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A list of recommended lab equipment and supplies for students studying gcse sciences. The equipment includes both standard lab items and specialist supplies. Teachers are encouraged to modify the activities to suit their students' needs and resources available in their school. A risk assessment and trialling are required before carrying out the practical activities.
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Through their study of the new GCSE Sciences students must be given the opportunity to experience a wide range of hands-on practical work. Hands-on experience will help them acquire the practical skills defined by the DfE in their Apparatus and Techniques criteria.
We have designed all the activities to use standard equipment and materials that can be found in most school laboratories.
The lists are not exhaustive, and we encourage teachers to modify the activities to suit their students’ needs and learning objectives, and the resources available in their school/college.
These required practical activities have been suggested by teachers who have successfully carried them out in the lab. However, it is the responsibility of the centre to ensure that full risk assessments have been carried out in each case.
Teachers should trial the required practical activities to make sure that they are manageable and match the resources available in the school/college.
0.5 m^2 quadrats
10 cm^3 plastic syringes 10 cm^3 measuring cylinders
100 cm^3 conical flasks 250 cm^3 beakers
30 cm rulers 30 m tape measures 5 cm^3 measuring cylinders/syringes
boiling tubes
Bunsen burners
cork borer
digital top pan balances (accurate to 0.01g)
disposable plastic pipettes
dropping bottles
filter funnels and filter paper
filter paper discs
forceps
gauze mats
glass stirring rods
glass spreaders
heatproof mats
incubator
light sources (LED or standard. Not energy saving)
metre rulers
microscope slide coverslips
microscope slides
microscopes
pestles and mortars
petri dishes
Perspex rulers
spotting tiles
stopwatches
test tube racks
test tubes
thermometers (stirring)
tripods
water baths (electrical or Bunsen burners and beakers)
wax pencils
white tiles