Monday, January 24, 2011

End of Fall Semester 2010-2011

Finally, the end of the 1st semester!!!

Be sure to get here before 8:00 AM and 12:00 AM for the morning and afternoon Regent Exam sessions, respectively. Bring your ID, No. 2 Pencils, Pens, and Calculator.

Good Luck on the Regent Exams!

Dr. Liu

Friday, January 21, 2011

Update for 1-21-2011

So.... Near the very end of the Fall Semester...

Practical Chemistry:
• No assignment this weekend, enjoy!

Regent Chemistry 1:
• No specific assignment this weekend. Just be sure to complete the online Take-Home Final Exam by 6 PM tonight (and for any other work you need to e-mail me - same deadline applies).

If you are taking the Regent next week, better start studying, otherwise, bundle up, it's gonna be a cold weekend...

Dr. Liu

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Update for 1-20-2011

Here is the update for today:

Practical Chemistry:
• For those of you who missed the final exam, tomorrow will be your last chance to make it up.

Regent Chemistry 1:
• HW #35 (Due Tomorrow): Holt - Read pp. 246-248, Do p. 248 Practice Problems (top) #1~4(a~d).
• Lab. Report #15, Make-up Labs, & all other assignments are due by TOMORROW (no exception).
• Take-Home Final Exam on CastleLearning Online - Due by TOMORROW 6 PM.
• Quiz tomorrow (3 questions) on mole conversion, formula mass and percent composition.

Dr. Liu

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Update for 1-19-2011

Here is the update for today:

Practical Chemistry:
• The cumulative Final exam will be held TOMORROW. Bring No. 2 pencil. The answers to the review sheet can be downloaded here.
• The official progress report has been sent out to your e-mail account. Please check your near-final semester grade and the updated record of missing assignments. The semester will end at this Friday.

Regent Chemistry 1:
• HW #34 (Due Tomorrow): Holt - Read pp. 234-240, Do p. 240 Problems # 8, #10 d, e, #11 a~c. Be sure to finish HW#33 and submit it tomorrow if you haven't done so.
• REMINDER: All Lab. Report #15 will be due by this Friday!
• Be sure to complete CastleLearning.Com Take-Home Final Exam: Due by this Friday 6 PM.
• REMINDER: The official progress report has been sent out to your e-mail account. Please check your near-final semester grade and the updated record of missing assignments. The semester will end at this Friday.
• REMINDER: Tomorrow's P9 Lab in Rm. 311 is for make-up labs - if you missed any lab during the semester, tomorrow's make-up lab will count toward one of the missing lab.

Dr. Liu

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Regent Chemistry 1 Take-Home Final Exam

To my Regent Chemistry 1 Classes,

An 40-questions online Take-Home Final Exam has been generated using CastleLearning.Com. Please start working on the final exam. The absolute deadline for this Exam is this Friday at 6 PM. After that there will be no more exam entry. This will be your only chance to compensate for your bad in-class exam grades.

Good Luck!

Dr. Liu

Update for 1-18-2011

Here is the update for today:

Practical Chemistry:
• The official progress report has been sent out to your e-mail account. Please check your near-final semester grade and the updated record of missing assignments. The semester will end at this Friday.
• The cumulative Final exam will be held this Thursday. Review Sheet will be given on Wednesday.

Regent Chemistry 1:
• HW #33: (Due Tomorrow): Holt - Read pp. 224-229, Do p. 228 Problems #1~4, p. 229 Problems #1~3.
• REMINDER: Last Lab. #15 session will be tomorrow during P1 in Rm. 311. All Lab. Report #15 will be due by this Friday!
• REMINDER: The official progress report has been sent out to your e-mail account. Please check your near-final semester grade and the updated record of missing assignments. The semester will end at this Friday.

Dr. Liu

Friday, January 14, 2011

Update for 1-14-2011

Here is the update for today:

Practical Chemistry:
• HW #12 Worksheet on Identifying Chemical Bonding type is past due.

Regent Chemistry 1:
• Post-Exam break - No HW Today. => For those that were absent today, Tuesday will be the only chance for you to make up the exam.
• REMINDER: FOR Thursday. P9 session completed this week, Lab. Report #15 will be due on this coming Tuesday.
• Announcement: For Lab. 15 Tuesday morning P1 session, it is likely that we will meet in Rm. 336 to do the experiment. I will post a note at Rm. 311 if that is the case.

Have a good weekend.

Dr. Liu