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Hi Noona,

Can you please include me on the email list for the conference?? meg.hitchick@saints.nsw.edu.au Thanks so much! What details are available about the conference so far? Do you have dates yet?

Meg

Kel - Wouldn't that be marvellous?! I hope someone writes one very soon. Good luck with it all - I'm sure we can bumble our way through it together!

Six weeks until inspection and counting...

The things I learn on this site will never cease to amaze me...

I'm printing out that recipe for future reference! Only thing is, do I file under 'F' for fake or 'P' for poo??

I believe a SOP is for a plant equipment, one that sits their all the time. It is the operational steps used to start that item up. 1. Plug in, 2, set blue knob to 4, 3, closed door. That sort of thing. Yes, I think you're right. And I think that side of things should not be too hard to set up. It'...

Okay - obviously there are even more URLs for ChemGold out there than I thought! JustSue might be closer to the mark than I...

Hope you can find the one that works for you

Sassi - Bless you! You're an angel :D I am having a thorough read of it right now. I think I will need to produce something similar that is specialised for our department, as the current policy is non-existent! Did you just reference CSIS, or any other docs like the Australian Standards or anything?...

rosiegbh - I had a similar problem, and after waiting and waiting for weeks for help, my collegue and I finally figured out the problem: I had the incorrect URL for the Chemwatch website (apparently there is several different accesses to 'chemwatch gold II' and I had gotten the wrong one somehow! Th...

Hi all, I'm aware that there have been many topics on similar subjects to this, but I have spent most of the morning reading old topics and I still feel somewhat bamboozled... so I thought I'd start a topic to try and fill the gaps :thumbup: Back at the end of last Term, I attended an AIS Training d...

Ocker - 'Yes dear' Ahhh, my two favourite words LOL Congrats on 28 years! I married at 19, and when told (repeatedly) by my 'friends' that I was 'throwing away my freedom' I had perfected the reply: "I'm not throwing away my freedom, I'm stealing someone else's!" :clap3: 6 years now and ha...

... you use a bit of 0.1M sulfuric acid in the water when making up copper sulfate solution??? :? I just noticed in the common solutions section of "The Laboratory Resource Guide" Book, that it says 49.9g CuSO4, added to distilled water with 15mL of H2SO4 (0.1M) then made up to 1L with dis...

Well, I rinsed them in the tiniest amount of rinse aid in water, then rinsed each one three or four times in distilled water, set them out to dry, and went home feeling very satisfied with my efforts... BUT - alas, this morning when I arrived, I realised that the place I had put them all to dry has ...

Thanks Sassi and Lada for your replies, I kind of figured the same thing - that Rinse Aid might interfere with the result: but when I asked my HT he said that he wants them rinsed in Rinse Aid so that they 'flow evenly' or something. I've washed and rinsed them all really thoroughly, so it's just th...

Hello all, My Head Teacher has asked that I wash all the glassware and rinse in 'rinse aid in preparation for a titration prac... I have bought some good old home brand rinse aid which I think is designed for use in dishwashers. I don't have a dishwasher, so was planning to rinse in the sink. Does a...

Thanks Sue and Lorrae, I will direct my teach's to the 'official word'! I had my suspicions that it was a no-go :-( I haven't done the OHS course yet, I'm enrolled for one on 2nd April, and am still wading my way through CSIS in depth, as until now I have only had a 'basic working knowledge' of the ...

Greetings, knowledgable ones :thumbup: I'm wondering if anyone with a bit more expertise in biology has some ideas for me. I've been asked by a teacher here to share a lesson helping kids in Yr 8 to prepare their own slides of plant material. Mostly the kids use pre-prepared slides, but we don't hav...

Hi Judy and others, Please can I have a copy of the list too? If it's not too much trouble :oops: I know there's been a million requests! Attn: Meg Fax No. 63327338 Thanks in advance :-) Was just talking about this very topic with staff in my department yesterday arvo. We were debating what the offi...

Thanks for the welcome, Lisa :D Yep, my ex-fellow teachers have been joking with me that I have 'crossed over to the Dark Side' LOL. However, I always got on really well with the lovely lab techs at my last school, and I am now gaining a true appreciation for their hard work and effort. I've been fo...

Yep! I'm a Science Teacher by qualification, but... Today is my fourth day as a lab tech and I am loving it. So much nicer than teaching! :thumbup: I wanted to return to work part-time after having my son (who is nearly 2) but the thought of teaching and all the 'at home' work just made me put it of...