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Boyle's Law apparatus - using a syringe and pressure gauge.
Bottle with brush - useful for individual student use.
Carnivorous plants - Growing carnivorous plants in a school laboratory.
Coke - What makes the fizz in Coke, fun CO2 experiment
Electrochemical cell - using a copper calorimeter and magnesium ribbon electrodes.
Food trays with partitions - useful for individual experiment equipment.
Gas Laws apparatus - using a syringe and pressure gauge.
Lampholder for 240volt globes - adapted from a microscope lamp.
Enzymes experiments - Morejuice from apples, Clarifying fruit juice, Peeling citrus fruit.
EVA plastic tubing - a useful substitute for glass tubing in some applications in the laboratory.
Lung model demonstration - balloons suitable for "lungs" and "diaphragm".
Meter movement demonstration - showing electromagnetic of a galvanometer.
Micro-titer trays- used for the rate of reaction in chemistry (precipitation)
Photographic slides - transfer to overhead projector transparencies.
Potato used as an alternative to agar - for culturing bacteria and fungi.
Relative conductivity apparatus - low voltage conductivity apparatus.
Salt volcano - resembles commercial "Lava Lite"
Studying stomata - leaf peels.
Saliva and starch reactions - a different view.
Solution Dilution Table- Old but very handy
Sound in a vacuum - using a vacuum flask and buzzer.
Spectroscope demonstration - attached to video camera.
Sweet architecture - structural designs using mini-marshmallows and toothpicks.
Taste and smell - a fun way to study the relationship between these two senses.
Universal Indicator charts- Charts that match the exact colour of your universal indicator.
Water bath - use of a frypan.
Zoo fodder - growing zoo fodder in schools.

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