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Tripod, gauze, stand and holders

Integrated Science · Grade 7 · about 40 minutes

Assemble a safe heating set: tripod, wire gauze, retort stand, clamp, tongs and test-tube holder.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Why basic science skills matter
  2. Practising the seven science skills
  3. Families of laboratory apparatus
  4. Beakers, flasks and test tubes
  5. Measuring volume
  6. The Bunsen burner and the spirit lamp
  7. Tripod, gauze, stand and holders
  8. Using a laboratory thermometer
  9. Measuring mass and weight
  10. Measuring length and time
  11. Funnels, droppers, spatulas and mortars
  12. The light microscope
  13. SI units for basic quantities
  14. Derived quantities and their units
  15. Care, storage and hazards of misuse
  16. Packaging labels and consumer protection