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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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8 practicals
Science 7–10 · Chemistry · Particles and states of matter
Ammonia and hydrogen chloride diffusing along a tube: the white ring
Gases diffuse at speeds set by their particle mass, so two gases released at opposite ends of a tube meet nearer the heavier gas.
Teacher-led practicalPractical, model not builtHigh riskBrownian motion: smoke particles jostled by air molecules under a microscope
Invisible air molecules are moving fast and at random, because visible smoke specks they strike jiggle without any other cause.
PracticalLow riskCooling curve of stearic acid: temperature holds steady while a liquid freezes
During a change of state the temperature stays constant even though the substance keeps losing heat, because the energy goes into rearranging particles rather than slowing them.
Practical, model not builtMedium riskGas particles move: carbon dioxide diffusing between two test tubes
Gas particles are in constant random motion, so a gas spreads into the space available even without stirring or wind.
Practical, model not builtLow riskIron and sulfur: a mixture you can un-mix and a compound you cannot
Two elements mixed keep their own properties and can be separated, but once they react the compound formed has new properties and the elements can no longer be pulled apart physically.
PracticalMedium riskMetal or non-metal: testing lustre, conductivity and malleability
Elements can be sorted as metals or non-metals by testing physical properties, and a few elements such as graphite and silicon break the pattern, which is why the classification rests on several properties rather than one.
PracticalLow riskPhysical or chemical change: evidence from seven small changes
A chemical change makes a new substance, shown by a new colour, a gas, a solid or an energy change that cannot be undone by a physical method, while after a physical change the same substance remains in a new form.
PracticalLow riskSplitting water: two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen
Water is a compound of two elements in a fixed ratio; an electric current decomposes it and the 2 : 1 gas volumes match the formula H2O.
PracticalLow risk
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