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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.
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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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9 practicals
Mathematics K–6 · Mathematics · Statistics and data
Sorting our shoes: a graph made of real objects
When objects are sorted into rows that start on the same line and each object takes one equal space, the longest row shows the most common group without counting.
PracticalLow riskTally, table, picture graph: a class survey
Answers to a question can be collected with tally marks, organised in a table and shown in a picture graph where one picture stands for one answer.
PracticalLow riskFrom survey to column graph: a statistical investigation
A question is answered by collecting data with a method that everyone follows, recording it in a frequency table and drawing a graph whose scale suits the numbers.
PracticalLow riskHow many in the jar: estimating a collection by sampling
A large collection can be estimated by counting one scoop, counting how many scoops fill the container and multiplying, then checked against a full count.
PracticalLow riskOne data set, three displays: handfuls of cubes
The same data can be shown as a list, a dot plot or a column graph, and a display that keeps every value on a shared scale shows the shape and spread of the data and makes two groups easier to compare.
Practical, model not builtLow riskChange over time: a line graph of cooling water
A line graph shows how a quantity changes over time, and the slope of the line shows whether the change is fast or slow.
PracticalMedium riskHand spans: a dot plot, the mode and the range
Measurements collected from a group vary, and a dot plot shows the shape of that variation together with the most common value and the spread from smallest to largest.
Practical, model not builtLow riskRuler drop: measuring reaction time and comparing two hands
Reaction time can be measured by how far a falling ruler drops before it is caught, and a class investigation compares two groups of such measurements with displays on a shared scale.
Practical, model not builtLow riskTruncated axes: how a column graph can exaggerate a difference
When the vertical axis of a column graph starts above zero, the column heights no longer compare the values, so a small difference can look large, and redrawing from zero shows the true comparison.
Practical, model not builtLow risk
For tutors and administrators
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