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Featured Articles 1996 - 2007 (Volume 73 - 84)

2007 (Volume 84)

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2007 (Volume 84)

The Art and Science of Science and Art by John W. Moore; p7 (Jan).

Research Advances: DRPs: Let the Blood Flow; Smart Cellulose May Mean Paper Airplanes That Fly Like Butterflies; Converting Biomass Directly into Electricity by Angela G. King; p10 (Jan).

Exocharmic Reactions Up Close by Richard W. Ramette; p16 (Jan).

Committee Reports, October 2006; p20 (Jan).

Reports from Abroad by Morton Z. Hoffman; p29 (Jan).

Accentuate the Positive, Eliminate the Negative...? by Catherine Hurt Middlecamp; p31 (Jan).

An Easy Way to Personalize Your Iron or Stainless Steel Items by Ejaz ur Rehman; p40 (Jan).

A Developmental History of Polymer Mass Spectrometry by Matthew J. Vergne, Robert P. Lattimer, and David M. Hercules; p81 (Jan).

Teaching Structure–Property Relationships: Investigating Molecular Structure and Boiling Point by Peter M. Murphy; p97 (Jan).

Two Kinds of Conceptual Problems in Chemistry Teaching by Zuzana Haláková and Miroslav Prokša; p172 (Jan).

Effectiveness of a MORE Laboratory Module in Prompting Students To Revise Their Molecular-Level Ideas about Solutions by Lydia T. Tien, Melonie A. Teichert, and Dawn Rickey; p175 (Jan).

Evaluation Tools To Guide Students’ Peer-Assessment and Self-Assessment in Group Activities for the Lab and Classroom by Thomas J. Wenzel; p182 (Jan).

The Philosophy of Chemistry as a New Resource for Chemistry Education by Olimpia Lombardi and Martín G. Labarca; p187 (Jan).


Achieving Chemistry's Full Potential by John W. Moore; p199 (Feb).

Rudolph Diesel Meets the Soybean: "Greasing" the Wheels of Chemical Education by Angela G. King and Marcus W. Wright; p202 (Feb).

Sorting Recycled Trash: An Activity for Earth Day 2007 by Mary E. Harris and Harold H. Harris; p207 (Feb).

JCE Resources for Chemistry and Recycling by Erica K. Jacobsen; p212 (Feb).

Earth Day Illustrated Haiku Contest; p214 (Feb).

Nature: Chemical and Biological Recycling, and Novel Micro- and Nanodevices by Sabine Heinhorst and Gordon C. Cannon; p215 (Feb).

Rubber Reclamation by Kathryn R. Williams; p217 (Feb).

News from Online: Renewable Resources by Erich S. Uffelman; p220 (Feb).

How and When Did Avogadro's Name become Associated with Avogadro's Number? by William B. Jensen; p223 (Feb).

More Thoughts on the Narra Tree Fluorescence (LTE) by A. Ulises Acuña; p231 (Feb).

Response to "Keeping Our Cool" (LTE) by Roy W. Clark; p232 (Feb).

Use of a Concentration Game for Environmental Chemistry Class Review by Danica A. Nowosielski; p239 (Feb).

(Role) Playing Politics in an Environmental Chemistry Lecture Course by A. Meredith Smythe and Daniel A. Higgins; p241 (Feb).

Introducing New Learning Tools into a Standard Classroom: A Multi-Tool Approach to Integrating Fuel-Cell Concepts into Introductory College Chemistry by Matthew J. D’Amato, Kenneth W. Lux, Kenneth A. Walz, Holly Walter Kerby, and Barbara Anderegg; p248 (Feb).

Chemical Nanotechnology: A Liberal Arts Approach to a Basic Course in Emerging Interdisciplinary Science and Technology by Lon A. Porter, Jr; p259 (Feb).

Unlocking Knowledge We Know the Students Know by John Reglinski; p271 (Feb).

A Review and Study on Graduate Training and Academic Hiring of Chemists by Valerie J. Kuck, Cecilia H. Marzabadi, Janine P. Buckner, and Susan A. Nolan; p277 (Feb).

The Representation of People of Color in Undergraduate General Chemistry Textbooks by Denise King and Daniel S. Domin; p342 (Feb).

The State of Organic Teaching Laboratories by Gail Horowitz; p346 (Feb).

Scanning and Indexing this Journal by Jon L. Holmes; p367 (Feb).


New Technologies, New Opportunities by John W. Moore; p375 (Mar).

DNA Computing Targets West Nile Virus, Other Deadly Diseases, and Tic-Tac-Toe; Marijuana Component May Offer Hope for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment; New Wound Dressing May Lead to Maggot Therapy—Without the Maggots by Angela G. King; p378 (Mar).

Confchem: Ensuring the Future through Education by Loretta L. Jones; p389 (Mar).

Chicago ACS National Meeting: Chicago, March 25–29

Program for the Division of Chemical Education by Catherine H. Middlecamp, George M. Bodner, and Wayne E. Jones, Jr.; p394 (Mar).

High School Program: Chicago; p396 (Mar).

Undergraduate Program: Chicago by Adam Boyd; p402 (Mar).

CHED Events: Chicago; p404 (Mar).

Presidential Events; p405 (Mar).

About Chicago; p406 (Mar).

Where Did the Water Go? Boyle's Law and Pressurized Diaphragm Water Tanks by James Brimhall and Sundar Naga; p425 (Mar).

Applications of Reaction Rate by Kevin Cunningham; p430 (Mar).

Known-to-Unknown Approach To Teach about Coulomb's Law by P.K. Thamburaj; p438 (Mar).

Evaluating Peer-Led Team Learning: A Study of Long-Term Effects on Former Workshop Peer Leaders by Leo Gafney and Pratibha Varma-Nelson; p535 (Mar).

Constructing a Graphic Organizer in the Classroom: Introductory Students' Perception of Achievement Using a Decision Map To Solve Aqueous Acid-Base Equilibria Problems by Stephen DeMeo; p540 (Mar).

Effects on Student Achievement in General Chemistry Following Participation in an Online Preparatory Course. ChemPrep, a Voluntary, Self-Paced, Online Introduction to Chemistry by Beatrice Botch, Roberta Day, William Vining, Barbara Stewart, Kenneth Rath, Alan Peterfreund, and David Hart; p547 (Mar).


New Technologies, New Opportunities: For What? by John W. Moore; p567 (Apr).

Research Advances: New Way to Detect Destructive Enzyme Activity; Ancient Hair Dye Based on Modern Nanotechnology; Squeezing More Shelf Life Out of Milk by Angela G. King; p570 (Apr).

Chemistry Sudoku Puzzle by Mary Saecker; p577 (Apr).

A History of ChemMatters Magazine by Michael J. Tinnesand; p578 (Apr).

The Science Teacher: Spring 2007 by Steve Long; p582 (Apr).

ACS Sponsored High School Chemistry Clubs by Terri Taylor; p584 (Apr).

ACS Regional Awards for High School Teachers by Peggy D. Smith; p587 (Apr).

The Physics Teacher: The Four States of Matter—Solid, Squishy, Liquid, and Gas by Roy W. Clark; p588 (Apr).

Let's All Visit Mole City! (LTE) by Mark W. Armstrong; p596 (Apr).

Let's All Visit Mole City! (LTE) by Addison Ault; p596 (Apr).

A Simple and Inexpensive Salt Bridge for Demonstrations Involving a Galvanic Cell (LTE) by Charles A. Liberko; p597 (Apr).

"Of Four Scottish Chemists". A Burns Supper-Inspired Poem by Dean J. Campbell; p605 (Apr).

Empirical Evidence or Intuition? An Activity Involving the Scientific Method by Ken Overway; p606 (Apr).

Chemistry of Art and Color Sudoku Puzzles by Michael J. Welsh; p610 (Apr).

Sudoku Puzzles as Chemistry Learning Tools by Thomas D. Crute and Stephanie A. Myers; p612 (Apr).

Sudoku Puzzles for First-Year Organic Chemistry Students by Alice L. Perez and G. Lamoureux; p614 (Apr).

A Spoonful of C12H22O11 Makes the Chemistry Go Down: Candy Motivations in the High School Chemistry Classroom by Fanny K. Ennever; p615 (Apr).

The Analysis of a Murder, a Case Study by Frank J. Dinan, Steven H. Szczepankiewicz, Melinda Carnahan, and Michael T. Colvin; p617 (Apr).

Puzzling through General Chemistry: A Light-Hearted Approach to Engaging Students with Chemistry Content by Susan L. Boyd; p619 (Apr).

Terra Firma: "Physics First" for Teaching Chemistry to Pre-Service Elementary School Teachers by Michelle B. More; p622 (Apr).

A Lemon Cell Battery for High-Power Applications by Kenneth R. Muske, Christopher W. Nigh, and Randy D. Weinstein; p635 (Apr).

An Experiential Research-Focused Approach: Implementation in a Nonlaboratory-Based, Graduate-Level Analytical Chemistry Course by Chee-Seng Toh; p639 (Apr).

From the Science Fair to the NASDAQ by Peter T. Kissinger; p651 (Apr).

Serendipity: Genesis of the Electrochemical Instrumentation at Princeton Applied Research Corporation by J. B. Flato; p656 (Apr).

The Chemistry Merit Program: Reaching, Teaching, and Retaining Students in the Chemical Sciences by Gretchen M. Adams and James M. Lisy; p721 (Apr).

Using Technology To Enhance the Effectiveness of General Chemistry Laboratory Courses by Kathleen M. Carvalho-Knighton and Linda Keen-Rocha; p727 (Apr).

Textbook Error: Short Circuiting an Electrochemical Cell by Judith M. Bonicamp and Roy W. Clark; p731 (Apr).

Journal of Chemical Education on CD-ROM, 2006. Abstract of JCE CD 2006 by Jon L. Holmes; p736 (Apr).


Energizing Students and Science by John W. Moore; p743 (May).

Research Advances: Erasable Graffiti?; Consumer's Delight: A Practical Way To Make Round Salt; Spinning a New Yarn: Silicone Fibers with Living Organisms by Angela G. King; p746 (May).

"Mysteries" of the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics by Rubin Battino; p753 (May).

The Origin of the s, p, d, f Orbital Labels by William B. Jensen; p757 (May).

Implementing "How Science Works" (LTE) by Michael Akeroyd; p767 (May).

Primo Levi and The Periodic Table: Teaching Chemistry Using a Literary Text by Viktoria Klara Lakatos Osorio, Peter Wilhelm Tiedemann, and Paulo Alves Porto; p775 (May).

Aromatic Bagels: An Edible Resonance Analogy by Shirley Lin; p779 (May).

What Are Students Thinking When They Pick Their Answer? A Content Analysis of Students' Explanations of Gas Properties by Michael J. Sanger and Amy J. Phelps; p870 (May).

"Concept Learning versus Problem Solving": Does Particle Motion Have an Effect? by Michael J. Sanger, Eddie Campbell, Jeremy Felker, and Charles Spencer; p875 (May).

A2: Element or Compound? by Marilyne Stains and Vicente Talanquer; p880 (May).

Achieving Greater Feedback and Flexibility Using Online Pre-Laboratory Exercises with Non-Major Chemistry Students by Gail D. Chittleborough, Mauro Mocerino, and David F. Treagust; p884 (May).


Leadership in Chemistry Research and Education by John W. Moore; p903 (Jun).

Research Advances: A Simple Method for Making Lilliputian Cups; Uncovering a New Reason Why Patients Respond Differently to the Same Drug Dose; A New Look at Bacterial Infections by Angela G. King; p906 (Jun).

Summer Reading by Dick Pagni, Cheryl Frech, Brian Coppola, Jeffrey Kovac, and Hal Harris; p916 (Jun).

The Origin of the Names Malic, Maleic, and Malonic Acid by William B. Jensen; p924 (Jun).

Communicating Chemical and Mathematical Equations in Email (LTE) by Carl W. David; p932 (Jun).

Celebrating Earth Day (LTE) by Andy Jorgensen; p933 (Jun).

Some Observations of Ben Franklin Related to the Stilling of Waves by Oil by Marcos Gugliotti; p941 (Jun).

Mustard Gas: Its Pre-World War I History by Ronald J. Duchovic and Joel A. Vilensky; p944 (Jun).

The History of Science as a Tool To Identify and Confront Pseudoscience by Seth C. Rasmussen; p949 (Jun).

Introducing Summer High School Student–Researchers to Ethics in Scientific Research. A Case Study-Based Workshop by Patricia Ann Mabrouk; p952 (Jun).

Building a Successful Middle School Outreach Effort: Microscopy Camp by R. Lee Penn, Leslie Flynn, and Page Johnson; p955 (Jun).

Using News Assignments To Develop Skills for Learning about Science from Public Information Sources by Mary M. Walczak; p961 (Jun).

Interdisciplinary Educational Collaborations: Chemistry and Computer Science by Ronald S. Haines, Daniel T. Woo, Benjamin T. Hudson, Joji C. Mori, Evey S. M. Ngan, and Wing-Yee Pak; p967 (Jun).

A New Perspective on the Structure of Chemistry as a Basis for the Undergraduate Curriculum by Martin J. Goedhart; p971 (Jun).

The Effects of Inquiry-Based Instruction on Elementary Teaching Majors' Chemistry Content Knowledge by Michael J. Sanger; p1035 (Jun).

High School Chemistry Instructional Practices and Their Association with College Chemistry Grades by Robert H. Tai and Philip M. Sadler; p1040 (Jun).


Celebrate Communication! by John W. Moore; p1079 (Jul).

Research Advances. Ingenious New Delivery System for Antioxidant SOD; Toward Development of an Anticancer "Egg"; Vegetable Soup Chemical Reactions by Angela G. King; p1082 (Jul).

Chemistry Education: Experiments Worth Running by Mary M. Kirchhoff; p1090 (Jul).

Celebrating 20 Years of National Chemistry Week by Ingrid Montes and Judith Jankowski; p1092 (Jul).

High School Day, Chicago ACS Meeting by Linda Bennett, Ami LeFevre, and Lee R. Marek; p1094 (Jul).

Committee Reports, March 2007; p1096 (Jul).

Teaching Chemistry Lab Safety (LTE) by Henry A. Carter; p1108 (Jul).

Determining the Pressure inside an Unopened Carbonated Beverage by Hans De Grys; p1117 (Jul).

Mentos and the Scientific Method: A Sweet Combination by Jack F. Eichler, Heather Patrick, Brenda Harmon, and Janet Coonce; p1120 (Jul).

The Chemistry of Swimming Pool Maintenance by Carl Salter and David L. Langhus; p1124 (Jul).

Defining and Teaching pH by Richard F. Burton; p1129 (Jul).

Enhancing Student Performance in First-Semester General Chemistry Using Active Feedback through the World Wide Web by Kent A. Chambers and Bob Blake; p1130 (Jul).

Connecting Acids and Bases with Encapsulation… and Chemistry with Nanotechnology by Brett Criswell; p1136 (Jul).

Mistake of Having Students be Mendeleev for Just a Day by Brett Criswell; p1140 (Jul).

Mass-Elastic Band Thermodynamics: A Visual Teaching Aid at the Introductory Level by William C. Galley; p1147 (Jul).

Effective Use of Demonstration Assessments in the Classroom Relative to Laboratory Topics by David T. Pierce and Thomas W. Pierce; p1150 (Jul).

A Study of Turkish Chemistry Undergraduates' Understanding of Entropy by Mustafa Sözbilir and Judith M. Bennett; p1204 (Jul).

Reaction-Map of Organic Chemistry by Steven Murov; p1224 (Jul).


Authenticity by John W. Moore; p1239 (Aug).

Research Advances: Calorie Restriction and Increased Longevity Linked to Metabolic Changes; Isotope Ratios Reveal Trickery in the Produce Aisle; An Ancient Inca Tax and Metallurgy in Peru by Angela G. King; p1242 (Aug).

ACS National Meeting: Boston, MA, August 19–23, 2007

Program for the Division of Chemical Education by Catherine H. Middlecamp, Ingrid C. Montes, and Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo; p1249 (Aug).

The NESACS Exchange with Germany by Morton Z. Hoffman, Ruth Tanner, and Michael Strem; p1259 (Aug).

What's New in Boston? by Morton Z. Hoffman and Robert Lichter; p1260 (Aug).

CHED Events: Boston; p1264 (Aug).

High School Teachers Program; p1265 (Aug).

Presidential Symposia and Events: Boston; p1266 (Aug).

ACS Community Activities Contests by Marisa Burgener; p1267 (Aug).

Using a Socratic Dialogue To Teach the Mole Concept to Adult Learners by Kevin J. Longo; p1285 (Aug).

Using the Science Writing Heuristic in the General Chemistry Laboratory To Improve Students' Academic Performance by Jason R. Poock, K. A. Burke, Thomas J. Greenbowe, and Brian M. Hand; p1371 (Aug).

Introducing Students to the Scientific Literature. An Integrative Exercise in Quantitative Analysis by Lee Roecker; p1380 (Aug).

Incorporating Information Literacy Skills into Analytical Chemistry: An Evolutionary Step by Mary M. Walczak and Paul T. Jackson; p1385 (Aug).

Data-Driven Exercises for Chemistry: A New Digital Collection by W. Tandy Grubbs; p1391 (Aug).


Learning from Others by John W. Moore; p1399 (Sep).

Research Advances: New Antifreeze Protein Gives Cold Shoulder to Its Natural Counterpart; Lab-Made "Microtornadoes" May Reveal Destructive Secrets of Real-Life Twisters by Angela G. King; p1402 (Sep).

Marbling Paper Postcards by Patti Duncan; p1407 (Sep).

An Interview with Eleanor Siegrist, 2007 Award Winner by JCE Editorial Staff; p1408 (Sep).

ConfChem: International Conference on First-Year College Chemistry by Robert E. Belford, Paul B. Kelter, and James F. Kirby; p1413 (Sep).

Concerning Lewis Acid–Base Theory for Proton Transfer by Lawrence J. Sacks; p1415 (Sep).

The Origin of the Oxidation-State Concept by William B. Jensen; p1418 (Sep).

Equilibrium: A Teaching/Learning Activity (LTE) by Douglas A. Vander Griend; p1428 (Sep).

Equilibrium: A Teaching/Learning Activity (LTE) by Audrey Wilson; p1429 (Sep).

Quantitative Aspects of Teaching (LTE) by Sidney Toby; p1429 (Sep).

Liquid Crystals Activity Revisited (LTE) by Vladimir M. Petruševski; p1429 (Sep).

Chemie im Kontext: Situating Learning in Relevant Contexts while Systematically Developing Basic Chemical Concepts by Peter M. Nentwig, Reinhard Demuth, Ilka Parchmann, Cornelia Gräsel, and Bernd Ralle; p1439 (Sep).

Reworking Exams To Teach Chemistry Content and Reinforce Student Learning by John M. Risley; p1445 (Sep).

CHEMX: An Instrument To Assess Students' Cognitive Expectations for Learning Chemistry by Nathaniel Grove and Stacey Lowery Bretz; p1524 (Sep).

Pre-Service Teacher as Researcher: The Value of Inquiry in Learning Science by Janice M. Hohloch, Nathaniel Grove, and Stacey Lowery Bretz; p1530 (Sep).


The Many Faces of (General) Chemistry by John W. Moore; p1559 (Oct).

National Chemistry Week 2007: The Many Faces of Chemistry

Thirteen Career Profiles; p1562 (Oct).
Biochemist and Plant Molecular Biologist by Natalia Dudareva; p1564 (Oct).

Biological Psychologist and Artist by Amy Sweetman; p1567 (Oct).

Biomedical Engineer by Mae Jemison; p1569 (Oct).

Chemical Safety Consultant by Jay A. Young; p1572 (Oct).

Environmental Chemist by Frankie Wood-Black; p1574 (Oct).

FBI Special Agent by J. Douglas Kouns; p1575 (Oct).

Fire Department Hazardous Materials Administrator by David Parker; p1576 (Oct).

Lecture Demonstrator by Jim Maynard; p1578 (Oct).

Medicinal Chemist by Stephen W. Wright; p1579 (Oct).

Molecular Biophysicist Turned Jewelry Designer by Raven Hanna; p1581 (Oct).

Natural Products Chemist by Eloy Rodriguez; p1582 (Oct).

Patent Attorney by Alan Ehrlich; p1583 (Oct).

Pharmaceutical Chemist by Sue Wollowitz; p1585 (Oct).

Alternative Careers in Chemistry: A Panel Discussion by Richard A. Hermens; p1586 (Oct).

Faces From the Past by Kathryn R. Williams; p1587 (Oct).

A Local Section's Attempt to Recruit "The Many Faces of Chemistry" by A. M. R. P. Bopegedera; p1589 (Oct).

News from Online: The Many Faces of Chemistry by Mark Michalovic; p1592 (Oct).

JCE Resources for Chemistry and Careers by Erica K. Jacobsen; p1595 (Oct).

Food for Thought by Thomas H. Lane; p1598 (Oct).

Chemistry and Commitment by Howard M. Peters; p1599 (Oct).

Careers in Chemistry (LTE) by Robert E. Buntrock; p1607 (Oct).

Teaching Science in Art. Technical Examination of 17th-Century Dutch Painting as Interdisciplinary Coursework for Science Majors and Nonmajors by Erich S. Uffelman; p1617 (Oct).

Chemistry, Poetry, and Artistic Illustration: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching and Promoting Chemistry by Ping Y. Furlan, Herbert Kitson, and Cynthia Andes; p1625 (Oct).

Looking for Connections: An Interview with Roald Hoffmann by Liberato Cardellini; p1631 (Oct).

Showing the True Face of Chemistry in a Service-Learning Outreach Course by Frederick J. LaRiviere, Lisa M. Miller, and Julie T. Millard; p1636 (Oct).

A College-Sponsored Laboratory Skills Contest for High-School Students: A Ten-Year Retrospective by Arthur M. Last, Aileen Ablog, Shawn Millar, Gordon von Hollen, Jane Webb, and Shawna Dyck; p1640 (Oct).

The Chemical Composition of Honey by David W. Ball; p1643 (Oct).

The Chemical Composition of Maple Syrup by David W. Ball; p1647 (Oct).

The Use of Limits in an Advanced Placement Chemistry Course by Paul S. Matsumoto, Jonathan Ring, and Jia Li (Lily) Zhu; p1655 (Oct).

The Use of Conjugate Charts in Transfer Reactions: A Unified Approach by Michael I. Allnutt; p1659 (Oct).

Using Oral Examination as a Technique To Assess Student Understanding and Teaching Effectiveness by Lee Roecker; p1663 (Oct).

"Holes" in Student Understanding: Addressing Prevalent Misconceptions Regarding Atmospheric Environmental Chemistry by Sara C. Kerr and Kenneth A. Walz; p1693 (Oct).

Using Technology and Other Assistive Strategies To Aid Students with Disabilities in Performing Chemistry Lab Tasks by Mary Bethé Neely; p1697 (Oct).

How Do New Teachers Choose New Labs? by Stephen DeMeo; p1702 (Oct).

Surveying Students' Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge of Acid–Base Behavior of Substances by Carlos Furió-Más, María-Luisa Calatayud, and Sergio L. Bárcenas; p1717 (Oct).

Hydration of Acetylene: A 125th Anniversary by Dmitry A. Ponomarev and Sergey M. Shevchenko; p1725 (Oct).

Creating Customized, Relevant, and Engaging Laboratory Safety Videos by Michael L. Matson, Jeffrey P. Fitzgerald, and Shirley Lin; p1727 (Oct).


Opportunities for Collaborations among Scholars by John W. Moore; p1735 (Nov).

Research Advances: Nano Scrub Brushes for Renaissance Masterpieces; Particle Emissions from Laser Printers Might Pose Health Concern; Advance Promises New Era in Recycling of Plastics by Angela G. King; p1738 (Nov).

Facilitating Advanced Study in Science and Engineering: The CUR Registry of Undergraduate Researchers by Kerry K. Karukstis; p1744 (Nov).

Window Cleaner—New and Improved? by Erica K. Jacobsen; p1747 (Nov).

The Science Teacher: Fall 2007 by Steve Long; p1748 (Nov).

Chemistry Education, Science Literacy, and the Liberal Arts. 2007 George C. Pimentel Award by A. Truman Schwartz; p1750 (Nov).

Biodiesel from Used Oil (LTE) by Peter M. Smith; p1767 (Nov).

Visualizing the Transition State: A Hands-on Approach to the Arrhenius Equation by Thomas S. Kuntzleman, Matthew S. Swanson, and Deborah K. Sayers; p1776 (Nov).

Origin of the Formulas of Dihydrogen and Other Simple Molecules by Andrew Williams; p1779 (Nov).

Showing Enantiomorphous Crystals of Tartaric Acid by Julio Andrade-Gamboa; p1783 (Nov).

Concept Maps for General Chemistry by Boyd L. Earl; p1788 (Nov).

Derivation of the Ideal Gas Law by Alexander Laugier and József Garai; p1832 (Nov).

Elementary to High School Students' Growth over an Academic Year in Understanding Concepts of Matter by Xiufeng Liu; p1853 (Nov).

Effects of a Cooperative Learning Strategy on Teaching and Learning Phases of Matter and One-Component Phase Diagrams by Kemal Doymus; p1857 (Nov).

Developing Web-Based, Pedagogical Content Coursework for High School Chemistry Teachers by David W. Brooks, John P. Markwell, Marjorie A. Langell, Randy Emry, Kent J. Crippen, Helen B.Brooks, Amjad Abuloum, and Karen C. Cohen; p1861 (Nov).

Biochemical View: A Web Site Providing Material for Teaching Biochemistry Using Multiple Approaches by Fernanda C. Dórea, Higor S. Rodrigues, Oscar M. M. Lapouble, Márcio R. Pereira, Mariana S. Castro, and Wagner Fontes; p1866 (Nov).


Critical Needs of STEM Education by John W. Moore; p1895 (Dec).

Scholarships for High School Teachers by Bryce Hach; p1896 (Dec).

Research Advances: Sleeping Beauty "Jumping Gene" Shows Promise for Sickle Cell Gene Therapy; Protein-Enriched Milk May Reduce Need for Antibiotics in Animal Feed; Drug Transforms Muscle Cells to Nerve Cells by Angela King; p1898 (Dec).

The Most Beautiful Theories. 2006 James Flack Norris Award by Brian P. Coppola; p1902 (Dec).

The Origin of the Soxhlet Extractor by William B. Jensen; p1913 (Dec).

Multilingual Mnemonics for the Periodic Table (LTE) by Jaclyn R. Hara, Gordon R. Stanger, Denisse A. Leony, Sandra S. Renteria, Alejandro Carrillo, and Katja Michael; p1918 (Dec).

A Postage Stamp About the Periodic Table (LTE) by Gabriel Pinto; p1919 (Dec).

Musical Chemistry: Integrating Chemistry and Music. A Nine-Part Tutorial for Generating Music from Chemical Processes by Mahadev Kumbar; p1933 (Dec).

The Chemistry of Paper Preservation. Part 5. Permanent Paper by Henry A. Carter; p1937 (Dec).

Using Denatured Egg White as a Macroscopic Model for Teaching Protein Structure and Introducing Protein Synthesis for High School Students by Paulo R. M. Correia and Bayardo B. Torres; p1941 (Dec).

Using the Science Writing Heuristic To Improve Students' Understanding of General Equilibrium by James A. Rudd, II, Thomas J. Greenbowe, and Brian M. Hand; p2007 (Dec).

Unequal Activities of Enantiomers via Biological Receptors: Examples of Chiral Drug, Pesticide, and Fragrance Molecules by Albrecht Mannschreck, Roland Kiesswetter, and Erwin von Angerer; p2012 (Dec).

Information for Volume 84, 2007 of the Journal of Chemical Education; p2031 (Dec).

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2006 (Volume 83)

Meeting the Challenges of Globalization by John W. Moore; p7 (Jan).

The Origin of the Liebig Condenser by William B. Jensen; p23 (Jan).

Committee Reports, October 2005 by Committee Members; p24 (Jan).

ACS News; p30 (Jan).

Reports from Abroad by Morton Z. Hoffman; p31 (Jan).

Moving Chemistry Education into 3D: A Tetrahedral Metaphor for Understanding Chemistry. Union Carbide Award for Chemical Education by Peter Mahaffy; p49 (Jan).

A DVD Spectroscope: A Simple, High-Resolution Classroom Spectroscope by Fumitaka Wakabayashi and Kiyohito Hamada; p56 (Jan).

Bridging the Cognitive-Affective Gap: Teaching Chemistry while Advancing Affective Objectives. The Singapore Curricular Experience by Kok Siang Tan, Ngoh Khang Goh, Lian Sai Chia; p59 (Jan).

A Procedural Problem in Laboratory Teaching: Experiment and Explain, or Vice-Versa? by Pasl A. Jalil; p159 (Jan).

Filling in the Hexagonal Close-Packed Unit Cell by Robert C. Rittenhouse, Linda M. Soper, Jeffrey L. Rittenhouse; p175 (Jan).

Journal of Chemical Education on CD-ROM, 2005. Abstract of JCE CD 2005; p176 (Jan).


Using JCE Resources Effectively by John W. Moore; p183 (Feb).

Research Advances: Eating Clay?; Look to Soil for New Leads in Arthritis Treatment; The Fate of Tetracyclines by Angela G. King; p186 (Feb).

2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Development of the Olefin Metathesis Method by Charles P. Casey; p192 (Feb).

Nature: Gifts from Mother Earth - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Sabine Heinhorst and Gordon C. Cannon; p196 (Feb).

Chemists Celebrate Earth Day 2006: Dig It! JCE Resources for Chemistry and Soils by Erica K. Jacobsen; p199 (Feb).

News from Online: Digging Up Earth Day Resources by Bernadette A. Caldwell; p201 (Feb).

If It's Resonance, What Is Resonating? by Robert C. Kerber; p223 (Feb).

Using Punnett Squares To Facilitate Students' Understanding of Isotopic Distributions in Mass Spectrometry by Lawrence T. Sein, Jr.; p228 (Feb).

An Interactive Environmental Science Course for Education Science Majors by S. K. Lunsford and William Slattery; p233 (Feb).

Catalysts from the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by William F. Coleman; p236 (Feb).

Effectiveness of a Workshop To Encourage Action: Evaluation from a Post-Workshop Survey by Scott E. Lewis and Jennifer E. Lewis; p299 (Feb).


Science Literacy and Science Standards by John W. Moore; p343 (Mar).

Research Advances: Enzyme Battles Pesticide Residue Buildup; A Return to the Spice Rack Pharmacy! by Angela G. King; p346 (Mar).

Teaching Chemistry Laboratory Skills in Industrial Contexts by Julianne M. Braun and Carol White; p353 (Mar).

The Origins of the Ortho-, Meta-, and Para- Prefixes in Chemical Nomenclature by William B. Jensen; p356 (Mar).

ACS National Meeting: Atlanta, March 26-30, 2006
Program for the Division of Chemical Education by Catherine H. Middlecamp, Stacey Lowery Bretz, and Re
née Cole; p359 (Mar).

High School Program: Atlanta; p370 (Mar).

CHED Events: Atlanta by Donald J. Wink and Susan Greer; p371 (Mar).

About Atlanta by Lin W. Morris; p372 (Mar).

Intelligent Thermochromic Windows by Ivan P. Parkin and Troy D. Manning; p393 (Mar).

Advice for New Faculty Teaching Undergraduate Science by Sarah L. Keller and Andri L. Smith; p401 (Mar).

A Project To Make the Laboratory More Accessible to Students with Disabilities by Suzanne K. Lunsford and Mary Ellen Bargerhuff; p407 (Mar).

The Chemistry of Popcorn: Polymers of Glucose by William F. Coleman; p413 (Mar).

Comparing the Effectiveness on Student Achievement of a Student Response System versus Online WebCT Quizzes by Diane M. Bunce, Jessica R. VandenPlas, and Katherine L. Havanki; p488 (Mar).

InterChemNet: Integrating Instrumentation, Management, and Assessment in the General Chemistry Laboratory Course by Barbara Stewart, Robert Kirk, David LaBrecque, François G. Amar, and Mitchell R. M. Bruce; p494 (Mar).

Distance Learning: A Viable Alternative to the Conventional Lecture–Lab Format in General Chemistry by Ruby S. Casanova, Jennifer L. Civelli, Doris R. Kimbrough, Barbara P. Heath, and James H. Reeves; p501 (Mar).

Animating Graphical Data during Lecture To Simulate Real-Time Data Collection by Brian K. Niece; p508 (Mar).


Let's Go for an A in Lab by John W. Moore; p519 (Apr).

Research Advances: In a Crisis, Creating DNA Vaccine Could Help Save Lives, Slow Spread of "Bird Flu"; Gold Nanoparticles, Radiation Combo May Slow Alzheimers; New "Self-Exploding" Microcapsules Could Take Sting out of Drug Delivery by Angela G. King; p522 (Apr).

New Approaches to Chemistry Teaching. 2005 George C. Pimentel Award by J. N. Spencer; p528 (Apr).

CONFCHEM: Division of Chemical Education Online Conference by Morton Z. Hoffman; p536 (Apr).

Reaction to "A Consideration of the Potassium–Argon Radiometric Method for Dating Minerals" by Karen E. Bartlelt; p545 (Apr).

Reaction to "A Consideration of the Potassium–Argon Radiometric Method for Dating Minerals" by William A. Howard; p546 (Apr).

Reaction to "A Consideration of the Potassium–Argon Radiometric Method for Dating Minerals" by Reed A. Howald; p547 (Apr).

Reaction to "A Consideration of the Potassium–Argon Radiometric Method for Dating Minerals" by Richard Firestone; p547 (Apr).

Getting the Lead Out (LTE) by Roy W. Clark; p548 (Apr).

Correction to "A Generalized Deduction of the Ideal-Solution Model" (J. Chem. Educ. 2006, 83, 145–149); p548 (Apr).

The Periodic Table: Contest and Exhibition by Aurora Silva, M. Fátima Barroso, Olga Freitas, Salomé Teixeira, Simone Morais, and Cristina Delerue-Matos; p557 (Apr).

Facing the Music: How Original Was Borodin's Chemistry? by Michael D. Gordin; p561 (Apr).

From Justus von Liebig to Charles W. Eliot: The Establishment of Laboratory Work in U.S. High Schools and Colleges by Keith Sheppard and Gail Horowitz; p566 (Apr).

Teaching Chemistry Lab Safety through Comics by Pasquale Di Raddo; p571 (Apr).

A Diaper a Day and What's Going on with Gaviscon?: Two Lab Activities Focusing on Chemical Bonding Concepts by Brett Criswell; p574 (Apr).

Give Them Money: The Boltzmann Game, a Classroom or Laboratory Activity Modeling Entropy Changes and the Distribution of Energy in Chemical Systems by Robert M. Hanson and Bridget Michalek; p581 (Apr).

Acrostic Puzzles in the Classroom by Dorothy Swain; p589 (Apr).

Translating a Linguistic Understanding of Chemistry to Outcome Achievement and Interdisciplinary Relevance in the Introductory Classroom by Joseph M. Nemeth; p592 (Apr).

Mr. Wordsworth Salutes the Chemistry Professor by Judith Saunders; p594 (Apr).

Nomenclature Made Practical: Student Discovery of the Nomenclature Rules by Michael C. Wirtz, Joan Kaufmann, and Gary Hawley; p595 (Apr).

Team Building—Problem Solving by Martin Bartholow; p599 (Apr).

The Great Wakonse Earthquake of 2003: A Short, Problem-Based Introduction to the Titration Concept by Brian P. Coppola, Amy C. Gottfried, Robyn L. Gdula, Alan L. Kiste, and Nathan W. Ockwig; p600 (Apr).

General Education and General Chemistry—Redux by Leslie S. Forster; p614 (Apr).

Revisiting Molar Mass, Atomic Mass, and Mass Number: Organizing, Integrating, and Sequencing Fundamental Chemical Concepts by Stephen DeMeo; p617 (Apr).

The Rainbow Wheel and Rainbow Matrix: Two Effective Tools for Learning Ionic Nomenclature by Joseph S. Chimeno, Gary P. Wulfsberg, Michael J. Sanger, and Tammy J. Melton; p651 (Apr).

Chemistry in the Field and Chemistry in the Classroom: A Cognitive Disconnect? by Karen L. Evans, Gaea Leinhardt, Michael Karabinos, and David Yaron; p655 (Apr).

Chemistry Is in the News: Assessment of Student Attitudes toward Authentic News Media-Based Learning Activities by Deborah L. Hume, Kathleen M. Carson, Brian Hodgen, and Rainer E. Glaser; p662 (Apr).

Assessment of a Data-Verification System for the General Chemistry Laboratory by Laura E. Pence and Harry J. Workman; p668 (Apr).

Help with Organic Chemistry Reactions from JCE WebWare by William F. Coleman and Edward W. Fedosky; p672 (Apr).

The "Reaction Rolodex": A Web-Based System for Learning Reactions in Organic Chemistry by Eric Mahan; p672 (Apr).


New ACS CPT Guidelines by John W. Moore; p679 (May).

Research Advances: Gaining Entry; Mesostructure Drastically Improves Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells; Detecting SO2 by Angela G. King; p682 (May).

Recent Chemical Patents or What Else Is New? by Kathryn R. Williams; p687 (May).

Teaching To Avoid the "CSI Effect". Keeping the Science in Forensic Science by Elisa Bergslien; p690 (May).

The Origin of Pyrex by William B. Jensen; p692 (May).

Sugar Dehydration without Sulfuric Acid (LTE) by Edward F. Duhr, Allison S. Soult, John G. Maijub, and Fitzgerald B. Bramwell; p701 (May).

Sugar Dehydration without Sulfuric Acid (LTE) by Todd P. Silverstein; p701 (May).

One Chemistry Professor's Misconceptions about Gender and Scientific Ability: Was It Gender Bias or Gender-Population Bias? (LTE) by Fred H. Watson and Stephanie F. Watson; p702 (May).

No "Driving Forces" in General Chemistry (LTE) by Evguenii I. Kozliak; p702 (May).

Useful Work of a Process (LTE) by Bruno Lunelli; p703 (May).

Useful Work of a Process (LTE) by Norman C. Craig; p703 (May).

Calcium Phosphates and Human Beings by Sergey V. Dorozhkin; p713 (May).

Luminescent Molecular Thermometers by Seiichi Uchiyama, A. Prasanna de Silva, and Kaoru Iwai; p720 (May).

The Discovery and Development of Cisplatin by Rebecca A. Alderden, Matthew D. Hall, and Trevor W. Hambley; p728 (May).

Luminescent Molecular Thermometers (JCE Featured Molecule) by William F. Coleman; p740 (May).

Interactive Demonstrations for Mole Ratios and Limiting Reagents by Crystal Wood and Bryan Breyfogle; p741 (May).


Diversity in Science by John W. Moore; p823 (Jun).

Research Advances: Licorice Root Compounds May Help Fight Tooth Decay; Lipopolysaccharides Potential Antibiotic Target; WTA Biosynthesis Breakthrough by Angela G. King; p826 (Jun).

The Science Teacher: Spring 2006 by Steve Long; p830 (Jun).

What Is Your Mental Picture of Ordinary Air? by Richard W. Ramette and Dale K. Haworth; p834 (Jun).

The Origin of the Term Allotrope by William B. Jensen; p838 (Jun).

State Functions vs State Governments (LTE) by Todd P. Silverstein; p847 (Jun).

State Functions vs State Governments (LTE) by Harold Leonard; p847 (Jun).

Chemistry of Electronic Gases by James R. Clark; p857 (Jun).

Lubricating Grease: A Chemical Primer by Craig J. Donahue; p862 (Jun).

From "Greasy Chemistry" to "Macromolecule": Thoughts on the Historical Development of the Concept of a Macromolecule by Pedro J. Bernal; p870 (Jun).

Report on an Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Philosophy of Chemistry by Steven Gimbel and Michael Wedlock; p880 (Jun).

Lubricating Greases (JCE Featured Molecule) by William F. Coleman; p882 (Jun).

Octachem Model: Organic Chemistry Nomenclature Companion by Joaquin Palacios; p890 (Jun).

Undergraduate Pre–Service Teachers' Understandings and Misconceptions of Phase Equilibrium by Nursen Azizoğlu, Mahir Alkan, and Ömer Geban; p947 (Jun).

Misconceptions about the Particulate Nature of Matter. Using Animations To Close the Gender Gap by Ellen J. Yezierski and James P. Birk; p954 (Jun).


Endowing Excellence in Chemical Education by John W. Moore; p967 (Jul).

Summer Reading by Hal Harris, Cheryl Baldwin Frech, Jeff Kovac, Brian Coppola, and Dick Pagni; p974 (Jul).

Chemistry Teacher Connection by JCE Editorial Staff; p984 (Jul).

Committee Reports, March 2006; p985 (Jul).

Acid-Base Chemistry According to Robert Boyle: Chemical Reactions in Words as well as Symbols by David E. Goodney; p1001 (Jul).

Nonfood Applications of Proteinaceous Renewable Materials by Justin R. Barone and Walter F. Schmidt; p1003 (Jul).

Word Reduction Editing in Second-Language Scientific Writing by East Asian and South Asian Chemistry Graduate Students by David G. Churchill; p1022 (Jul).

Chemical Research Writing: A Preparatory Course for Student Capstone Research by Hala G. Schepmann and Laura A. Hughes; p1024 (Jul).

Integration of a Communicating Science Module into an Advanced Chemistry Laboratory Course by Jessica Renaud, Christopher Squier, Sarah C. Larsen; p1029 (Jul).

How To Motivate Students To Study before They Enter the Lab by Lea Pogačnik and Blaž Cigić; p1094 (Jul).

CHEMnet: Analysis of the Use of Special Features and Multimedia Elements of an Online Chemistry Course by Sabine Nick; p1099 (Jul).

Amino Acids (JCE Featured Molecule) by William F. Coleman; p1103 (Jul).

The Joy of Toys, on CD-ROM. Abstract of a Classroom Resource Compilation by Jon L. Holmes; p1104 (Jul).


Faculty Responsibilities by John W. Moore; p1111 (Aug).

Research Advances: Magnetic Catalysts; Inside Out; Blood Levels of Suspected Carcinogen Vary by Race, Ethnicity by Angela G. King; p1114 (Aug).

Growing the Positive Perception of Chemistry through Collaboration by LaTrease E. Garrison; p1123 (Aug).

Completing Our Education. Green Chemistry in the Curriculum by Birgit Braun, Reagan Charney, Andres Clarens, Jennifer Farrugia, Christopher Kitchens, Carmen Lisowski, David Naistat, and Adam O'Neil; p1126 (Aug).

The Origin of the Term "Base" by William B. Jensen; p1130 (Aug).

Response to "Let's Go for an A in Lab" (LTE) by Mark Jahnke; p1137 (Aug).

Borodin (LTE) by E. J. Behrman; p1138 (Aug).

Correction to "Chemistry in the Field and Chemistry in the Classroom: A Cognitive Disconnect?" (J. Chem. Educ. 2006, 83, 655–661); p1138 (Aug).

Correction to "The Origin of Pyrex" (J. Chem. Educ. 2006, 83, 692–693); p1138 (Aug).

A Superficial Overview of Detergency by J. A. Poce-Fatou; p1147 (Aug).

Was Markovnikov's Rule an Inspired Guess? by Peter Hughes; p1152 (Aug).

Color Science, a Course for Nonscience Majors by Maria C. Gelabert; p1155 (Aug).

A Colorful Look at the Chelate Effect by Donald C. Bowman; p1158 (Aug).

Teaching Biologically Relevant Chemistry throughout the Four-Year Chemistry Curriculum by Sarah R. Kirk, Todd P. Silverstein, and Jeffrey J. Willemsen; p1171 (Aug).

Lecture Templates: Convenient Partial Lecture Delivery System by Elzbieta Cook and Robert L. Cook; p1176 (Aug).

Prospective Teachers’ Misconceptions of Vaporization and Vapor Pressure by Nurtaç Canpolat, Tacettin Pinarbasi, and Mustafa Sözbilir; p1237 (Aug).

Copper and Nickel Complex Ions (JCE Featured Molecule) by William F. Coleman; p1248 (Aug).


Keeping Our Cool by John W. Moore; p1255 (Sep).

Research Advances: New Metal Detector to Study Human Disease; Salinized Fresh Water?; Fuel Cell Enzyme by Angela G. King; p1258 (Sep).

ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, September 10-14, 2006: Program for the Division of Chemical Education by Catherine H. Middlecamp, Boyd L. Earl, and Joseph L. March; p1262 (Sep).

ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, September 10-14, 2006: High School Program; p1264 (Sep).

ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, September 10-14, 2006: CHED Events; p1275 (Sep).

ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, September 10-14, 2006: Undergraduate Program by Adam Boyd; p1276 (Sep).

ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, September 10-14, 2006: Other Events; p1277 (Sep).

ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, September 10-14, 2006: Presidential Events; p1278 (Sep).

The Origins of the Hirsch and Büchner Vacuum Filtration Funnels by William B. Jensen; p1283 (Sep).

Equilibrium Constants and Water Activity Revisited (LTE) by E. J. Behrman; p1290 (Sep).

Equilibrium Constants and Water Activity Revisited (LTE) by David Keeports; p1290 (Sep).

More on the Nature of Resonance (LTE) by William B. Jensen; p1290 (Sep).

More on the Nature of Resonance (LTE) by Robert C. Kerber; p1291 (Sep).

Chemistry, Society, and Civic Engagement (Part 1): The SENCER Project by Catherine Hurt Middlecamp, Trace Jordan, Amy M. Shachter, Sue Lottridge, and Karen Kashmanian Oates; p1301 (Sep).

Chemistry, Society, and Civic Engagement (Part 2): Uranium and American Indians by Catherine Hurt Middlecamp, Margaret F. Phillips, Anne K. Bentley, and Omie Baldwin; p1308 (Sep).

Classifying Matter: A Physical Model Using Paper Clips by Bob Blake, Lynn Hogue, and Jerry L. Sarquis; p1317 (Sep).

A Unique Demonstration Model of DNA by Jonathan P. L. Cox; p1319 (Sep).

Changing the Laboratory: Effects of a Laboratory Course on Students' Attitudes and Perceptions by Melanie M. Cooper and Timothy S. Kerns; p1356 (Sep).

High School Students' Perceptions of Their Laboratory Classroom and the Copying of Laboratory Work by Dawn Del Carlo, Dana Mazzaro, and Shanese Page; p1362 (Sep).

Students' Perspectives of the Influence of Web-Enhanced Coursework on Incidences of Cheating by Paul Charlesworth, Debra D. Charlesworth, and Chelley Vician; p1368 (Sep).

A Test Construction Support System for Chemistry Teachers by Derek Cheung; p1399 (Sep).

Chemistry Comes Alive!, Volume 8. Abstract of Special Issue 34 by Rachel Bain, Jerrold J. Jacobsen, James H. Maynard, John W. Moore, and C. Jonathan Mitschele; p1406 (Sep).


Doctoral Education by John W. Moore; p1415 (Oct).

Research Advances: MgO/CaO in Floor Tile Glazes Affects Hardness; Lemongrass Extract's Architectural Application?; Heavy Metal Concrete? by Angela G. King; p1418 (Oct).

Concrete by Mary Anne White; p1425 (Oct).

Polymers: Cornerstones of Construction by John P. Droske and Charles E. Carraher, Jr.; p1428 (Oct).

Chemical Bonding Makes a Difference! by Mary Harris; p1435 (Oct).

Radon in Homes: Recent Developments by Charles H. Atwood; p1436 (Oct).

Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy in Homes by Danny Aerts and Betsy True; p1440 (Oct).

JCE Resources for Chemistry and the Home by Erica K. Jacobsen; p1444 (Oct).

House Paint by Kathryn R. Williams; p1448 (Oct).

News from Online: Come Home to Chemistry by Kimberly Destefani; p1450 (Oct).

The Centrality of Education and Communication by Bruce E. Bursten; p1453 (Oct).

Connecting Past Traditions into the Uncertain Future by Yorke E. Rhodes; p1454 (Oct).

Doing Our Best for ACS, Chemistry Education, and Society by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri; p1455 (Oct).

Managing the Future by James A. Walsh; p1456 (Oct).

Negative pH Does Exist (LTE) by Kieran F. Lim (); p1465 (Oct).

The Chemical Wizardry of J.K. Rowling by Jane Snell Copes; p1479 (Oct).

The Chemistry of Art and the Art of Chemistry by C. Kafetzopoulos, N. Spyrellis, A. Lymperopoulou-Karaliota; p1484 (Oct).

Concentration Scales for Sugar Solutions by David W. Ball; p1489 (Oct).

What Are We Teaching in High School Chemistry? by Kelly Morgan Deters; p1492 (Oct).

From Textiles to Molecules--Teaching about Fibers To Integrate Students' Macro- and Microscale Knowledge of Materials by Hannah Margel, Bat-Sheva Eylon, Zahava Scherz; p1552 (Oct).

Chemical Literacy: What Does This Mean to Scientists and School Teachers? by Yael Shwartz, Ruth Ben-Zvi, Avi Hofstein; p1557 (Oct).

Fountain Pen Ink (JCE Featured Molecule) by William F. Coleman; p1568 (Oct).


High School Chemistry by John W. Moore; p1575 (Nov).

Research Advances: Floating Metals; Oxalate Fights Phytotoxin; A Taste of Success in the Search for an Electronic Tongue by Angela G. King; p1578 (Nov).

Mole City: A Stoichiometric Analogy by Addison Ault; p1587 (Nov).

The Use of Dots in Chemical Formulas by William B. Jensen; p1590 (Nov).

Steam Tables below 0 °C (LTE) by Peter E. Liley; p1601 (Nov).

Chemical Drawing Tools (LTE) by Kay A. Sandberg; p1601 (Nov).

Liquid Crystals Activity (LTE) by Don L. Lewis and Mark Warren; p1602 (Nov).

Astrochemistry Examples in the Classroom by Reggie L. Hudson; p1611 (Nov).

Chemistry, the Terminal Science? The Impact of the High School Science Order on the Development of U.S. Chemistry Education by Keith Sheppard and Dennis M. Robbins; p1617 (Nov).

Use of the Mid-Lecture Break in Chemistry Teaching: A Survey and Some Suggestions by David K. Smith; p1621 (Nov).

Predicting Inorganic Reaction Products: A Critical Thinking Exercise in General Chemistry by David G. DeWit; p1625 (Nov).

Density Visualization by Richard L. Keiter, Whitney L. Puzey, and Erin A. Blitz; p1629 (Nov).

The IUPAC Rules for Naming Organic Molecules by Stanislaw Skonieczny; p1633 (Nov).

The Importance and Efficacy of Using Statistics in the High School Chemistry Laboratory by Paul S. Matsumoto; p1649 (Nov).

Entropy and the Shelf Model: A Quantum Physical Approach to a Physical Property by Arnd H. Jungermann; p1686 (Nov).

Preparation for High School Chemistry: The Effects of a Summer School Course on Student Achievement by Eva R. Garland and Harry T. Garland; p1698 (Nov).

High School Chemistry Content Background of Introductory College Chemistry Students and Its Association with College Chemistry Grades by Robert H. Tai, R. Bruce Ward, Philip M. Sadler; p1703 (Nov).

Identifying Students' Misconceptions about Nuclear Chemistry. A Study of Turkish High School Students by Canan Nakiboğlu and Berna Bülbül Tekin; p1712 (Nov).

Effectiveness of a Conceptual Change-Oriented Teaching Strategy To Improve Students' Understanding of Galvanic Cells by Ali Riza Özkaya, Musa Üce, Hakan Sarıçayır, and Musa Şahin; p1719 (Nov).


Beating a Path to the National Science Digital Library by John W. Moore; p1735 (Dec).

Let Us Give Lewis Acid–Base Theory the Priority It Deserves by Alan A. Shaffer; p1746 (Dec).

The Origin of the Term "Hypervalent" by William B. Jensen; p1751 (Dec).

A Mnemonic for Representative Element Groups (LTE) by Timothy Chambers and Jennifer Arab; p1761 (Dec).

Understanding Isotopic Distributions in Mass Spectrometry (LTE) by Juris Meija; p1761 (Dec).

Nature's Way To Make the Lantibiotics by Heather A. Relyea and Wilfred A. van der Donk; p1769 (Dec).

Accessible Research Experiences: A New Paradigm for In-Lab Chemical Education by Marc M. Baum, Elizabeth S. Krider, and John A. Moss; p1784 (Dec).

Peer Review of Chemistry Journal Articles: Collaboration across Disciplines by Bozena Barbara Widanski and Debra Courtright-Nash; p1788 (Dec).

Chemical Structure and Accidental Explosion Risk in the Research Laboratory by David G. Churchill; p1798 (Dec).

Chemical Aspects of General Anesthesia: Part I. From Ether to Halothane by Robert Brunsvold and Daryl L. Ostercamp; p1821 (Dec).

Molecular Model of Tubocurarine (JCE Featured Molecule) by William F. Coleman; p1831 (Dec).

Annual Index for Volume 83, 2006; p1886 (Dec).

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2005 (Volume 82)

Freeing Information by John W. Moore; p7 (Jan).

Research Advances: A New Approach to Natural Product Identification; Acrylamide in French Fries; Selectively Sensing Mercury with Oligonucleotide-Based Detectors by Angela G. King; p10 (Jan).

Chemistry Everywhere: A Brief Report on the 18th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education by Cliff Meints and K. A. Burke; p17 (Jan).

Committee Reports, November 2004 by Committee Members; p21 (Jan).

The Origin of the 18-Electron Rule by William B. Jensen; p28 (Jan).

Turning on the Light: Lessons from Luminescence by Patricia B. O'Hara, Carol Engelson, and Wayne St. Peter; p49 (Jan).

The Art and Science of Light. An Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Experience by A. M. R. P. Bopegedera; p55 (Jan).

Chemistry of Durable and Regenerable Biocidal Textiles by Gang Sun and S. Dave Worley; p60 (Jan).

A General Chemistry and Precalculus First-Year Interest Group (FIG): Effect on Retention, Skills and Attitudes by Laura E. Pence, Harry J. Workman, and Mako E. Haruta; p65 (Jan).

A 3D Model of Double-Helical DNA Showing Variable Chemical Details by Susan G. Cady; p79 (Jan).

A Six-Year Study of the Effect of a Remedial Course in the Chemisty Curriculum by Andrea B. Bentley and Gregory I. Gellene; p125 (Jan).

Evaluating Students' Conceptual Understanding of Balanced Equations and Stoichiometric Ratios Using a Particulate Drawing by Michael J. Sanger; p131 (Jan).

JCE Online Store Grand Opening by Jon L. Holmes; p176 (Jan).


Scientists and Public Policy by John W. Moore; p183 (Feb).

Nature: Environmental Problems and New Hope for the Treatment of Malaria by Sabine Heinhorst and Gordon C. Cannon; p186 (Feb).

Good Chemical Measurements, Good Public Policies by Larry R. Faulkner; p190 (Feb).

Nitrogen: It Always Needs a Fix by Kathryn R. Williams; p194 (Feb).

The Physics Teacher: Sliders, Staircases, and Seduction by Roy W. Clark; p200 (Feb).

International Congress of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering by Jimmy Reeves; p201 (Feb).

From Masurium to Trinacrium: The Troubled Story of Element 43 by Roberto Zingales; p221 (Feb).

Finding Chemical Anchors in the Kitchen by Liliana Hairn; p228 (Feb).

Are We Serious about Preparing Chemists for the 21st Century Workplace or Are We Just Teaching Chemistry? by Sylvia Kerr and Olaf Runquist; p231 (Feb).

Qualitative Organic Analysis-In the Classroom and Laboratory by K. Thomas Finley; p240 (Feb).

Intermolecular Forces as a Key to Understanding the Environmental Fate of Organic Xenobiotics by Ryan E. Casey and Faith A. Pittman; p260 (Feb).

Experiences and Reflections about Teaching Atomic Structure in a Jigsaw Classroom in Lower Secondary School Chemistry Lessons by Ingo Eilks; p313 (Feb).

JCE LrnComOnline: Mission Statement by Theresa Julia Zielinski and George Long; p335 (Feb).

Journal of Chemical Education on CD-ROM, 2004. Abstract of JCE CD 2004 by Jon L. Holmes; p336 (Feb).


Community of Effort by John W. Moore; p343 (Mar).

Research Advances: Dendritic Macromer Replaces Sutures in Cataract Surgery; Promising Polymer Therapy for Paralyzed Dogs; Compound in Smoke Provides the Spark for Germination by Angela G. King; p346 (Mar).

Celebrate Earth Day with ACS by Erica K. Jacobsen; p354 (Mar).

ACS National Meeting: San Diego, March 12-17, 2005 Program for the Division of Chemical Education by Catherine H. Middlecamp, Koni Stone, Cinzia Muzzi; p355 (Mar).

Presidential Events: San Diego by William F. Carroll; p364 (Mar).

CHED Events: San Diego by Jerry L. Sarquis and Susan Greer; p365 (Mar).

About San Diego by Lin W. Morris; p366 (Mar).

Putting A Human Face on Equilibrium by Neil Glickstein; p391 (Mar).

A Supramolecular Approach to Medicinal Chemistry: Medicine Beyond the Molecule by David K. Smith; p393 (Mar).

Simple Dynamic Models for Hydrogen Bonding Using Velcro-Polarized Molecular Models by Emeric Schultz; p401 (Mar).

The Reaction Quotient Is Unnecessary To Solve Equilibrium Problems by Paul S. Matsumoto; p406 (Mar).

Connected Chemistry-A Novel Modeling Environment for the Chemistry Classroom by Mike Stieff; p489 (Mar).


Developing and Measuring Proficiency by John W. More; p503 (Apr).

Research Advances: Cars of the Future—Powered by Poison? Prehistoric Beverage Choices; Health Benefits of Chamomile by Angela G. King; p506 (Apr).

The Science Teacher: Spring 2005 by Steve Long; p514 (Apr).

Designing Element T-shirts: Spelling with the Periodic Table by Julie Palmer and Lisa Brosnick; p517 (Apr).

The Origin of the Bunsen Burner by William B. Jensen; p518 (Apr).

More Elementary Riddles by Kevin Cunningham; p539 (Apr).

Fifty Ways To Make Boric Acid (with Apologies to Paul Simon) by Craig M. Davis; p541 (Apr).

The Match Game: A Discovery of the Laboratory Equipment Used in General Chemistry by Stacey L. Greengold; p547 (Apr).

An Interactive Classroom Activity Demonstrating Reaction Mechanisms and Rate-Determining Steps by Laura D. Jennings and Steven W. Keller; p549 (Apr).

Water Wordsearch by Terry L. Helser; p551 (Apr).

"In Yeast" Wordsearch by Terry L. Helser; p552 (Apr).

Chemistry, The Central Science? The History of the High School Science Sequence by Keith Sheppard and Dennis M. Robbins; p561 (Apr).

Implementing the Professional Development Standards: A Research Department's Innovative Masters Degree Program for High School Chemistry Teachers by Constance Blasie and George Palladino; p567 (Apr).

The Student-to-Student Chemistry Initiative: The Impact of Chemistry Demonstration Programs Presented by High School Students at Elementary Schools by Phillip D. Voegel, Kathryn A. Quashnock, Katrina M. Heil; p634 (Apr).

Using an Interactive, Compensatory Model of Learning To Improve Chemistry Teaching by Gregory Schraw, David W. Brooks, Kent J. Crippen; p637 (Apr).

Performance-Related Feedback: The Hallmark of Efficient Instruction by David W. Brooks, Gregory Schraw, and Kent J. Crippen; p641 (Apr).


Imagination by John W. Moore; p663 (May).

Research Advances: Designing Dendrimers To Offer Micelle-type Nanocontainers; Optical Biosensor for Glucose Possible through Biocatalytic Nanoparticle Growth; Carbon Nanotubes and Human Cells? by Angela G. King; p666 (May).

Strange Fizzical Attraction. 2004 James Flack Norris Award by Richard N. Zare; p673 (May).

The Origin of the Name "Nylon" by William B. Jensen; p676 (May).

Communicating Science to the Public through a University--Museum Partnership by Amy C. Payne, Wendy A. deProphetis, Arthur B. Ellis, Thomas G. Derenne, Greta M. Zenner, and Wendy C. Crone; p743 (May).

Chemistry, Creativitiy, Collaboration, and C60: An Interview with Harold W. Kroto by Liberato Cardellini; p751 (May).

The Pythagorean Theorem and the Solid State by Brenda S. Kelly and Allan G. Splittgerber; p756 (May).


Global Leadership in Science and Technology by John W. Moore; p807 (Jun).

Summer Reading by Richard M. Pagni, Cheryl Baldwin Frech, Brian P. Coppola, Harold H. Harris, and Jeffrey Kovac; p817 (Jun).

8:31 a.m. Belly Flop: Attitude Adjustment through Weekly Feature Molecules by Sonya J. Franklin, Norbert J. Pienta, and Melissa D. Fry; p847 (Jun).

Revisiting Millikan's Oil-Drop Experiment by Earl F. Pearson; p851 (Jun).

Appropriate Use of Blanks, Standards, and Controls in Chemical Measurements by Mark F. Vitha, Peter W. Carr, Gary A. Mabbott; p901 (Jun).

Attitudinal Effects of a Student-Centered Active Learning Environment by Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo and DeeDee Allen; p944 (Jun).


Keeping Chemistry and Chemists Safe by John W. Moore; p967 (Jul).

Research Advances: Perchlorate in Dairy and Breast Milk Samples; NO Glow on Mars; Physical Chemistry to the Rescue: Differentiating Nicotinic and Cholinergic Agonists by Angela G. King; p970 (Jul).

Going Green: Lecture Assignments and Lab Experiences for the College Curriculum by Julie A. Haack, James E. Hutchison, Mary M. Kirchhoff, and Irvin J. Levy; p974 (Jul).

Committee Reports, March 2005; p978 (Jul).

The Origins of Positive and Negative in Electricity by William B. Jensen; p988 (Jul).

Response to "Chemistry Is Not a Laboratory Science" by Stephen D. Morton; p997 (Jul).

Reaction to "Chemistry Is Not a Laboratory Science" by Lawrence J. Sacks; p997 (Jul).

Reaction to "Chemistry Is Not a Laboratory Science" by Stephen J. Hawkes; p997 (Jul).

Taking Issue with "Chemistry Is Not a Laboratory Science" by Chad E. Stephens; p998 (Jul).

Taking Issue with "Chemistry Is Not a Laboratory Science" by Stephen J. Hawkes; p998 (Jul).

Equilibrium Constants and Water Activity by David Keeports; p999 (Jul).

Chirality Made Simple: A 1- and 2-Dimensional Introduction to Stereochemistry by Robert E. Gawley; p1009 (Jul).

Amino Acid Complementarity: A Biochemical Exemplar of Stoichiometry for General and Health Sciences Chemistry by Ed Vitz; p1013 (Jul).

The Relationship between Balancing Reactions and Reaction Lifetimes: A Consideration of the Potassium–Argon Radiometric Method for Dating Minerals by William A. Howard; p1094 (Jul).

Chemistry Comes Alive!, Volume 7 Abstract of Special Issue 32, a CD-ROM of Flames and Explosions by Rachel Bain, Jerrold J. Jacobsen, James H. Maynard, and John W. Moore; p1102 (Jul).


Education of Teachers for Excellence by John W. Moore; p1111 (Aug).

Research Advances: Onions Battle Osteoporosis; New Weapon in War on TB; Smokers Beware: Study Shows Increased Cadmium Levels in the Brain May Cause Severe Neurological Disorders by Angela G. King; p1114 (Aug).

Posters—Old Tool, New Tech by Butler J. Raines, Chantelle Gaskin Gomez, Kathryn R. Williams; p1118 (Aug).

Program for the Division of Chemical Education by Catherine Hurt Middlecamp, Conrad H. Bergo, Venkatesh Shanbhag; p1123 (Aug).

Presidential Events by William F. Carroll; p1131 (Aug).

About Washington, DC by Lin W. Morris; p1134 (Aug)

CHED Events: Washington, DC by Susan Greer; p1136 (Aug).

Our Everyday Cup of Coffee: The Chemistry behind Its Magic by Marino Petracco; p1161 (Aug).

Service-Learning in Introductory Chemistry: Supplementing Chemistry Curriculum in Elementary Schools by Joan M. Esson, Regina Stevens-Truss, and Anne Thomas; p1168 (Aug).

Chemical Demonstrations as the Laboratory Component in Nonscience Majors Courses. An Outreach-Targeted Approach by Charles E. Ophardt, Michelle S. Applebee, Eugene N. Losey; p1174 (Aug).

Student Opinions Regarding Inquiry-Based Labs by Kelly Morgan Deters; p1178 (Aug).

Doing Science and Asking Questions II: An Exercise That Generates Questions by Catherine Hurt Middlecamp and Anne-Marie L. Nickel; p1181 (Aug).

Cross-Proportions: A Conceptual Method for Developing Quantitative Problem-Solving Skills by Elzbieta Cook and Robert L. Cook.; p1187 (Aug).

A Comparison Study: Assessing Teachers' Conceptions with the Chemistry Concepts Inventory by Rebecca A. Kruse and Gillian H. Roehrig; p1246 (Aug).


Teaching Science Amid Controversy by John W. Moore; p1271 (Sep).

Research Advances: Nanoshells versus Cancer Cells, Sex Pheromone of Cockroach Identified, New Fluorophores Unmasked by Chemical Reaction by Angela G. King; p1274 (Sep).

Teaching High School Chemistry as a Second Career. Summary of a Presidential Symposium by Maureen A. Scharberg; p1281 (Sep).

An Interview with Annis Hapkiewicz, 2005 Award Winner by JCE Editorial Staff; p1287 (Sep).

Constructivism and Information Technology at Columbia : A Journey from the Wilderness to the Promised Land. 2004 George C. Pimentel Award, by Nicholas J. Turro; p1292 (Sep).

Chemistry of Moth Repellents by Gabriel Pinto; p1321 (Sep).

Improving Conceptions in Analytical Chemistry: ciVi = cfVf by Margarita Rodríguez-López and Arnaldo Carrasquillo, Jr.; p1327 (Sep).


Reaping the Benefits of Chemical Education Research by John W. Moore; p1431 (Oct).

Research Advances: Children on School Buses May Face Increased Exposure to Diesel Pollution; Where Did All the Nitrogen Go?; Designer Wires by Angela G. King; p1434 (Oct).

JCE Resources for Chemistry and Toys by Erica K. Jacobsen; p1443 (Oct).

Soap Films and the Joy of Bubbles by Mary E. Saecker; p1447 (Oct).

Balloon—Toy of Many Colors by Kathryn R. Williams; p1448 (Oct).

Toys in the Classroom by Jerry L. Sarquis and Arlyne. M. (Mickey) Sarquis; p1450 (Oct).

The Fizz-Keeper: A Useful Science Tool by John P. Williams, Sandy Van Natta, And Rebecca Knipp; p1454 (Oct).

News from Online: Toying with Chemistry by Julie Harris and Steven Kehoe; p1458 (Oct).

The Symbolism of Chemical Equations by William B. Jensen; p1461 (Oct).

Changing Chemical Education for the 21st Century by George E. Heinze; p1462 (Oct).

It's Time To Re-Ignite Our Commitment to Science and Technology! by Catherine T. "Katie" Hunt; p1463 (Oct).

Chemical Education on a Global Scale—To the Elysian Fields by John W. Kozarich; p1464 (Oct).

Science Days: An Interdisciplinary Outreach Program by Nick Flynn; p1483 (Oct).

An Interactive Analytical Chemistry Summer Camp for Middle School Girls by Mary E. Robbins and Mark H. Schoenfisch; p1486 (Oct).

Employing Popular Children's Literature To Teach Elementary School Chemistry: An Engaging Outreach Program by Laura M. Wally, Nancy E. Levinger, and David W. Grainger; p1489 (Oct).

Napoleon's Buttons: Teaching the Role of Chemistry in History by Cindy Samet and Pamela J. Higgins; p1496 (Oct).

Based on a True Story: Using Movies as Source Material for General Chemistry Reports by Mark A. Griep and Marjorie L. Mikasen; p1501 (Oct).

Telling the Stories of Chemistry by Trevor M. Kitson; p1504 (Oct).

STEMming the Tide: Using Career Week Activities To Recruit Future Chemists by A. M. R. P. Bopegedera; p1505 (Oct).

Teaching Significant Figures Using Age Conversions by Thomas D. Crute; p1507 (Oct).

Stoichiometry of Calcium Medicines by Gabriel Pinto; p1509 (Oct).

Techniques To Enhance Instructors' Teaching Effectiveness with Chemistry Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired by Cary Supalo; p1513 (Oct).

Introducing Safety Topics Using a Student-Centered Approach by Steven M. Wright; p1519 (Oct).

Who Is Responsible for a Fraud: An Exercise Examining Research Misconduct and the Obligations of Authorship through Case Studies by Brian K. Niece; p1521 (Oct).

The Effects of Thinking Aloud Pair Problem Solving on High School Students' Chemistry Problem-Solving Performance and Verbal Interactions by Kyungmoon Jeon, Douglas Huffman, and Taehee Noh; p1558 (Oct).

Chemistry Teachers' Estimations of Their Students' Learning Achievement by Huann-shyang Lin, Sung Tao Lee, and David Treagust; p1565 (Oct).

Contemporary Moral Problems in Chemistry: Effect of Peer Presentations on Students' Awareness of Science and Society Issues by Harold B. White III, Steven D. Brown, and Murray V. Johnston; p1570 (Oct).


It Was a Very Good Year by John W. Moore; p1591 (Nov).

Research Advances: Horseradish, Peroxide Mixture May End War of the Noses; Even Low Levels of Benzene Are Hemotoxic; New "Nuclear Battery " Runs 10 Years, 10 Times More Powerful by Angela G. King; p1594 (Nov).

Einstein Revisited by Leonard W. Fine; p1601 (Nov).

The Science Teacher: Fall 2005 by Steve Long; p1609 (Nov).

The Physics Teacher: Black Boxes, Frozen Lakes, and What = mc2? by Roy W. Clark; p1611 (Nov).

Introductory Chemistry Needs a Revolution. ACS and IUPAC and AAAS and ICUC Should Lead It by Stephen J. Hawkes; p1615 (Nov).

 E = mc2 for the Chemist: When Is Mass Conserved? By Richard S. Treptow; p1636 (Nov).

A Simple and Easy-To-Learn Chart of the Main Classes of Inorganic Compounds and Their Acid-Base Reactions by Grigoriy Sereda; p1645 (Nov).

Fully Exploiting the Potential of the Periodic Table through Pattern Recognition by Emeric Schultz; p1649 (Nov).

Predicting the Atomic Weights of the Trans-Lawrencium Elements: A Novel Application of Dobereiner’s Triads by Sami A. Ibrahim; p1658 (Nov).

The Use of the Free, Open-Source Program Jmol To Generate an Interactive Web Site To Teach Molecular Symmetry by Marion E. Cass, Henry S. Rzepa, David R. Rzepa, Charlotte K. Williams; p1736 (Nov).

JCE Chemical Laboratory Information Profiles (CLIPs) on CD-ROM. Abstract of JCE CLIPs 2005 by Jon L. Holmes; p1744 (Nov).


JCE LivTexts: Living Textbooks for Chemistry by John W. Moore; p1751 (Dec).

Research Advances: Nitric Oxide Synthase Reduces Cr(VI); The Chemistry of Popcorn: It's All About "Pop-Ability"; Nanotubes May Help Heal Broken Bones; New Method Unites Organic Materials and Nanotechnology by Angela G. King; p1754 (Dec).

Are Some Elements More Equal Than Others? by Ronald L. Rich; p1761 (Dec).

The Origins of the Symbols A and Z for Atomic Weight and Number by William B. Jensen; p1764 (Dec).

The ACS Prize Essay Contest by Richard E. Rice; p1765 (Dec).

Exploration of the Chemistry of Plants: A General Education Course by Margareta Séquin; p1787 (Dec).

Cholesterol and Plants by E. J. Behrman and Venkat Gopalan; p1791 (Dec).

Introducing JCE LivTexts: Physical Chemistry by Theresa Julia Zielinski; p1880 (Dec).

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2004 (Volume 81)

New Year's Resolution: Expunge Misbeliefs by John W. Moore; p7 (Jan).

Cognitive Theory and the Design of Multimedia Instruction by William R. Robinson; p10 (Jan).

The Concept of Density by Stephen J. Hawkes; p14 (Jan).

JCE Digital Library Grand Opening by JCE Editorial Staff; p17 (Jan).

Executive Committee Report, October 2003 by Jerry L. Sarquis, Mary B. Nakhleh and Thomas A. Holme; p18 (Jan).

The Symbol for pH by William B. Jensen; p21 (Jan).

Chemistry Perfumes Your Daily Life by Anne-Dominique Fortineau; p45 (Jan).

Chemistry at a Science Museum by Robert G. Silberman, Charles Trautmann, and Susan M. Merkel; p51 (Jan).

Chemistry as General Education by Nivaldo J. Tro; p54 (Jan).


Broadening Our Molecular Vision by John W. Moore; p167 (Feb).

Nature: "Water, Water, Everywhere, nor Any Drop to Drink" by Sabine Heinhorst and Gordon Cannon; p170 (Feb).

Water Quality Monitoring by Satellite; p171 (Feb).

News from Online: Green Chemistry by Erich S. Uffelman; p172 (Feb).

Exploring the Molecular Vision: Report from a SOCED Invitational Conference by Tamara J. Nameroff and Daryle H. Busch; p177 (Feb).

Testing, Testing: Good Teaching Is Difficult; So Is Meaningful Testing by Sidney Toby and Richard J. Plano; p180 (Feb).

Earth Day Haiku; p 191 (Feb).

Philosophical Confusion in Chemical Education Research: Constructivism and Chemical Education (LTE) by Liberato Cardellini; p194 (Feb).

Philosophical Confusion in Chemical Education Research: Constructivism and Chemical Education (LTE) by Eric Scerri; p194 (Feb).

Philosophical Confusion in Chemical Education Research: Does Any of This Matter? (LTE) by David J. Eckstrom; p194 (Feb).

Philosophical Confusion in Chemical Education Research: Does Any of This Matter? (LTE) by Eric Scerri: p195 (Feb).

A Request for Chemical Wisdom (LTE) by David Gardner; p196 (Feb).

A "Polypeptide Demonstrator" (LTE) by Addison Ault: p196 (Feb).

Choice of Citrus Fruit (LTE) by E. J. Behrman and C. F. Behrman; p 196 (Feb).

Arsenic in Drinking Water-A Global Environmental Problem by Joanna Shaofen Wang and Chien M. Wai; p207 (Feb).

Lead-Testing Service to Elementary and Secondary Schools Using Anodic Stripping Voltammetry by Amanda Goebel, Tracy Vos, Anne Louwagie, Laura Lundbohm and Jay H. Brown; p214 (Feb).

Novel Strategies for the Removal of Toxic Metals from Soils and Waters by D. Max Roundhill; p275 (Feb).


The Magical Touch of a Perceptive Individual by John W. Moore; p295 (Mar).

The Monosodium Glutamate Story: The Commercial Production of MSG and Other Amino Acids by Addison Ault; p347 (Mar).

Effects of an Active Learning Environment: Teaching Innovations at a Research I Institution by Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo, DeeDee Allen, William F. Hunt, Joy Hutson, and Angela Pitts; p441 (Mar).


Exciting Chemistry and Chemical Education by John W. Moore; p455 (Apr).

The Science Teacher: Spring 2004 by Steve Long; p462 (Apr).

The Origin of Vinyl by William B. Jensen; p464 (Apr).

The Physics Teacher: Chemistry and Physics Teachers Have a Lot in Common, by Roy W. Clark; p466 (Apr).

The Chemical Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Autopsy in Blue by Thomas G. Waddell and Thomas R. Rybolt; p497 (Apr).

Brining History to the Classroom: Spoofs about Problems in Obtaining Research Grants by Sidney Toby; p503 (Apr).

Chemistry and Song: A Novel Way To Educate and Entertain by Cory C. Pye; p507 (Apr).

Using Science Fiction To Teach Thermodynamics: Vonnegut, Ice-nine, and Global Warming by Charles A. Liberko; p509 (Apr).

The Big Picture: A Classroom Activity for Organic Chemistry by Thomas Poon; p513 (Apr).

Organic Chemistry Wordsearch by Terry L. Helser; p515 (Apr).

Functional Group Wordsearch by Terry L. Helser; p517 (Apr).

Exothermic Bond Breaking: A Persistent Misconception by William C. Galley; p523 (Apr).

"We Actually Saw Atoms with Our Own Eyes". Conceptions and Convictions in Using the Scanning Tunneling Microscope in Junior High School by Hannah Margel, Bat-Sheva Eylon and Zahava Scherz; p558 (Apr).


Revisiting the Tragedy of the Commons by John W. Moore; p615 (May).

Did Lavoisier Blink? by William B. Jensen; p629 (May).

Dentifrice Fluoride by Philip E. Rakita; p677 (May).

The Student-to-Student Chemistry Initiative: Training High School Students To Perform Chemistry Demonstration Programs for Elementry School Students by Phillip D. Voegel, Kathryn A. Quashnock and Katrina M. Heil; p681 (May).

Integrated Lecture and Laboratory Chemistry Components of Science Education Program for Early and Middle Childhood Education Majors by S. K. Lunsford; p685 (May).

Lecture Retrieval via the Web: Better Than Being There? by David N. Harpp, Ariel E. Fenster, Joseph A. Schwarcz, Edith Zorychta, Nathaniel Goodyer, William Hsiao and Jason Parente; p688 (May).

Some Exercises Reflecting Green Chemistry Concepts by Yu-min Song, Yong-cheng Wang and Zhi-yuan Geng; p691 (May).

Major Sources of Difficulty in Students' Understanding of Basic Inorganic Qualitative Analysis by Kim Chwee Daniel Tan, Ngoh Khang Goh, Lian Sai Chia and David F. Teagust; p725 (May).

A Historical Analysis of the Daniell Cell and Electrochemistry Teaching in French and Tunisian Textbooks by Ahlem Boulabiar, Kamel Bouraoui, Maurice Chastrette and Manef Abderrabba; p754 (May).

A Chemical Information Assignment for Nonscience Majors by Laura E. Pence; p764 (May).


Standards by John W. Moore; p775 (Jun).

Summer Reading by Harrold H. Harris, Jeffrey Kovac, Richard M. Pagni and Brian P. Coppola; p778 (Jun).

Communicating Chemistry-From Large Classes to the Larger Public. 2003 James Flack Norris Award by David N. Harpp; p786 (Jun).

JCE at NSTA 2004; p790 (Jun).

The Inquiry Wheel, an Alternative to the Scientific Method. A View of the Science Education Research Literature by William R. Robinson; p791 (Jun).

How Many Digits Should We Use in Formula or Molar Mas