Friday, May 19, 2006
Preakness Weekend
Lots of good Nuclear Physics tutorials up on the webpage; study them, do the reading and start on those worksheets; you don't have to complete the worksheets yet because we have to do the math part of nuclear,half-life equations, on Monday.
I posted the August 2002 Chemistry Regents which you can take as a little warm-up Regents. The purpose of this test is just to see what information you know by heart and can readily apply and also what you need to ask questions about. Basically, treat this Regents as a diagnostic test. Make lots of notes and mark-ups about anything that is puzzling, confusing, unfamiliar, vexing or troublesome. Then, you will have a set list of questions ready to ask me when we begin Regents review on Tuesday. The exam format has changed a little since then: specifically, parts B-2 and C consist of 35 questions now instead of the "12" questions that are on the 2002 exam. HOWEVER, the 12 questions on the 2002 exam are really broken up into multiple parts so the format hasn't really changed much, the B-2 and C parts of the test are just chopped up into smaller and sometimes unrelated pieces now.
However you do on this first of many practice tests, if you prepare diligently over the next one month: taking exams earnestly (no peaking at the answers) reviewing, analyzing, improving your writing (being specific and on point) and asking me lots of questions, EVERY ONE of you HAS THE POTENTIAL to score a 100 on your 2006 Chemistry Regents! You have been training with heavy weights all year. Now, with proper techniques and practice, you can ace this exam as the vast majority of my past Honors students have done in the past.
Read the test-skills procedure first and then take the exam (make sure that you have the handy-dandy REGENTS Reference Tables, available on the class webpage): do parts A and B-1 multiple choice on Saturday, parts B-2 and C written response on Sunday.
FYI:...Saturday you can watch the second leg of the Triple Crown. Barbaro, one of my top two in the Derby, is ready to take this second jewel. Here is my prediction of the future:
Like Now guns out of the starting gate with Brother Derek giving chase. They set a blazing pace and Barbaro is hanging third or fourth with Sweetnorthernsaint right beside him. As they turn for home, Barbaro opens up the booster engines and blows by the tiring Like Now; Barbaro engages Brother Derek head to head; Sweetnorthernsaint lurks on the outside...they come to the wire with Barbaro pulling away!
ooookay, let's see what kind of soothsayer I am...
I posted the August 2002 Chemistry Regents which you can take as a little warm-up Regents. The purpose of this test is just to see what information you know by heart and can readily apply and also what you need to ask questions about. Basically, treat this Regents as a diagnostic test. Make lots of notes and mark-ups about anything that is puzzling, confusing, unfamiliar, vexing or troublesome. Then, you will have a set list of questions ready to ask me when we begin Regents review on Tuesday. The exam format has changed a little since then: specifically, parts B-2 and C consist of 35 questions now instead of the "12" questions that are on the 2002 exam. HOWEVER, the 12 questions on the 2002 exam are really broken up into multiple parts so the format hasn't really changed much, the B-2 and C parts of the test are just chopped up into smaller and sometimes unrelated pieces now.
However you do on this first of many practice tests, if you prepare diligently over the next one month: taking exams earnestly (no peaking at the answers) reviewing, analyzing, improving your writing (being specific and on point) and asking me lots of questions, EVERY ONE of you HAS THE POTENTIAL to score a 100 on your 2006 Chemistry Regents! You have been training with heavy weights all year. Now, with proper techniques and practice, you can ace this exam as the vast majority of my past Honors students have done in the past.
Read the test-skills procedure first and then take the exam (make sure that you have the handy-dandy REGENTS Reference Tables, available on the class webpage): do parts A and B-1 multiple choice on Saturday, parts B-2 and C written response on Sunday.
FYI:...Saturday you can watch the second leg of the Triple Crown. Barbaro, one of my top two in the Derby, is ready to take this second jewel. Here is my prediction of the future:
Like Now guns out of the starting gate with Brother Derek giving chase. They set a blazing pace and Barbaro is hanging third or fourth with Sweetnorthernsaint right beside him. As they turn for home, Barbaro opens up the booster engines and blows by the tiring Like Now; Barbaro engages Brother Derek head to head; Sweetnorthernsaint lurks on the outside...they come to the wire with Barbaro pulling away!
ooookay, let's see what kind of soothsayer I am...
# posted by C @ 9:37 PM 
