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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1999  > March  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 March 1999
Vol. 76 No. 3

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Higher Education in Transition293
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Especially for High School Teachers295
J. Emory Howell
Reports from Other Journals
A View of the Science Education Research Literature: Student Understanding of Chemical Change297
William R. Robinson
ACS National Meeting: Program for the Division of Chemical Education-Anaheim, CA, March 21-25, 1999301
Richard W. Schwenz, Craig W. Bowen, and Thomas R. Wildeman
Discovering Anaheim311
Paul S. Cohen and Brenda H. Cohen
From Past Issues
Don't Forget the Units!313
Kathryn R. Williams
NSF Highlights
Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum315
M. Cecilia Yappert
Announcements
News and Announcements316
Letters318
Book and Media Reviews
Linus Pauling on Peace: A Scientist Speaks Out on Humanism and World Survival (Selected and Edited by Barbara Marinacci and Ramesh Krishnamurthy)321
Derek A. Davenport
Book and Media Reviews
The Enlightenment of Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and Works from 1733 to 1773 (by Robert E. Schofield)321
William B. Jensen
Information Page322
Book and Media Reviews
To Light Such a Candle: Chapters in the History of Science and Technology (by Keith J. Laidler)323
Harold H. Harris
Book and Media Reviews
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 8th edition (edited by Sybil P. Parker)324
George B. Kauffman
Book and Media Reviews
Molecular Mechanics across Chemistry (by Anthony K. Rapp and Carla J. Casewit)325
G. Craig Hill
Book and Media Reviews
The Chemistry of Water (by Susan E. Kegley and Joy Andrews)326
Debra J. McCool
Book and Media Reviews
A Guide to Phospholipid Chemistry (by Donald J. Hanahan)326
Lawrence K. Duffy

 Viewpoints
Chemistry of the Heaviest Elements-One Atom at a Time331
Darleane C. Hoffman and Diana M. Lee

 In The Classroom
Nucleogenesis! A Game with Natural Rules for Teaching Nuclear Synthesis and Decay349
Donald J. Olbris and Judith Herzfeld
Secondary School Chemistry
Before There Was Chemistry: The Origin of the Elements as an Introduction to Chemistry353
Neil Glickstein
Periodic Tables of Elemental Abundance356
Steven I. Dutch
A Different Approach to a 3-D Periodic System Including Stable Isotopes359
Alexandru T. Balaban
Tested Demonstrations
Pyroelectric Effect of a Sucrose Monocrystal360
Metodija Najdoski*, Ljupco J. Pejov, and Vladimir M. Petrusevski
Oxidation Numbers362
Gion Calzaferri
A Way To Predict the Relative Stabilities of Structural Isomers364
John M. Lyon
The Ubiquitous Metaphors of Chemistry Teaching366
Herbert Beall
Ethics in Science for Undergraduate Students369
Linda M. Sweeting
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Undergraduate Lectures on Infrared Spectroscopy in the Solid State373
E. A. Secco
Active Learning in Upper-Level Chemistry Courses: A Biochemistry Example376
Linda C. Hodges
Revealing the Backbone Structure of B-DNA from Laser Optical Simulations of Its X-ray Diffraction Diagram378
A. A. Lucas, Ph. Lambin, R. Mairesse, and M. Mathot

 Chemistry Everyday For Everyone
An Easy and Effective Classroom Demonstration of Population Distributions384
Marjorie A. Jones
Resources for Student Assessment
Alka Seltzer Poppers: An Interactive Exploration385
A. M. Sarquis and L. M. Woodward
A Chemistry Workshop for Secondary School Science Teachers: Addressing Multiple Laboratory Issues387
Suzanne R. Carpenter*, Todd J. Hizer, and Julia P. Baker
From San Juan to Madison: Cultural Perspectives on Teaching General Chemistry388
Catherine Hurt Middlecamp and Mary Ann Davison Fernandez

 In the Laboratory
Bridging Native American Culture and Chemistry: Gas Chromatography Experiments That Examine Native Foods392
Andrew G. Sykes* and Gerald Caple
A Simplified Method for Finding the pKa of an Acid-Base Indicator by Spectrophotometry395
George S. Patterson
Variable Path-Length Cells for Discovery-Based Investigation of the Beer-Lambert Law399
Sarah A. Stewart and André J. Sommer*
JCE Classroom Activity
Liver and Onions: DNA Extraction from Animal and Plant Tissues400A
Karen J. Nordell, Anne-Marie L. Jackelen, S. Michael Condren, George C. Lisensky, and Arthur B. Ellis*
Ruthenium Complexes with h1-Organic Ligands: An Advanced Undergraduate Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry Experiment401
Marie P. Cifuentes, Fiona M. Roxburgh, and Mark G. Humphrey*
Synthesis of Molybdenum-Molybdenum Quadruple Bonds: A Multistep Advanced Synthesis Laboratory Experiment404
Laura E. Pence*, Amy M. Weisgerber, and Florence A. Maounis
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
An Easy Experiment To Compare Factors Affecting the Reaction Rate of Structurally Related Compounds405
Sandra Signorella, Silvia García, and Luis F. Sala*
Concepts in Biochemistry
Recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein Isoforms: Exercises To Integrate Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysical Chemistry409
Barry W. Hicks
Resonance Energy Transfer in Peptides: A Biophysical Laboratory Experiment416
Anne M. Hundzinski* and Bruce D. Anderson
Determination of Thermodynamic Parameters of the Cyclodextrin Inclusion Processes: An Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Lab Experiment418
M. Valero, L. J. Rodriguez, and M. Mercedes Velázquez*
A Practical Integrated Approach to Supramolecular Chemistry. I. Equilibria in Inclusion Phenomena. 419
Jesús Hernández-Benito, Samuel González-Mancebo, Emilio Calle, M. Pilar García-Santos, and Julio Casado*
A Practical Integrated Approach to Supramolecular Chemistry. II. Kinetics of Inclusion Phenomena422
Jesús Hernández-Benito, Samuel González-Mancebo, Emilio Calle, M. Pilar García-Santos, and Julio Casado*

 Research: Science and Education
Regression Methods To Extract Partial Molar Volume Values in the Method of Intercepts425
Leon F. Loucks
A Pictorial Approach to Molecular Orbital Bonding in Polymers: Non-Mathematical but Honest428
Gordon J. Miller and John G. Verkade
Realistic Detection Limits from Confidence Bands434
Julia R. Burdge* Douglas L. MacTaggart, and Sherry O. Farwell
General Potential Energy Surfaces for Catalytic Processes440
S. H. Bauer

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Probability and Atomic Radius in the H Atom443
William J. McInerny
On the "Abnormal" Decomposition Potentials of Aqueous Solutions of Halogen Acids444
Yi Liang*, Jie Chen, and Songsheng Qu
JCE Online
JCE Online FAQs446
Jon L. Holmes
JCE Software
Periodic Table Live! 2nd Edition447
Alton J. Banks, Jon L. Holmes, Jerrold J. Jacobsen, John W. Moore, Paul F. Schatz, Jaclyn Tweedale, John C. Kotz, and Susan Young
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 March 15, 1999
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