Update for 5/29/09

Here is the update for this weekend:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• All lab reports (online or hands-on) due by 7 PM tonight => Final deadline!!!
• HW #31 Nuclear Reactions & Transmutations Worksheet due by Monday.
• Test Next Tuesday.
• There will be a Saturday Regent Preps in Chemistry tomorrow from 10 AM ~ 1 PM in Rm. 336.

Environmental Sciences 1:
• No HW this weekend.

Environmental Science 2:
• Work on your renewable energy resource research paper - Due next Wednesday.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/28/09

Here are the updates:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #30 (Due tomorrow): Holt - Read pp. 648-657, Do p. 657 Problems #2, 3, 5a-d.
• The due date for all online labs. and all hands-on labs is tomorrow - Absolute Final Deadline.
• Expect a unit exam on Radioactivity possibly next Monday.

Environment Sciences 1:
• No HW today. However, not everyone has handed in the HW from yesterday.

Environmental Sciences 2:
• A research project on renewable energy resource has been assigned in class. The due date for the project is next Wednesday.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/27/09

Here are the updates for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• No HW today.
• Lab. #30 continue tomorrow 1st period in Rm. 311 - last lab this semester.
• The due date for all online labs. and all hands-on labs is this Friday - Absolute Final Deadline.
• Expect a unit exam on Radioactivity next Monday or Tuesday.

Environmental Sciences 1:
• HW #2 (Due tomorrow): Essay - Write an essay discuss your opionion and the pros and cons of using mandatory birth controls and sterilization tactics to control overpopulation.

Environmental Sciences 2:
• HW #6 (Due tomorrow): Essay - After you saw the scientific evidences presented in the movies "An Inconvenient Truth" and "Global Warming or Global Governance?", What is your take on the issue of Global Climate Change? Support your opinion by presenting your arguments in a well-developed essay.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/26/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Homework #29 (Due tomorrow): Holt - Read pp. 642-647, Do p. 647 #2, 5, 6, 7.
• Lab. #30 continue tomorrow 9th period in Rm. 311.
• The due date for all online labs. and all hands-on labs is this Friday - Absolute final deadline.
• I'll be sending you the 3rd term interim progress report tonight.

Environmental Sciences 1 & 2:
• No HW today.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/22/2009

To my students... Here is the update for this weekend:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #28 (Due Tuesday): Holt - Read pp. 658-666, Do p. 660 #1, 2; p. 662 #2, 3; p. 666 #5, 6, 7, 8.
• If you have not finished Lab. #27 Worksheet, be sure to complete it for Tuesday submission.
• Reminder: All Labs Due next Friday (Online make-up or hands-on labs) - Regent Eligibility finalization.
• Lab. #28 next Tuesday 1st period in Rm. 311 (Group B).

• By the way, there is no Saturday Regent Preps this week.

Environmental Sciences 1 & 2:
• No HW this weekend.

Have a good Memorial Day weekend!

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/21/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Okay, now the Unit 12 Exam is done, finish the Lab. #27 Worksheet and submit it by tomorrow.
• Reminder 1: If you attended the labs but failed to submit lab report during this semester, you're to finish all those missing labs quickly and submit them by tomorrow.
• Reminder 2: If you did not attend the labs., check my posting this week (5/19) to select the online labs that you can complete to fulfill the mandatory lab requirement. Remember, deadline for all make-up labs is next Friday.

Environmental Sciences 1 & 2:
• No HW today.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/20/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• UNIT 12 EXAM - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY TOMORROW!
• The key to today's review sheet is here.
• Lab. #27 continues tomorrow 1st period in Rm. 311 for Group A. If possible, I'd like you all to finish the lab. worksheet and submit them by this Friday.
• Reminder: Late Chem-2 Lab. reports (actual labs) due by this Friday.
• Reminder: Online Make-up labs for Chem 2 term due by next Friday.

Environmental Sciences 1 & 2:
• No HW today.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/19/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Work on your HW #27 Organic Reactions Worksheet for tonight. We will go over them tomorrow.
• Lab. #27 continue tomorrow during 9th period in Rm. 311 (Group C).
• Unit Exam #12 - Organic Chemistry on Thursday.
• Reminder: If you have not submitted Chemistry Term-2 lab reports, I want you to submit them by this Friday - I will be starting to determine whether you qualify for Regents after next week's lab. If you missed the labs, start making up the labs online from the following list:

Chem. 2 Lab List
14. Heat Conduction in Solids
15. Specific Heat
16. Evaporation
17. Solubility
18. Crystal Violet Bleaching
19. Enzymes
20. Reaction Rate Wet Lab
21. Equilibrium Constant
22. Acid-Base Titration
23. Indicators
24. Iron-Tin Reaction
25. Oxidizing Power


Environmental Sciences 1 & 2:
• No HW today.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/18/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• I've postponed the deadline for HW#25 - IUPAC nomenclature of functional groups 'til tomorrow. With today's lesson, you should have all the information need to do the HW.
• HW#26 (Due tomorrow): Holt - Read pp. 696-701, Do p. 701 Problem #2, 3, 7, 8.
• Unit Exam on Organic Chemistry has been postponed to Thursday.
• Lab. #27 tomorrow 1st Period for Group B in Rm. 311.

Environmental Science 1 & 2:
• No HW today.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/15/2009

Here is the update for this weekend:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #25 Worksheet on IUPAC Nomenclature due Monday.
• Lab. Report #26 Due Monday.
• Unit Exam on Organic Chemistry possibly next Wednesday.
• Saturday Chemistry Regent Preps continues tomorrow from 10 AM ~1 PM.

Environmental Sciences 1 & 2:
• No HW this weekend.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/14/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• No HW today. Work on your Lab. Report #26 as it will be due on Monday (there will be another worksheet for HW tomorrow).
• Unit Exam on Organic Chemistry should take place around Next Wednesday.

Environmental Sciences 1 & 2:
• No HW today.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/13/2009

Here is the update:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #24 Branched Hydrocarbon Worksheet due tomorrow. (Except PD. 7, which has it as a Quiz).
• Lab. #26 continues tomorrow 1st Period in Rm. 311 (Group A).

Environmental Sciences 1:
• No HW today.

Environmental Sciences 2:
• No HW today.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/12/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #23 (Due tomorrow): Holt - Read pp. 687-695, Do p. 695 Problems #1, 4, 6, 8
• Reminder: Lab. #26 continue tomorrow 9th PD. in Rm. 311 for Group C.

Environmental Sciences 1 & 2:
• No HW today.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/11/2009

Hey boys and girls,

you must have enjoyed my outing today, huh? Hope you didn't make a big mess of the classroom...

I was experiencing some pretty severe allergy symptoms; instead of going to school and make you all running scared, I figured I'll stay at home for a day, then..

At this point I am expecting to return to school tomorrow. So for Chemistry Lab Group B, be sure to show up for Period 1 Lab. tomorrow at Rm. 311.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/8/2009

Here is the update for this weekend:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• All Chem 1 make-up labs due by end of the day today (May 8th)
• Complete HW #22: Hydrocarbon Worksheet by Monday.
• Lab. Report #25 due Monday.

P.S. Chemistry Saturday Regents Prep will be held tomorrow from 10 AM ~ 1 PM in Rm. 336.

Environmental Sciences 1 & 2:
• No work this weekend - enjoy your post-exam weekend.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/7/2009

Here is the updates for today:

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Try to work on the HW #22: Hydrocarbon worksheet tonight to see what kind of troubles you run into. The due date has been postponed until Monday.
• Remember: All Chem 1 make-up labs due by tomorrow (May 8th).
• Lab. Report #25 Due Monday.

Environmental Sciences 1:
• Study your review sheet and your notes. Unit Exam #3 tomorrow!

Environmental Sciences 2:
• Study your review sheet and your notes. Unit Exam #3 tomorrow!

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/6/2009

Here is the update for today:

• To all students: If I do not receive an e-mail from you in my e-mail box by midnight tonight with your last name, first name and class period in the subject heading of the letter, you will not receive a detailed progress report for this 2nd marking period and you will have to wait for your report card to find out your 2nd Marking Period grade.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #21 (due tomorrow): Holt - Read pp. 678-686; Do p. 686 problems #1, 2, 3, 5.
• Lab. #25 continues tomorrow at 1st Period in Rm. 311 for group A.
• Reminder: Deadline for Chem 1 Online Make-up labs is this Friday (May 8th).

Environmental Sciences 1:
• Unit Exam on Friday - Biomes. Start Study your notes.

Environmental Sciences 2:
• Unit Exam on Friday - Air Pollution & Control. Start Study your notes.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/5/2009

Here is the update for today:

• To all students: If I do not receive an e-mail from you in my e-mail box by this Wednesday with your last name, first name and class period in the subject heading of the letter, you will not receive a detailed progress report for this 2nd marking period and you will have to wait for your report card to find out your 2nd Marking Period grade.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• No HW for today - Post Exam steam-off!
• Lab. #25 continues tomorrow at 9th Period in Rm. 311 for group C.
• Reminder: Deadline for Chem 1 Online Make-up labs is this Friday (May 8th).

Environmental Science 1 & 2:
• No HW today.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/4/2009

Here is the update for today:

• To all students: If I do not receive an e-mail from you in my e-mail box by this Wednesday with your last name, first name and class period in the subject heading of the letter, you will not receive a detailed progress report for this 2nd marking period and you will have to wait for your report card to find out your 2nd Marking Period grade.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Unit 11 Exam Tomorrow.
• Lab. #25 Tomorrow 1st Period in Rm. 311 for Group B.
• Reminder: Deadline for all Chem 1 make-up labs is this Friday (May 8th, 2009).

Environmental Science 1 & 2:
• No HW today.

Dr. Liu

SC2 Unit 11 Review Sheets

To Chemistry Students:

In case you were absent on Friday or you need an extra practice for Unit 11 Exam, here is the review sheets.

Dr. Liu

Update for 5/1/2009

Here are the updates for this weekend:

Reminder To all students:
• E-mail me at "drliu.iths@gmail.com" from your e-mail account so I can copy+paste your e-mail address to my gradebook. This will be used to send your 2nd Marking Period Progress report. Please put the information (Last name, First Name, Period #) in the subject heading of the letter.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Work on your Unit 11 review sheet over the weekend!!!
• All Late/Missing Assignments make-up for 2nd marking period are due by midnight tonight (5/1).
• All Chem 1 Make-up labs are due by 5/8/2009 (next Friday).
• Lab Report #24: pH Indicators due next Monday.
• Unit 11 Exam next Tuesday.

Environmental Science 1:
• No HW this weekend.
• Unit Exam likely to be next Wednesday or Thursday.

Environmental Science 2:
• No HW this weekend.
• Possible Unit exam next week.

P.S. There is no Chemistry Regent Preps this Saturday.

Dr. Liu