- recognise the need for safe use and storage of household chemicals
- identify strategies for handling and storage of household chemicals
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Teaching Resources
Safer Solutions - great Australian Site, includes general information plus several Learning Modules which can be adapted for a range of classes
Learn About Chemicals Around Your Home - a great interactive site that explores different rooms in the house and provides information about chemicals found there. Also haze puzzles and quizzes
Water-friendly housekeeping-In-Class or homework activity based around the fact that household chemicals can damage our waterways - developed for Chesapeake Bay, AMerica, but can de easily adapted for local context. See also the activity on Campaign for Proper Household HAzardous Waste Disposal
Information Sites
Household Chemicals, Poisons & Pesticides
Hazardous WasteNSW Poisons Information Centre - detailed information site from Westmead Children's Hospital - Navigate through to Definitions of poisons, prevention and First Aid
Chemical Hazards Includes list of hazardous chemicals and hazrd notation and symbols- from University of Melbourne
Guide for Handling Household Chemicals - useful summary, includes definitions from EnvironmentalChemistry.com
Farm safety - handling chemicals - from Better Health Channel, Victoria
Workplace safety - hazardous substances and safety issues - from Better Health Channel, Victoria
Household Chemical Safety from NSW Fire Brigade, see also the subsections from this main page
WHAT IS HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE? - basic informaion page on materials which by chemical nature, can be a potential health risk to people and the environment, from Hunter Waste Planning and Management Board See also their FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS section.
Hazardous Waste - from Better Health Channel, Victoria
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