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.

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

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

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

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

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

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