Category: Learning
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A Complete Guide to Building Composite Skill Labs in CBSE Schools
In line with enhancing skill education in India, the CBSE has introduced a mandate to establish Composite Skill Labs in schools. These labs equip students with practical, industry-aligned skills, fostering a more hands-on learning environment. In this blog, let’s discover the complete process of Building Composite Skill Labs in CBSE Schools What is Composite Skill…
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Labkafe’s Composite Skill Labs: A New Era in CBSE Schools
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has recently introduced a key initiative focused on enhancing skill-based education within schools. This initiative is closely aligned with the goals set forth by the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE), which both stress the significance of incorporating skill education…
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Spherometer – Measure the radius of curvature of a spherical surface | Labkafe
Aim: To determine the radius of curvature of a given spherical surface by a Spherometer. Apparatus: Theory: A spherometer is a measuring instrument used to measure the radius of curvature of a spherical surface and a very small thickness. Figure 3.1 is a schematic diagram of a single disk spherometer. It consists of a central…
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How to perform teacher evaluation | Labkafe
So, your school is set up, labs and grounds are ready, teachers are hired, and students are rolling in. That’s great! But doesn’t it nag you a bit to know how your teachers are performing? What makes you sure that your students are getting the quality education and treatment they were promised? Enter teacher evaluation…
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How to Improve Classroom Acoustics | Labkafe
A school is a place for learning and understanding, but how can a student learn properly if they can’t even hear you clearly? Today, we are going to talk about the importance of classroom acoustics and how you can reduce noise in a classroom. Let’s talk ‒ clearly. Humans have five senses, and hearing is…
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What is CRCA Steel ‒ the Best Lab Furniture Material | Labkafe
When it comes to building lab furniture, there are only a few options. Most people will think it should be built with MDF boards or similar engineered wood, but that’s not good for a laboratory environment. Similar goes for stainless steel. The absolutely best way to build a lab furniture like a lab workbench is to…
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Everything About Fume Hood ‒ Definition, Working Principle, Types | Labkafe
In laboratories, scientists do a lot of experiments, and some of them can be dangerous. Poisonous gasses are always a problem in chemistry laboratories. This is where a fume hood (or a fume cabinet or fume cupboard) comes in handy. Today, we will discuss everything about fume hoods in detail. Definition of a Fume Hood…
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What is an Ammeter and Why Do We Use It | Labkafe
If you’ve gone through physics practical classes of most school boards, experiments based on electricity would have been part of the lessons and you must have seen an ammeter in action. It is part of most electricity-related textbooks for school classes 10 to 12 as well. Today, we will tell you what exactly an ammeter…
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Biology Lab Consumables Used in High School Laboratories | Labkafe
As you know, the biology lab is one of the most complicated school laboratories in terms of lab supplies. Today, we present you with the list of biology lab consumables. In this list, you will find the 20 most common bio lab consumables as per CBSE ICSE IGCSE IB State Board curriculums. You can use…
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WBCHSE Physics Practical Syllabus | West Bengal Board HS Curriculum | Labkafe
The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, or WBCHSE, has released its syllabus for classes XI and XII for the present and coming year. So we are presenting here the WBCHSE physics practical syllabus for classes 11 & 12. Students can study the syllabus to see which of the HS physics practicals they have…
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Solubility of Salts ‒ Why Common Salts are So Soluble in Water | Labkafe
We have already discussed why water is the best solvent all-around in a previous blog article; but what about the things that get dissolved in water? There are sugar and salts and various other stuff that get dissolved in water, but salts have the best solubility in water. Now, why should that be? In chemistry labs you…
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How To Prepare Original Solution | Labkafe
Last week we discussed the Salt Analysis experiment in chemistry lab class 12 practicals. While talking about performing various tests on the original solution or water extract of the salts, we realized that not everybody can be savvy about how to make the original solutions of salts, or, as they are also called, stock solutions. Hence, we…
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Why Water is Called a Universal Solvent | Labkafe
Water is a Universal Solvent, but Why? We cannot imagine life without water. All living things depend upon water in various degrees, and for a good reason. The reason is, water is a universal solvent. What does that mean, and why is water a universal solvent? Today we will set out to explore this. Water…
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Color of Common Salts Used in School Laboratories | Labkafe
Your school laboratory has a lot of chemical compounds to work with. Many of them are solid salts used for various reasons. If you are to be a good chemist or at least want to score some fame in the chemistry lab, then you have to be able to identify various compounds by the color…
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Top 10 Identification Reactions in School Practical Exams | Labkafe
One of the most common chemistry laboratory experiments in school laboratories is the Identification Reactions or salt analysis of inorganic salts. In these experiments, we analyze a given, unknown salt substance to figure out the cations and anions that make up the salt. You will have to perform various experiments step by step and note…