Chemblog!

I incorrectly posted the June 2005 exam, which we have already taken and analyzed, instead of the June 2004 exam. I have the '04 exam posted on the website now. Sorry if this led to confusion but, then again, taking an old Regents exam for a second time is an EXCELLENT practice in reviewing for the Regents exam. Yes, you will probably know the answers but that is what it feels like when you write a 100 test anyway. Also, since the pressure is off, you can analyze the questions and generalize about what the test-writer wanted from you, the test-taker. Getting into the head of the test-writer is one of the highest levels of test-taking that you can practice.
Anyway, DO take the June 2004 exam and score yourself so that you know how far you have come or how far you have to go in preparing for this important test on June 20th.

I have the part I's from last week's exams graded.
CAREFULLY read the analysis that I will post soon. I will go over the most common errors, many of which were completely UNBELIEVABLE for any student who studies AT ALL, i.e. conditions for ideal gas behavior = low pressure and high temperature. Aside from the fact that this is completely drawn out in the notes and has been reviewed many times AT THE PARTICLE LEVEL IN TERMS OF INTERMOLECULAR ATTRACTIONS AND KINETIC ENERGY, A CHILD knows that gases become LIQUIDS (i.e. NOT a GAS anymore!) at low temperature and high pressure!!!!!! Any child who has ever seen his own breath/water vapor condense into a liquid on a cold day or seen a liquid compressed-butane or propane lighter knows that gases don't behave like gases (they become liquids!) under these conditions. When I see errors like these made by more than HALF of the class, I KNOW that those people are not working and probably are not even trying.
For those of you who are committed to going to summer school, I can't make you study, unfortunately, but NEVER forget that there are consequences for your neglect and you are about to face them.