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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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15 practicals
Science and Technology K–6 · Physics · Forces and motion
Movement stations: sliding, rolling, spinning and bouncing
Objects move in different ways, and the way they move depends on their shape and on how they are pushed or pulled.
PracticalLow riskPaper gliders: changing the fold changes the flight
Air holds a glider up: a shape that catches the air stays up longer and travels further than a crumpled sheet.
PracticalLow riskRamp race: which shape rolls fastest and furthest
An object's shape changes how it rolls down a ramp: a solid ball beats a solid roller, which beats a hollow ring, whatever their size.
Practical, model not builtLow riskSlip and slide: which material slides furthest
The material on the underside of an object changes how easily it starts to slide and how far it goes, because some materials grip a surface more than others.
Practical, model not builtLow riskChanging direction: a side push on a rolling ball
A moving object keeps its direction until a push from the side changes it, and the new direction depends on the strength of that push.
PracticalLow riskDesign and make a wheeled toy that rolls straight and far
The materials and parts chosen for wheels and axles decide how well a product moves.
PracticalLow riskHigher ramp, further roll: changing the slope a car starts from
Raising the top of the ramp gives the car further to fall, so it comes off the ramp faster and rolls further across the floor, and the distance grows steadily with the height.
Practical, model not builtLow riskHow hard do you pull: dragging light and heavy loads
A heavier load needs a stronger pull to move it across a surface, and how strong the pull is can be compared by how far it stretches the same elastic band.
Practical, model not builtLow riskPaper whirlybirds: the push of the air
Air pushes on a falling object; longer wings catch more air and make the fall slower.
PracticalLow riskPush it further: how the strength of a push changes distance
A stronger push sends an object faster and further, and releasing a car from a mark on a ramp gives it the same start every time, so the test is fair.
PracticalLow riskPushes and pulls change shape: playdough tests
A push or a pull can change an object's shape as well as its motion, and a bigger force makes a bigger change.
PracticalLow riskDragging a shoe with a spring balance: measuring friction in newtons
Friction is a force that can be measured, it grows when the object presses harder on the surface, and it depends on which two surfaces touch.
Practical, model not builtLow riskDrop race: a heavy ball and a light ball land together
Gravity pulls every object toward the Earth with the same acceleration, so two balls of different mass dropped together land together unless air resistance is large.
Practical, model not builtLow riskParachute drop: a bigger canopy falls slower
Air resistance is a force that pushes against a falling object, and a larger canopy meets more air, so the same load reaches a lower steady speed and takes longer to fall.
Practical, model not builtLow riskToy car on a ramp: which surface stops it soonest?
Friction is a force that acts against motion, and a car released from the same height travels a shorter distance on a rougher surface because friction takes its energy away sooner.
Practical, model not builtLow risk
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