This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) contains a detailed method for preparing sodium hydroxide solutions.
The accompanying example risk assessment should be used as a guide only. Users should consider risks and safety measures in their local environment before proceeding.
Updated November 2016
This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) gives a detailed method for how to handle dry ice.
Note: this updated version January 2016 contains instructions for performing a range of activities using dry ice.
The accompanying example risk assessment should be used as a guide only. Also users should consider risks and safety measures in their local environment before proceeding.
This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) gives a detailed method for how to dilute concentrated sulfuric acid.
The accompanying example risk assessment should be used as a guide only. Users should also consider risks and safety measures in their local environment before proceeding.
This downloadable worksheet looks at the conservation of energy in an oscillating spring.
The resource is a student worksheet of questions relating to the conservation of energy during the motion of an oscillating spring.
The worksheet includes energy graphs which can be quite challenging.
Answers are provided to assist teachers and students with understanding.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S8U05 (Year 8), AC9S9U05 (Year 9)
This downloadable resource looks at the conservation of energy in an oscillating spring.
The resource is a student worksheet of questions relating to a short practical activity about the conservation of mechanical energy during the motion of an oscillating spring.
The document includes energy graphs, which can be quite challenging.
The answers are provided to assist teachers and students with understanding.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S8U05 (Year 8), AC9S9U05 (Year 9)
This downloadable resource tests knowledge on the conservation of energy.
The resource is a student worksheet of questions relating to the conservation of energy, specifically relating to mechanical energy being the sum of kinetic and gravitational potential energies.
The accompanying PDF shows the full working and answers to assist students with formulas and calculations.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S8U05 (Year 8), AC9S9U05 (Year 9)
This downloadable document is a worksheet for calculating average speed.
The document is for a practical activity where students use a stopwatch, trundle wheel and a flag to record and calculate the average speed of vehicles over a distance.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U05 (Year 10)
This hands-on activity deals with energy conservation and transformation.
The resource is a downloadable document that contains instruction and investigation prompts for an intriguing student practical activity concerning energy conservation and transformation.
The activity involves the construction of a cylinder that when rolled away across the floor, slows, stops and returns.
This device is commonly known as a ‘comeback can’ or ‘returning tin’.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S8U05 (Year 8), AC9S9U05 (Year 9)
This downloadable student activity investigates velocity and acceleration.
The resource is an MS Word document that details a practical activity that focuses on investigating constant velocity and accelerated motion using ticker timers and dynamics trolleys in the laboratory.
The resource can also be used as student worksheets for the activity.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U05 (Year 10)
A downloadable resource in which students determine a value for gravitational acceleration.
This downloadable resource is a worksheet for a practical activity where students determine a value for the acceleration due to gravity and then compare it to 9.8 ms-2.
Students drop a ball from a height and measure the distance covered and time taken.
The worksheet details the necessary calculations.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U05 (Year 10)
