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- 20 Mar 2012, 13:29
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: Data logger for Mac OS
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3698
Re: Data logger for Mac OS
We use Pasco probes with our Macs. We are a one on one laptop school, we have SPARK as the interface up loaded onto all 650 machines, even Yr 8s and 9s can use it. Works really well . Our purchases were done through Ciderhouse.
- 16 Sep 2011, 13:15
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: Large periodic tables
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3022
Re: Large periodic tables
Has any one sourced the "shower curtain periodic tables" in Australia? We have one and would like 4 more, but the one we have was purchased by a staff member online from America and we can't go down that line (purchasing requirements)
- 01 Sep 2011, 16:03
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Solar cells the small ones
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3339
Re: Solar cells the small ones
Haines have a number in their catalogue. These might suit your purpose
Diana
Diana
- 04 Jul 2011, 16:28
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: DG codes
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9491
Re: DG codes
Thanks so much Sheryl for the information you have provided. It's nice to have some warning of such a big change. It's also good to know why the change is occuring.
Regards
Diana
Regards
Diana
- 22 Jun 2011, 16:44
- Forum: Chemistry and Labware - General
- Topic: washed sand
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4521
Re: washed sand
I go to Bunnings as well. Too easy, I really don't have time to be acid washing sand.
- 21 Jun 2011, 11:18
- Forum: Chemistry and Labware - General
- Topic: Spill trays
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5263
Re: Spill trays
I use a mix. Small and large white lab trays for most liquids and all solid dangerous goods chemicals. For my large winchester bottles I use small crates (cheap stores) because bunding must be able to store all liquid from all bottles in the container if the bottles were to break. That is a lot of l...
- 21 Jun 2011, 11:11
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: Stationary
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5615
Re: Stationary
Stationary items come out of the budget here. I've always supplied as necessary. Metre rules, 30cm rules and tape measures (sewing and 50m) are part of our general science supplies. I have worked in a number of schools and it has been the same in all. General stationary items (pens, pencils, markers...
- 07 Apr 2011, 12:01
- Forum: Chemistry and Labware - General
- Topic: Fixing Thermometers?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2469
Re: Fixing Thermometers?
Hi Ian Had this happen to me a couple of weeks ago when I sent it down to the canteen to see if it was as hot as they thought. It was (over 50 C) and the mercury went up over the ble rod. I just flicked it down like you do with the old mercury clinical thermometers. My other life as a student nurse ...
- 29 Mar 2011, 13:41
- Forum: Recipes and Pracs
- Topic: hydrogen peroxide and magnesium oxide
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4460
Re: hydrogen peroxide and magnesium oxide
Smiley is on the money :grin: , manganese dioxide and plaster of paris made into pellets is the way to go (really easy to make). Otherwise the fine manganese dioxide powder gets into everything and is really hard to clean :cry2: . You just need to make sure that the teachers get students to recycle ...
- 24 Mar 2011, 10:50
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Physical Phenomena Experiments - Science in a box
- Replies: 73
- Views: 22737
- 14 Feb 2011, 16:03
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: Chemical sets storage trays
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2910
Re: Chemical sets storage trays
We use both Uni Trays (chemical resistant plastic) and full gloss paintedwooden rectangular ones. These were made by the father of the lab tech before me about 18 years ago. These are going strong. Maybe you could trade with someone in your T&E department (wood work). I will attempt to up load a...
- 02 Nov 2010, 13:14
- Forum: Recipes and Pracs
- Topic: marble chips
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3607
Re: marble chips
Our large marble samples also come from the off cuts of headstones. Our local undertaker who also is a stonemason kindly donated them a few years ago. It's great as we have raw and worked samples of marble.
- 01 Nov 2010, 16:12
- Forum: Recipes and Pracs
- Topic: marble chips
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3607
Re: marble chips
Yes marble chips are marble . Like Lynn we recycle ours and I think in thirteen years I have bought one 500g bottle of Marble chips about five years ago to add to my supply and it has just been opened this year and a few chips used. Don't ever throw out your marble chips, wash and label a container ...
- 26 Oct 2010, 13:50
- Forum: Chemistry and Labware - General
- Topic: Help! Some of my distillation equipment won't come apart!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5350
Re: Help! Some of my distillation equipment won't come apart!
Got to :wub: those year 10s and the rest. If you can clean the equipment I would just store it as it is. I have tried to separate Quick Fit in the past and on two occassions ended up with a tray full of very expensive glass shards :cry2: . Best of luck with all the suggestions,I hope that you have b...
- 19 Oct 2010, 13:42
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: How do you Organize Your Rocks & Minerals
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9918
Re: How do you Organize Your Rocks & Minerals
About 5 years ago I sorted and labelled by name and (sed, met,ig) all our samples, it took about three weeks solid :crazy: . They range in size from the size of your palm to the size of your head and occupy a set of shelved in one of our store rooms. We have named them all, written on a tiny piece o...
- 13 Oct 2010, 15:49
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: Cheap & cheerful
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4462
Re: Cheap & cheerful
It, you're so clever. It's great when an idea works. I'm always looking for ways to keep equipment clean.
Diana
Diana
- 25 Feb 2010, 17:07
- Forum: The Polling Booth
- Topic: Safety glasses!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12840
Re: Safety glasses!
Hi
We have the same ones as you (I think). we have had some break in the same place (middle). This only happens when students put them on the top of their heads and pull them roughly from there. Safety Glasses do not just break for no reason.
Diana
We have the same ones as you (I think). we have had some break in the same place (middle). This only happens when students put them on the top of their heads and pull them roughly from there. Safety Glasses do not just break for no reason.
Diana
- 25 Nov 2009, 13:53
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Perth Lab 2009
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2859
Re: Perth Lab 2009
I'm going for all three days and so is the part timer I work with. I will look out for you both.
Diana
Diana
- 23 Nov 2009, 15:41
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: Rusty Tripods
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3581
Re: Rusty Tripods
I'm with Lyn some of my tripods date from when this school was built back in the 70's. Any rust is just a bit messy, it doesn't effect the tripod's useability. If it's really bad I use a wire brush or get a student to do it.
Diana
Diana
- 24 Sep 2009, 16:15
- Forum: Biology, Physics...
- Topic: Snake preservation - Maybe this one's for Smiley?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4100
Re: Snake preservation - Maybe this one's for Smiley?
Over here in the west we have to store all our specimens in a 2 - PHENOXYETHANOL mixture (this solution is inert), unless we want to store all of them in a flammables cupboard. One plus of this (after changing all the solutions in all the jars) is that the specimen does not have to be in jar that is...