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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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A practical is carried out at the bench, in the classroom or outdoors. A practical with its model not built stands on its own; the page says where a step mentions the model. A calculation and data practical works from published figures by hand, with a calculator or in a spreadsheet. No Lab page includes an interactive model; the Concept Studio holds the demonstrations.

4 practicals

Mathematics K–6 · Mathematics · Volume and capacity

  1. Mathematics K–6 · Years 1–2

    Packing a box: volume with cubes in layers

    The volume of a box is the number of identical cubes that pack it without gaps, and the cubes sit in layers that each hold the same number.

    PracticalLow risk
  2. Mathematics K–6 · Years 3–4

    Layer count: volume in cubic centimetres by packing

    A rectangular prism packed with centimetre cubes has the same number of cubes in every layer, so its volume in cubic centimetres can be described and counted layer by layer, one layer's worth of cubes at a time.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  3. Mathematics K–6 · Years 5–6

    Cubic centimetres, litres and displacement

    A cube 10 cm on each side holds 1000 cubic centimetres, which is one litre, and the volume of a solid object can be found from the water it pushes aside.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  4. Mathematics K–6 · Years 5–6

    Make a cubic metre

    A cubic metre is a cube one metre on each edge, holds a million cubic centimetres or a thousand litres, and rooms are measured in it.

    PracticalLow risk

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