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Hey there everyone :roll: Welcome back to a new year – trust it is a good one for you all. 8-) Ok my question – or more need  :D Has anyone out there had any experience with keeping carnivorous plants please? Our school has a bad record in keeping fish alive it seem the students like ...

Hey there Wendy
Do you get them out and use them at all??

We do - i have laminated the MSDS and will put with items but it seem that teachers do not do risk assessments here so it is up to them. I have them now labelled and marked.

Ok just thought i would quickly update i have made a call to Air Liquide and now have a MSDS for the stuff - they are unsure how i could have got hold of such things was not from them not to worry will cross that bridge should it ever come up!.

thanks everyone for your help though.

Thanks Hookie but for some reason i am unable to access that site. Any chance you could email me the information - cut and paste it into a document and then email me it?? i would appreicate it.
CHeers

Thanks Robb - i now see there is absoulutely no reason for me to keep the horrid stuff.

Merry Christmas one and all
Annette

Thaks for your replies guys. Most helpful

Ok peoples i have come across some sealed glass tubes that apparently houses brown gas nitrogen dioxide and a colourless dinitrogen tetroxide . I have never seenthse before - i know they are used for the application of Le Chateliers Principle to a gaseous reaction. What i dont know is how do i store...

Thanks mother - i did look it up myself as i have not come across it myself before and the teachers are of no help to why we have it just thought before i got rid of it if there was an actual use for it.
thanks all the same

Hello group
trust youa re all winding up nicely before your up coming break.

I have a question for you all - does any one use Bromobenzene in their schools? And then what for??

simple really
cheers

Thanks to everyone who answered - now trying to get hold of OHS offcie is not so easy but in the process.

Hey guys thanks for your help - makes stock take a lot easier

Ok another question – how many schools use a breakage register for the classrooms? This is for the teachers to note in it what was broken, when and how.

Any takers on this question??

OK the subject is a little wrong what i mean to ask is there any senior only schools out there? I have a question for you. I work in a senior campus - only year 11 and 12's . I only started this term but am amazed at the lack of signage in the classrooms for use of safety glasses and such like. Entr...

Ok guys need a little help here so i dont have to get equipment out to work it out myself...... with lenses - concave is the focal length longer or shorter with the thickness of the lens and same question with Convex lenses... i trust i have not confused the question. thanks in advance for any help

Yes Renee i also would love to know if Sue was able to get a copy and if so where. Also would like to know what Sue thought of it.
I have to admit Physics is not my strong point and guides and tips never go astray - you can never stop learning

Hey there Nic
no wont be going to the inservice this year so wont have a chance tomeet you but i wish you all the luck with the shopping.
I know what it is like to be let loose onteh city when living in Dampier for many years.

I trust you will all have a great time and learn heaps of new stuff.

Hello Jen1 and labtrash - good to say hello. I am not attending this years PD - i only started this term the school did not think it was appropriate for me to go to this years. Next eyar though i will be there. Jen i am hoping to get around to the local labbies to meet you face to face always makes ...

Hey Sandy
hello to you.
I guess unless we both go tothe inservices not much chance of us meeting but yes it is good to see a few WAers on this site. under used by WAers from what i can see.

Are you going to this years Inservice?

Hey Jullie
Yes i am working with Nathan - taken over form Maureen.

nice to see you are on the forum

hello WA labbies just wondering how many of the memebrs are from WA

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