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956 practicals from Kindergarten to Year 12, in 9 subjects. A practical gives the idea, what you need, the steps, what you should see and a safety card. A teacher-led practical gives the idea and its hazards; its method is for tutors on the learning platform.
Review
Reviewed before publication (owner’s confirmation, 24 September 2026). That covers every practical here, and a practical’s page lists the sources its author read.
A safety card on every page
The risk, who supervises and the hazards. The 38 teacher-led practicals show their idea and hazards here; their materials, steps and sources, and any result, control or note that states a number or an amount, are for tutors and administrators on the learning platform.
School laboratory, not for home
207 practicals are medium or high risk. Each says so on its page: In a school laboratory, with a teacher supervising, under the school's risk assessment. Not for home.
Curriculum references
Each practical lists the NSW syllabus outcomes and Australian Curriculum v9 codes it supports. They are references, not a verified or complete curriculum alignment.
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2 practicals
Investigating Science 11–12 · Chemistry · Particles and states of matter
Pressure and volume of a gas: Boyle’s law and a hidden systematic error
For a fixed amount of gas at constant temperature, pressure times volume stays constant; air hidden in the connecting tube is a systematic error that bends the data until it is counted.
Practical, model not builtLow riskTemperature and gas volume: Charles’s law and an estimate of absolute zero
At constant pressure a gas’s volume is proportional to its absolute temperature, so extrapolating measured volumes to zero estimates absolute zero, and the equipment limits how good that estimate is.
Practical, model not builtMedium risk
For tutors and administrators
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