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What a shame, its great as a glassware cleaner! I hate to waste chemicals, mabey next time you do the prac.

Thanks Graham, I just tried your two hole bung with tubing and syringe for a teacher in a far flung lab who couldn't find me when her limewater had gone off. It works a treat. She can now help herself from a stock bottle. Malook

CSIS has not been updated thus far. It will ahppen eventually but no news of when

do you print the labels for them? I'm just trying to save a bit of the time I spend making the fiddly little things.

does anyone have any great but easy ideas for dissection labels. I provide tiny laminated names on a pin which either get thrown away or rust when I wash them giving rise to a tetanus risk . all suggestions welcome

Try VWR International Pty Ltd, they sell Pyrex, Quickfit, MBL & Azlon plastics which are all good brands. I have not had a chance to order from them yet so have not checked prices
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thanks Sunray I have tried quite a few, & I found one this am. at NSW Independent exams . appreciate the help!

Yes I suppose you are correct, but as no one was offering it at our school ,theSciernce HT was trying to cater to our large population of kids with poor english skills, we have an Intenstive English Centre which tops up our students a couple of times a year. So engineering studies is a great alterna...

My school now offers Prelim &HSC Engineering studies and I am unable to buy trial papers , does anyone know where they might be available

I am under the impression that GHS discourages labbies( or anyone) from decanting into other containers ,hence the "keep in original container" specification

Its so difficult to keep those minibugs alive that I wouldn't be too worried. Just expose them to too much heat or dark when you want to get rid of them. I have finally managed to keep my hy infusion alive for 18months and was very excited by the fact . What's the record??

Thanks for your input . I understand the balancing act with admin duties & funding its just that it really eats into my science time , especially doing the bus & train passes which seem to take hours as we have a constant flow of students coming & going & moving house at Kogarah.I al...

Does anyone know the magic formula in DET for requesting extra help with some of our tasks. I am so busy at the moment as I Just keep acquiring more jobs( some self inflicted). I know we are all in the same boat but I feel my science time is suffering because of all the admin etc things that I do :-...

I had a query from a teacher as to where she can get a rare butterfly specimen embedded to preserve it . I know the resin can be purchased but I think she wants it to be done professionally. Any ideas?

Does anyone have a foolproof method for getting science texts returned. I have the enviable job of record keeping of all texts, both junior & senior and because the students only pay $20 deposit for senior texts they often do not return them. As a consequence much of our annual budget gets spent...

Yes thanks so much, I will be attending the ASET AGM on the 1st Dec . I'm Cathie Mullen from Kogarah High so you know who you are looking for. See you there

Hi Labbies, Just wondering if anyone had some spare parts to fit the wooden Austins Molecular Model Kits. We currently have eight sets which are almost complete ,with the exception of bonds. I am a bit short on the wire springs which act as bonds. Does anyone have any in storage that they no longer ...

Thanks a bunch Sunray18, I'll give it a shot . What a fabulous collective of knowledge you all are!!!

Is there a recipe for making up Universal Indicator that goes from pH1-14 instead of 4-11. I know that you can buy it in test strips, but as i make up my own universal I've been looking for a recipe, unsuccessfully! Perhaps its just too complicated.What do you think labbies??

Thanks guys, I will order it next year when our budget is allocated!