Equipment
Knowing the right equipment to use is an important part of planning experiments. For example, if you wish to contain a liquid you can choose from a test tube, a beaker, a conical flask or a dropper. It all depends on how much liquid you want to contain and the type of liquid. Find out more… 
Your task is to learn the names of common scientific equipment and how to draw them correctly.  Drawing scientifically is an important skill. Download this useful resource (.pdf 1.3MB).  This website will give you lots of ideas for experiments and activities to do. |
Three representations of a tripod  There are different ways of representing scientific equipment. Traditionally equipment has been drawn in a two dimensional style. Imagine slicing a beaker in half and drawing only the outline. This makes drawing faster and does not require an artistic ability to get the perspective correct. More recently there has been a trend to use digital photographs to show equipment or a more realistic picture can be drawn in three dimensions. Download (.doc 83 kB) and print this sheet to practise drawing equipment. |
Click to open an interactive whiteboard activity. You will need Activstudio 3 to open these files. Task 1: Know your equipment 
Task 2: Drawing scientific equipment 
Traditional drawing of Science equipment |