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Chemical Education Today
National Chemistry Week 2005: The Joy of Toys
JCE Resources for Chemistry and Toys
Erica K. Jacobsen
Journal of Chemical Education, Madison, WI 53715-1116

Cover
October 2005
Vol. 82 No. 10
p. 1443

Abstract
This annotated bibliography collects the best that past issues of JCE have to offer for use with this year's National Chemistry Week. Each item has been characterized as an activity, calculation, demonstration, experiment, informational, software/video, Web tutorial, or WebWare item; several fit more than one classification. The most recent articles are listed first. An indication of the levels the article may serve are included.
Supplement
Below are links to the full text of all articles described in this resource paper.
Balloon—Toy of Many Colors
Williams, K. R.; 2005, 82, 1448.
Toys in the Classroom
Sarquis, J. L.; Sarquis, A. M.; 2005, 82, 1450.
Memory Metal
J. Chem. Educ. Staff; 2005, 82, 1488A.
News from Online: Toying with Chemistry
Harris, J.; Kehoe, S.; 2005, 82, 1458.
The Fizz-Keeper: A Useful Science Tool
Williams, J. P.; Van Natta, S.; Knipp, R.; 2005, 82, 1454.
Screening Technique for Lead and Cadmium in Toys and Other Materials Using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
Brouwer, H.; 2005, 82, 611.
The Nature of Hydrogen Bonding
Schultz, E.; 2005, 82, 400A–B.
Clean Chemistry: Entertaining and Educational Activities with Soap Bubbles
Williams, K. R.; 2002, 79, 1168.
Lego Stoichiometry
Witzel, J. E.; 2002, 79, 352A–B
Putting It All Together: Lab Reports and Legos
J. Chem. Educ. Staff; 2001, 78, 1192A–B
Based on Keeping a Scientific Notebook: The Lego Exercise
Pendley, B. D.; 1997, 74, 1065.
Chemistry Comes Alive! Vol. 5
Jacobsen, J. J.; Johnson, K.; Moore, J. W.; Trammel, G.; 2001, 78, 423.
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Chemistry Comes Alive! Vol. 2
Jacobsen, J. J.; Moore, J. W.; 2000, 77, 671.
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Sink or Swim: The Cartesian Diver
Pinkerton, K. D.; 2001, 78, 200A–B.
Curriculum Alignment Projects: Toward Developing a Need to Know
Pinkerton, K. D.; 2001, 78, 198.
Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
J. Chem. Educ. Staff; 2001, 78, 40A–B.
Gas Me Up, or, A Baking Powder Diver
Derr, H. R.; Lewis, T.; Derr, B. J.; checked by Hanninen, T.; 2000, 77, 171.
Illustrating the Properties of Magic Sand
Goldsmith, R. H.; 2000, 77, 41.
Magic Sand
J. Chem. Educ. Staff; 2000, 77, 40A–B.
Using Games To Teach Chemistry. An Annotated Bibliography
Russell, J. V.; 1999, 76, 481.
What’s Gluep? Characterizing a Cross-Linked Polymer
J. Chem. Educ. Staff; 1998, 75, 1432A–B.
The Thermobile: A Nitinol-Based Scientific Toy
Kauffman, G. B.; Mayo, I.; 1998, 75, 313.
The Gelation of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) with Na2B4O7 · 10H2O: Killing Slime
McLaughlin, K. W.; Wyffels, N. K.; Jentz, A. B.; Keenan, M. V.; 1997, 74, 97.
Experiments with Glow-in-the-Dark Toys: Kinetics of Doped ZnS Phosphorescence
Lisensky, G. C.; Patel, M. N.; Reich, M. L.; 1996, 73, 1048.
The Bobbing (Drinking) Bird
Gesser, H. D.; 1996, 73, 355.
Letter re: The Bobbing Bird
Gesser, H. D.; 1999, 76, 757.
A Bag of Slime. A Novel Lab Procedure
Katz, D. A.; 1994, 71, 891.
A New Quantitative Pressure–Volume Experiment Based on the “Cartesian Diver”
Thompson, J. U. S.; Goldsby, K. A.; 1994, 71, 801.
Slime and Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Fibers. An Improved Method
Strobel, G. G.; Whitesell, J. A.; Kriegel, R. M.; 1993, 70, 893.
A Miniature Hot Air Balloon and Charles’s Law
Deese, W. C.; 1990, 67, 672.
The BedBugs Game—A Molecular Motion Simulator
Hogue, L.; Williams, J. P.; 1990, 67, 585.
Magic Sand: Modeling the Hydrophobic Effect and Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography
Vitz, E.; checked by Cornelius, R.; 1990, 67, 512.
A Discourse on the Drinking Bird
Vemulapalli, G. K.; 1990, 67, 457.
Happy and Unhappy Balls: Neoprene and Polynor-bornene
Kauffman, G. B.; Mason, S. W.; Seymour, R. B.; 1990, 67, 198.
Subject of Letter: Rolling Happy and Unhappy Balls and Their Coefficients of Friction
Nicholson, L.; 1993, 70, 867.
Subject of Letter: Rolling Happy and Unhappy Balls and Their Coefficients of Friction
Storey, R. F.; Seymour, R. B.; Kauffman, G. B.; 1993, 70, 868.
Invitation to Chemistry through a Large Soap Bubble Chamber
Sato, S.; 1988, 65, 616.
Dramatization of Polymeric Bonding Using Slime
Sarquis, A. M.; 1986, 63, 60.
The Gelation of Polyvinyl Alcohol with Borax. A Novel Class Participation Experiment Involving the Preparation and Properties of a “Slime”
Casassa, E. Z.; Sarquis, A. M.; Van Dyke, C. H.; 1986, 63, 57.
A Demonstration Model for Immiscibility
Hoffman, A. B.; 1982, 59, 155.
Toys in the Chemistry Classroom
Ziegler, G. R.; 1977, 54, 629.
Chemical Principles Exemplified: Footnote to the Drinking Duck Exemplum
Plumb, R. C.; 1975, 52, 728.
Chemical Principles Exemplified: Physical Chemistry of the Drinking Duck
Plumb, R. C.; 1973, 50, 213.
The Drinking Bird and the Scientific Method
Frank, D. L.; 1973, 50, 211.
More Information
*  Citation
Jacobsen, Erica K. J. Chem. Educ. 2005 82 1443.
*  Keywords
Chemoinformatics; Elementary / Middle School Science; Enrichment / Review Materials; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; High School / Introductory Chemistry; Humor / Puzzles / Games; Public Understanding / Outreach
*  History
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Last Updated:
August 30, 2005
September 6, 2005
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