Update for 5/30/08

To my students,

here are the updates for this weekend:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Work on as much of the problems you can for the HW #37 worksheet. Some of the questions may be related to your textbook reading. (Yes, Anthony had pointed out some of the questions were repeated...).
• For those of you that need to get your labs count up to meet the state's requirement, be sure to attend Ms. Ha's morning lab. session next Monday/Tues/Wed. (7:10 AM) and my afternoon lab. session (2:45 PM) in Rm. 311. They will be different labs., and each lab. will be offered only once. No exceptions. The following people will definitely have to make it to all available lab. sessions: Ruben, Liron, Daqwan, George, Baylen.
• If you're still holding on to your labs., as I've stated, you may be put on the ineligibility list (and that's that).
• Unit exam probably next Wednesday/Thursday.

Earth Science 2:
• If you still have not finished Lab. #31, finished it over the weekend and hand it in!
• As I mentioned, we're finalizing the Regent eligibility list by next Wednesday. Whatever labs. I have by that date will be it, there won't be any more after next Wednesday. No exception.
• Unit exam possibly next Tuesday/Wednesday.

That's all. Have a good weekend.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/28/08

To my students,

here are the updates for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #36 (Due tomorrow): Holt – Read pp. 654-657, Do p. 657 Problems #2, 3, 5a-d.
• Finish all your labs (and I mean ALL) and submitted them before the end of the week.

Earth Science 2:
• Worked on Lab. #31 write-up, and handed it by tomorrow.
• For those of you who were absent last Friday: If you want to improve your grade, submit the make-up Classwork Assignment #4: Correlations
1. What different techniques do we use to correlate rocks of different area?
2. What conditions must a fossil has to be considered an index fossil?
• Reminder: Earth Science Afterschool Labs. continue Tues-Thurs from 2:45-4:00 PM.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/27/08

To my students,

Here are the updates for today:

Chemistry Regent 2:
• HW #35 (Due Tomorrow): Holt- Read pp. 648-653, Do p. 653 Problems 1, 2, 3, 4
• Finish the Lab. write-up #30 - I want it, NOW!

Earth Science 2:
• Classwork #5: Read pp. 352-355, 347-350 (Reference Only - should have done in class)
1) What are the different time units on the geologic time scale? (Arrange them in the order from the largest to the smallest unit.)
2) Why can it be difficult to assign date to the division of geologic time scale?

• Reminder: I've already let you know what your total lab. counts are, now it's up to you to show how serious you are in making things right..

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/23/08

To my students,

here are the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #34 (Due Tuesday): Holt - Read pp. 642-647, Do p. 647 Problems # 2, 5, 6, 7
• Lab. Report #29 Due Tuesday.
• Make sure you finish all late/missing lab. report by Tuesday. I'll compile and tally all your lab. reports to determine your Regent eligibility this weekend. (George, e-mail me the tally for 1st semester and turn in that lab. folder!!!)

Earth Science 2:
• There are some of you who did not turn in the classwork assignment #4 today... I'll be compiling and tallying all your labs during this weekend, then you should see whether you qualify for Regent in June.

Have a good weekend.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/21/08

Hi everyone,

here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Most of you did pretty decent on the exam... Enjoy the night!

Earth Science 2:
• Some of you did come to the afterschool labs. today, good. Quite a bit of you didn't. Let me make it perfectly clear, this is your last chance, if you choose not to come, then you should be prepared for the consequence (i.e., taking summer school - if you qualify, or retake the class next semester).
• Tomorrow there will be another afterschool lab. from 2:45 ~ 4:00 PM.

* Reminder: There's a number of you who still owe me lab. reports from before (and some homeworks as well), make sure you submitted them before the end of this week. Over the weekend I will need to compile Regent Eligibility list and submitted them to A.P.. So if you want to be eligible, better get moving or you'll be left behind.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/20/2008

To my students,

So, quite a number of you got the calls about the labs, huh? You wouldn't have gotten the calls IF you did everything on time.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• I was disappointed that most of you did not do the review sheet this morning... If you didn't study, you won't get far tomorrow.
• Unit Exam on Organic Chemistry tomorrow.

Earth Science 2:
• HW #7 (Due tomorrow): Answer the following questions
1. What does uniformitarianism tell us about the processes at work on Earth’s surface today?
2. Explain the principle of superposition and describe the situation when the principle doesn’t apply.
3. What are the relationship between the relative ages of faults, Veins, Intrusions, and the rock layer through which they form?
• Mr. Moshos will be conducting one of the extra lab. sessions tomorrow afterschool between 2:45PM ~ 3:45PM. If you know you don't have enough labs and you did not have Mr. Moshos as Earth Science 1 teacher, you should come to that lab. to acquire the number of lab. hours that you need...

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/19/08

To my students,

here are the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Work on the review sheet for tonight. We'll go over it tomorrow.
• Lab. #29 tomorrow @ 9th Period in Rm. 311.
• Unit Exam - Organic Chemistry on Wednesday.

Earth Science 2:
• All late/missing lab reports/write-ups have to be turned in by Wednesday. All records submitted to me by then would be used toward the determination of your Regent eligibility this June.

Public Service Announcements:

Afterschool Regent Preps has already begun this past week and will be continuing until the Regent Week; For Chemistry it would be conducted by Ms. Ha in Rm.334, and for Earth Science 2 it would be conducted by Mr. Moshos in Rm.336. The Prep Class runs from 2:45 PM to 3: 45 PM Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/16/08

To my students,

here is the update for this weekend:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #33 (Due Monday): Holt- Read pp. 696-701, Do p. 701 Problems #2,3,7,8.
• Lab. #28 Worksheet due on Monday.
• Unit Exam next Tuesday/Wednesday.

Earth Science 2:
• Lab. #29 and Lab. #30 worksheets are due on Monday (if you has not turned it in yet!)
• All Regent Lab. eligibility data is being compiled as of this weekend. If you still have missing labs., turn them in by Monday or you will be officially disqualified from Regent exam eligibility this June.

Announcements:

Afterschool Regent Preps has already begun this past week and will be continuing until the Regent Week; For Chemistry it would be conducted by Ms. Ha in Rm.334, and for Earth Science 2 it would be conducted by Mr. Moshos in Rm.336. The Prep Class runs from 2:45 PM to 3: 45 PM.

That's all, folks, have a good weekend!

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/15/2008

To my students,

here are the updates:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• With the class notes today, you should be able to complete the HW #32 worksheet. Due date has been postponed 'til tomorrow.
• Lab. Worksheet #28 due on Monday.
• Unit Exam Next Tuesday or Wednesday.

Earth Science 2:
• If you did not finish the Lab. #29 Weather Station Model in-class today, finish it for homework and turn it in for tomorrow.
• Lab. #30 tomorrow: Porosity.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/14/2008

To my students,

here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #32 worksheet due tomorrow.
• Since the Lab. #28 do not requires a lab. report and is very similar to what we've been working on, work on that lab. and hand it in by this Friday.

Earth Science 2:
• No work for today, relax! Steam-offs!

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/13/08

To my students,

here is the updates for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Finish HW #31, which was supposedly due today... (you can find it on Saturday's posting...)
• Start to work on HW #32 worksheet (officially due Thursday). We will go over part of it tomorrow as exercise, but I want you to get some practice doing it on your own..

Earth Science 2:
• Unit Exam Tomorrow on Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition. Study hard (Class notes and review sheets)!!!
• Key to the review sheet is here.


Dr. Liu

Update for 5/9/2008

To my students,

Sorry about the delay. Throughout the whole Friday I've been having trouble login to my blog, so I wasn't able to post any assignment update yesterday... Here it is then:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• I shall be posting a copy of the IUPAC naming convention after I have a chance to organize it into a form easier for you to digest.
• Since it's the end of marking period, I've got a lot of grading to do; so instead of worksheet, I'd like you to work on HW #31: Holt - Read pp. 687-695, Do p. 695 Problems #1, 4, 6, 8.
• Lab. Report #27 is due on Monday.
• Check back here for further update.

Earth Science 2:
• Finish answering all the questions for Take-Home Lab. #28. (Don't forget to attach a sheet for the last question).
• Start studying your notes all the way up to last Thursday: Unit Exam next Wednesday (Cover Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition).
• I will give you a review sheet on Monday.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/8/2008

Alright, Let's see...

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Finish HW #30 Hydrocarbon Worksheet for tomorrow.
• You may want to start working on Lab. Report # 27.

Earth Science 2:
• No HW today.
• Lab. Tomorrow.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/7/2008

Guys and Gals,

Here is the update:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #30 Hydrocarbon worksheet due on Friday. Use the class notes today and Reference Tables P and Q on Page 6 to guide your work.

Earth Science 2:
• No HW today. Pd. 4 will have a 3 questions Quiz tomorrow on the topic of Deposition. (Today and yesterday's notes)

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/6/2008

To my students,

here is the updates for today:

Regent Chemistry 2 & Earth Science 2:
• No HW today.
• All Late assignments/Lab. Reports due by tomorrow.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/5/2008

To my students,

here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #29 (Due Tomorrow): Holt - Read pp. 678-686 ; Do p. 686 Problems 1, 2, 3, 5
• All late and make-up assignments Due by Wednesday.
• Lab. #27 tomorrow 9th period.

Earth Science 2:
• Reminder: All late and make-up assignmenbts due by Wednesday.
• 4th period: figure out a suggestion that we can do minimize all that noises and chattering in the class, and you just might get an extra credit if your idea get implemented...

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/2/2008

Alright, the weekend report update...

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Well, the exam wasn't so bad, right?
• Complete your lab. #26 report for Monday...

Earth Science 2:
• If you has not completed your landscape assignment, make sure you finish it and hand it in by Monday.
• Unit Exam possible late next week.

Have a good weekend.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/1/2008

To my students,

here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Unit Exam tomorrow. Study the review sheet and the notes. There is only 6 more weeks left, this is not the time for slacking (although some of you seems be doing just exactly that...)

Earth Science 2:
• Assignment Sheet #6 is due tomorrow. For PD. 4, you will have a 3 questions quiz tomorrow on the class reading assigned today.

That's all,

Dr. Liu