assistants Working in Science. That's a good place to start. If not, ask your SAM to produce a copy for you. There has also been discussion on this site - go to Search, type in Job Description, have a read through the threads lis...

Hi Celia, Contact dertails for Anna Goutnik are: Anna Goutnik, Help Desk and Education Service, Chemwatch email: <URL removed, see forum rules> Phone: 9573 3110 Fax: 9572 4666 Hope this helps regarding Chemwatch training. Best wishes for your new career in Science, it can be both fascinating and cha...

Thanks for all the interest - several replies, and private messages already, but need to have a strong idea of numbers before much more can be decided. Please pass this information on to others in your area, eg. the north coast. It may be even more cost effective to have an educator come up for seve...

Is anyone interested in doing a day's Chemwatch Training in Tamworth ? During the thread last week re printing labels from the internet version, birdie posted this I will be going for ChemwatchII training on 27/3/07 in the City.There are other training times later in the year as well. Anna Goutnik i...

Hi, Terry, This is something I've been working on this term, too. With advice from another local Lab Tech (thanks, Wendy), I've done up my own on Publisher, which match the ones I used to print off the old Chemwatch. We all seem to do these slightly differently, but I've emailed them to you - hope t...

OK, have sorted that - must have confused the staff when I asked earlier.

(Will just go back to my washing-up, now - can't get too mixed-up with that)

Guess what I'll be making tomorrow!

Thanks again, guys. You're my best resource!

Liz

Thanks, Annette,

Am also on our OH&S Committee - these sites will be very useful for that, too.

Liz

Hi Judy, Thanks for pointing that out! I was going on what the staff said, having not heard of Schultz's solution before. My reading up this afternoon agrees with you, Judy, so sorry if I've led anyone astray. It's sport now, but I will ask for clarification tomorrow! Just illustrates again why this...

Thanks, Annette

All useful information much appreciated.

Along the same lines, I found this site while working out how include the safety diamonds on my new labels recently.

Hope it's helpful for some of you.

http://www.minerals.csiro.au/safety/hazchem1.htm

Liz

Ours is kept in very tall Winchesters (3L). Have learnt to give it a good shake a day or so before needed, so that the limewater is fresh, to get the best result. I have a few smaller plastic bottles labelled ready to gently decant into, and pour in short bursts, so that no sediment goes in. Cheers,...

I had this same request, and found the same old handwritten recipe as Jojo, which has not been used here in the last 7 years, at least.

Some of the other staff suggested using Sudan lll instead, which we use regularly.

Liz

Am also concerned about the state of our Chemstore - size and fittings. The shelves on one side are old library moveable ones, not fixed properly, and very narrow. The other has old bookcases with fixed height shelves, also too narrow. There's a timber floor, no sump, inadequate ventilation. Only on...

Good Luck with everything, Robb. Glad you're going to stay in touch with us -always enjoy reading your posts!
Liz

Hi everyone, I took rough notes during Glen's talk: *RA NOT necessary for most chemicals in pracs IF the guidelines for use are followed. As Whspa said *Reduce the amount of chemicals stored - ie. meaning the stockpile some older schools have. *Saliva is allowed for digestion experiments, but each s...

Hi all,
Can anyone help with a good experiment for Rayleigh's light scattering
(red sunset) for Senior Science please?
Thanks,
Liz

Very useful, Waddle - am printing the info out for our Biology teacher
Many thanks,
Liz