Monday, November 30, 2009

Update for 11-30-2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• HW # 23 (Due Tomorrow): Holt - Read pp. 132-141, Do p. 141 Problems # 1, 3, 4, 5, 12
• Deadline for SmartScience online make-up labs for 1st & 2nd MP is December 11.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Homework (Due tomorrow): Post-Unit 9 Exam Drill Exercise due tomorrow (your only chance to add points to the exam).
• Reminder: Smartscience Online labs Solubility and Crystal Violet Bleaching are both due as of today.
• Deadline for SmartScience online make-up labs for 1st & 2nd MP and for Chem 1 is December 11.

Environmental Science 2:
• We finished Science Bulletin worksheet today. Quiz on the module to be held tomorrow.

Dr. Liu

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Update for 11/25/2009

Here is the update for the Thanksgiving break:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• HW # 22 (Due Monday): Holt - Read pp. 124-131, Do p. 131 problems #1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11.
• Work on the SmartScience Online labs to make-up for your missing labs - 1st and 2nd marking periods. I want those labs done by the middle of December!

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Only assignment for this weekend is to complete another online lab.: Crystal Violet Bleaching. Since we need to determine your eligibility for Regent about 2~3 weeks before the end of the semester, this is the only way we can meet the requirement by that time.
• You will receive your 2nd marking period progress report sometimes this weekend.

Environmental Science 2:
• No works assigned for this weekend. Expect a test on the module we covered when we come back.

Dr. Liu

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Update for 11/24/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• HW # 21 (Due Tomorrow): Holt - Read pp. 116-122, Do. P. 122 Problems 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
• 2nd marking period grades will be sent out tonight. With your missing lab. information, start making up the labs. according to the instruction posted on this blog.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• The key to the Unit 9 Exam review sheet is here.
• Unit 9 Exam tomorrow. Study hard!

Environmental Science 2:
• No HW today. Today was the due date for the completion of your group lab. report (3 groups still not done yet)...

Dr. Liu

Monday, November 23, 2009

Update for 11/23/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• No more test before Thanksgiving!
• Be sure to complete Lab. Report #10 and submit it by tomorrow!

Regent Chemistry 2:
• I've received very few Lab. Report #24 and HW #17 today, don't start off your 3rd MP on a wrong foot!
• Unit 9 exam on Wednesday - Review tomorrow.

Environmental Science 2:
• We will need to finish the group lab. report tomorrow.

Dr. Liu

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Regent Chemistry 1 - Review Sheet Key

Here is the key to the Unit 3 Exam review sheet.

Dr. Liu

Friday, November 20, 2009

Update for 11/20/2009

Here is the update for this weekend:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• Lab. Report #10 due Monday
• Work on the review sheet. The key will be posted sometimes this weekend.
• Unit Exam #3 is on Monday.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW#17 Due Monday.
• Lab. Report #24 due Monday.
• Unit Exam #3 will be next Tuesday/Wednesday.

Environmental Science 2:
• No HW this weekend. We shall finish the group lab. report on Monday.

Dr. Liu

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Update for 11/19/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• 2nd Marking Period ends tomorrow.
• Work on the review sheet. The key will be posted sometimes this weekend.
• Unit Exam #3 on Monday.
• Lab. #10 tomorrow in Rm. 311.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• 2nd Marking Period ends tomorrow.
• SmartScience online lab: Solubility past due.
• HW#17 (Due Monday): Holt - Read pp. 478-486; Do p. 486 Problems #2, 3, 5, 6.
• Unit Exam #3 next Tuesday/Wednesday.
• Lab. #24 tomorrow in Rm. 311.

Environmental Science 2:
• No HW today.

Dr. Liu

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Update for 11/18/09

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• 2nd marking period ends Friday (tomorrow is the final deadline for all make-up assignments).
• Unit Exam #3 on Monday (Review sheet to be given tomorrow).

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Reminder: SmartScience Online lab: Solubility due TODAY!
• 2nd marking period ends Friday (tomorrow is the final deadline for all make-up assignments).
• HW #16 Worksheet on Table F & G due tomorrow.
• Unit Exam next Tues/Wednesday.

Environmental Science 2:
• No HW for today.

Dr. Liu

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Update for 11/17/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• HW #20 (Due tomorrow): Worksheet on Electron Configuration of Atom.
• Quiz Tomorrow (Similar to the content of HW #20).
• 2nd Marking period ends this Friday (Make up all missing assignments immediately).
• Unit Exam #3 been postponed until Monday.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• SmartScience Online Lab: Solubility due tomorrow.
• 2nd Marking period ends this Friday (Make up all missing assignments immediately).
• Possible Quiz on Thursday.

Environmental Science 2:
• No HW today.

Dr. Liu

Monday, November 16, 2009

Update for 11/16/2009

Here is the update for today:

Chemistry 1:
• No New HW today.
• Reminder: 2nd MP ends on Friday. Make-up all missing assignments/lab. reports immediately.
• Unit Exam #3 on Thursday.

Chemistry 2:
• SmartScience online lab: Solubility due Wednesday.
• Reminder: 2nd MP ends on Friday. Make-up all missing assignments/lab. reports immediately.
• Quiz later this week.

Environmental Science 2:
• An interim progress report will be send out tonight.
• You guys will not have an exam this week. However, any delay in hand in the assignments will likely to bring down your grade drastically due to the limited number of assignment that we have in this class.

Dr. Liu

Friday, November 13, 2009

Update for 11/13/09

Here is the update for this weekend:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• HW #19 is due Monday.
• Lab. Report #9 is due Monday.
• You should start making up the missing labs using SmartScience Online Labs - read my blog posting on Nov. 11, 2009 regarding Online labs. instructions.
• 2nd marking period ends next Friday. Make sure you make up any missing assignment immediately. Expect a Quiz or exam sometimes next week.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #15 is Due Monday.
• Lab. Report #23 is due Monday.
• Smart Science Online Lab: Solubility due next Wednesday.
• 2nd marking period ends next Friday. Make sure you make up any missing assignment immediately. Expect a Quiz or exam sometimes next week.

Environmental Science 2:
• No HW for this weekend.
• Reminder: 2nd marking period ends next Friday.

Dr. Liu

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Update for 11/12/2009

Here is the update for today:

To ALL: 2nd Marking Period ends next Friday, be sure to hand in any missing assignment/lab reports immediately!!!

Regent Chemistry 1:
• HW #19 (Due Monday): Holt - Read pp. 90~99, Do p. 99 Problems 1, 2, 3, 9.
• Reminder: Lab. #9 tomorrow in Rm. 311.
• Check the blog posting regarding the SmartScience Online Labs - you will need to start making up those missing labs quickly!
• Explanation of Visible Line Spectrum: • When electrons are subjected to stimuli such as heat, light, or electricity, an electron may absorb energy and temporarily move from the stable ground state to the unstable excited state. The spectral lines are the result of these electrons falling from higher energy levels to lower energy levels, in the process release photons with different quanta of energies (different wavelength of lights). These different wavelength of light would appear as lines when viewed using spectroscope. Different element would have different bright-line spectra which can then be used for elemental identification.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #15 (Due Monday): Holt - Read pp. 468-477; Do p. 477 Problems # 2, 6, 8, 10.
• Reminder: Lab. #23 tomorrow in Rm. 311.
• Reminder: Smart Science Online Lab: Solubility due next Wednesday.

Environmental Science 2:
• HW #7: Fresh and Salt Water Fact Sheet Questions.
• Reminder: Meet in Rm. 311 tomorrow.

Dr. Liu

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Update for Chem 2: Online lab assignment

To my chemistry 2 class:

• I am assigning a SmartScience Online lab to make-up for the one we missed due to Parents-Teacher Conference. Please follow the instruction in the previous (Nov. 11) posting. The assigned lab. title is Solubility. The due date for the lab is next Wednesday (November 18). This lab will be counted toward your course grade.

Dr. Liu

SmartScience Online Lab Instructions (Chem 1 & 2)

To My Regent Chemistry 1 & 2 Classes:

• The main purpose of SmartScience Online Labs is to provide you an opportunity to satisfy the NYS mandatory Regent Lab Requirement if you had missed regular in-class hands-on lab sessions. It is meant to be a supplement, not a replacement, of the regular labs. Hence, your performance on the online labs will not affect your regular course grade (unlike the regular labs which account for 20% of your course grade) - unless it's a lab specifically assigned by your teacher.

• The student must complete the whole lab (Pre-lab Quiz, Post-lab Quiz, and Final Lab Report) in order for that specific lab. to be counted as "satisfactory". Since your interim progress report indicated the number of labs that you missed up to that point, you are responsible for making up those numbers of labs in a timely manner (preferably right after your missing lab. sessions).

• You can access the SmartScience online labs. in the following manner:
a) Go to SmartScience Lab's URL address directly; it is also accessible from our school's website: Go To Student => Labs
b) Select your class (Chem1-3 classes or Chem2), and then select your name.
c) Type in your StudentID number and select "Login".
d) Open the Window for the lab. session, this should start your JAVA running and get the session started. You will then be able to select the lab. activity. Be sure to click submit after you finish the entire lab.
* If you have trouble, make sure you use a different browser and make sure JAVA is installed on your computer (Preferred browser - Firefox).

• Listed below is a list of SmartScience online lab. activities that are assigned for Chemistry 1 & 2 terms. I tried to arrange the order of the labs roughly according to the pace of our curriculum, so the best approach for you is to find the labs for your term (Chem 1 or Chem 2), and then start with lower number labs first before proceeding to the higher number labs.

Regent Chem. 1 Lab List:
1. Lab Glassware Exercise
2. Measurement
3. Volume Graph
4. Chemical Change
5. Brownian Motion
6. Gas Volume-Temperature
7. Gas Pressure-Temperature
8. Liquid Volume-Temperature
9. Periodic Table Activity
10. Chemical Periodicity
11. Molar Volume
12. Hydrate Analysis Procedure
13. Analysis of Hydrates

Regent 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

• If you cannot access the labs. from home for any reason, you may complete the labs by using the school computing facility. Please contact Mr. Ismael if such arrangement is needed.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Update for 11/10/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• No HW for today. Since you have the interim progress report, if you're missing any work I expect you to make them up quickly. The 2nd marking period shall ends on November 20 (next Friday).

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #14 (Due Thursday): Holt – Read pp. 462-466, Do p. 467 Problems 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
• Check back with my blog tomorrow regarding the SmartScience Online Lab. Instruction (for assigned and make-up labs.)
• I'll be e-mailing you your interim progress report tonight so you know exactly where you stand now and what assignment you need to make up.

Environmental Science 2:
• That was a fairly easy Unit Exam, wasn't it? Enjoy your day-off!

Dr. Liu

Monday, November 9, 2009

Update for 11/9/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• No HW for today. (If you have submitted HW #18 and Lab. Report #8 today).

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #13 (Due Tomorrow): Holt - Read pp. 462-466; Do p. 465 Problems #2, 3, 4, 6, 7.

Environmental Science 2:
• Study your notes and the review sheet.
• Unit Exam #2 Tomorrow!!! (Bring the book if you checked out the book today.)

Dr. Liu

Friday, November 6, 2009

Update for 11/6/2009

Here is the update for this weekend:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• HW # 18 is due on Monday.
• Lab. Report #8 is due Monday. (P5: Remember to submit Lab. Report #7 on Monday, if you haven't).

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #12 is due on Monday.
• Lab. Report #22 is due on Monday.

Environmental Science 2:
• Review on Monday.
• Unit Exam #2 to be held on Tuesday.

Dr. Liu

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Update for 11/5/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• HW # 18 (Due Monday): Holt - Read pp. 74~78; Answer the following questions:
Assignment: Describe the experiment and the main contribution of each of the following scientists to the development of atomic model:
a) John Dalton b) J. J. Thomson c) Ernest Rutherford d) Niels Bohr
• P5: Lab. Report #7 due tomorrow.
• Reminder: Lab. #8 tomorrow in Rm. 311.
• Progress Report been sent out this morning; check your missing assignment and make them up immediately!

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #12 (Due Monday): Holt - Read pp. 460-461; Do p. 461 Problems 1, 2, 3, 5, 6.
• Reminder: Lab. 22 tomorrow in Rm. 311.

Environmental Science 2:
• No HW today.
• Unit Exam on Monday.

Dr. Liu

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Update for 11/4/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• HW #17 (DUE TOMORROW): Complete Atomic Structure Worksheet (front and back).
• Reminder: P5 will need to complete Lab. Report #7 for this Friday.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• HW #11 (Due tomorrow): Holt - Read pp. 454 - 459, Do p. 459 problems #1, 2, 5, 6, 7
• Due to unforeseen circumstance, the due date for the SmartScience online lab will be moved to next week. Please wait for further instructions to be posted this weekend.

Environmental Science 2:
• No HW today (Classwork #3 you handed in during the class will be counted as HW).
• Unit Exam next Monday.

Dr. Liu

Monday, November 2, 2009

Update for 11/2/2009

Here is the update for today:

Regent Chemistry 1:
• P2, P3, and P5: Complete Atomic Structure Worksheet - Due Wednesday.
• P5: The complete Lab Report #7 is due this Friday.

Regent Chemistry 2:
• Steam-off!
• Check back with this blog to see about instructions for your SmartScience online labs.

Environmental Science 2:
• No HW today!

Dr. Liu