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dear search engine.... this has serious OH&S issues sweety....no electricity! :redcard: :redcard: ...using a torch to find chemicals! :redcard: :redcard: :redcard: ...using a plastic tub to wash up! sorry but I see DANGER..DANGER..DANGER written all over this. Your head of science should be pull...

A schott bottle,with a chemwatch label ( ajusted slightly to state what the mix is) an appropriate coloured dot..........and your cooking with gas!

Well 4 out of the 5 labs and my preproom were refurd'ed and were signed off last friday.The preroom is so bright and much large than before however....I tested th eye wash that come with the dump shower( in the preproon) well......I thought at the time ' wow i need to see that again' so i pushed the...

hi girls
I just had to say that the 10 year anniversary of the confrence was a blast!I had a fantastic time with the workshops and meeting new labbies...and I have to say again the canoe trip was AAAAWWWWWWWSOMMMMMEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
As usual girls it gets better every year.See you lot next year

hi everyone...and welcome back to all of you from NSW....anyway...yes we do this prac alot and also do it for our open nite...the kids just think its fantastic.The only advice i would give you is to put the 2litre cylinder in a tub or low sided buket only because when it goes off the overflow goes e...

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the company that collects the lady sanatary bins collects my yellow bin every collecton,wether it is empty or full.Its part of their contract! Maybe its worth looking into.......
Matchstick

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It is the Principals final decsion and it would be treated as if ......the mobile zoo truck was coming to school for example.The usual paperwork needs to be filled out first tho.
M

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No enclosed shoes....no prac......continuing offenders.......detention....try it again....red card
theres no excuse for saftey
M

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If it is mercury in the thermometers then you shouldnt have them at all!!!!!!!! They should have been disposed of years ago.
M

hi there I also do the copying for my faculty but maintenance and repairs I either ask our GA or i stock all repairs in the storeroom and have a 'guy' come in and take it all away to be repaired.Theres no way im repairing small jobs such as screws and nails......and as for the microscopes their too ...

hi ellice
You shouldnt be the sucker trying to figure this one out!
Sorry..... you know who will get the blame if it all turns out wrong!
Thats why the teacher gets payed the extra bucks.
Matchstick

hi all i would also condiser the tpye of surface you have to transport these chemicals with a trolley. ie;pebbled cement ,dirt ,stairs. Is a trolley the safest option? my chemstore is in opposite corner of the school too to labs and with all the asphalt cracks and pebble cement and dirt,not to menti...

and the first aid section....
'If swallwed have a glass of water'
ha ha ha ha

hi there
did you read the 'risk' and saftey' sections of that MSDS.
'breath in the dust........'
'exposure to the skin.......'
they have to be kidding!
ha ha ha

hi there
ring the station,they can usually tell you where you can buy a copy.
Matchstick

We use these pills in senoir science along with others.Ours only get used once a year for 1 pract.I store these in my chem store in the food bay.They have all the warnings printed on the sides of the boxes so they dont need lables, and as for the colored dots.....cause they are not listed in the man...

the only thing I change on a label is the molarity.Most of the time chemwatch doesnt have the mol. that I need.

I got mine
Thanx labbie.
I now have to convince my SAM that only I will use the phone.She is worried teachers will hide/disappear in my preproom and make private calls
Matchstick

my chem store is large also.I store all the chemicals around the walls of the store room and have glass and corks and racks and retorts and bottles and the list goes on and on.But nothing that the boys "can lick"!
M

sounds like your head teacher needs to spend money next year and buy new ones.
M