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Cover
April 2001
Vol. 78 No. 4


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Research, Discovery, and Education431
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers433
J. Emory Howell
From Past Issues
Laboratory Balances--Perceptions from the Past434
Kathryn R. Williams
Conant Award Interview: An Interview with Frank Cardulla, 2000 Award Winner437
JCE Editorial Staff
Introducing Chemical Laboratory Information Profiles: CLIPs444
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: Sodium Hydroxide447
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: Phenolphthalein Solution448
Jay A. Young
Reports from Other Journals
The Physics Teacher: Faraday as a Lecturer449
Roy W. Clark
The Information Page450
News & Announcements451
Letters
Is Online Learning Really Education?453
A. William Johnson
Letters
The Spectrophotometric Analysis and Modeling of Sunscreens (about J. Chem. Educ. 1997, 74, 99-102)453
Gretchen Underwood and Joseph MacNeil
Letters
The Spectrophotometric Analysis and Modeling of Sunscreens (about J. Chem. Educ. 1997, 74, 99-102)453
Richard Cornelius
Book and Media Reviews
Bringing Chemistry to Life: From Matter to Man (by R. J. P. Williams and J. J. R. Fraústo da Silva) 454
Arthur Glasfeld
Book and Media Reviews
Hyle, The International Journal for the Philosophy of Chemistry, Special Issue on Modeling, Volume 5, Number 1, and Volume 6 (edited by Joachim Schummer)455
Joseph E. Earley Sr.
Book and Media Reviews
Ions in Solution--Basic Principles of Chemical Interaction, 2nd Edition (by John Burgess)456
L. L. Pesterfield
Book and Media Reviews
Thermodynamics and Kinetics for the Biological Sciences (by Gordon G. Hammes)457
Vicky Minderhout
Book and Media Reviews
Analytical Electrochemistry, 2nd Edition (by Joseph Wang)457
David L. Langhus
Advertising in This Issue458
Out of the Editor's Basket459

 Chemistry for Everyone
Chemistry for Kids
Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science463
Melvin D. Joesten and Patricia C. Tellinghuisen
A Chemical Matching Test466
Daniel T. Haworth
Who Wants to Be a (Chemical) Millionaire?467
James P. Deavor
It's Elementary468
Milton J. Wieder
The Chemical Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Shroud of Spartacus470
Thomas G. Waddell and Thomas R. Rybolt
Protein Structure Wordsearch474
Terry L. Helser

 In The Classroom
Introducing Stereochemistry to Non-science Majors475
Hannia Luján-Upton
Interdisciplinary Connections
Creative Writing and Chemistry478
Mark Alber
"Almost Like Weighing Someone's Soul": Chemistry in Contemporary Film481
Donald J. Wink
b-Oxidation Wordsearch483
Terry L. Helser
Chemistry in the Real World484
Martin B. Jones and Christina R. Miller
View from My Classroom
Teaching Chemistry in the Block Schedule488
Sally Craven
Cafeteria-Style Grading in General Chemistry490
John A. Goodwin and Brian D. Gilbert
Acids and Bases in Layers: The Stratal Structure of an Ancient Topic494
Wobbe de Vos and Albert Pilot
The Acid-Base Chemistry of Nicotine: Extensions, Analogies, and a Generalization500
Addison Ault
Glycolysis Wordsearch503
Terry L. Helser
Applications and Analogies
Intermediates, Transition States, Butterflies, and Frogs504
Trevor M. Kitson
S is for Entropy. U is for Energy. What Was Clausius Thinking?505
Irmgard K. Howard
Chemical Principles Revisited
The Extent of Reaction, Dx--Some Nuts and Bolts508
Gavin D. Peckham
The Colligative Property of Walther Nernst511
Herbert Beall and Patrick A. Riccardino
JCE Classroom Activity
Just Breathe: The Oxygen Content of Air512A
JCE Editorial Staff
Applications and Analogies
The Household Chemistry of Cleaning Pennies513
Laurence D. Rosenhein
Krebs Cycle Wordsearch515
Terry L. Helser
Observations on Lemon Cells516
Jerry Goodisman

 In the Laboratory
Structure and Content of Some Primary Batteries519
Michael J. Smith and Colin A. Vincent
Floating Plastics: An Initial Chemistry Laboratory Experience522
Enrique A. Hughes, Helena M. Ceretti, and Anita Zalts
Dissolution Kinetics of Solids: Application with Spherical Candy523
Guy Beauchamp
Simulating How a Virus Spreads through a Population: An Introduction to Acid-Base Chemistry in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory525
Ronald M. Jarret
Class Projects in Physical Organic Chemistry: The Hammett Equation527
Peter S. Marrs
The Oxidation of Alkylbenzenes: Using Data Pooling in the Organic Laboratory to Illustrate Research in Organic Chemistry529
James C. Adrian Jr. and Leslie A. Hull
Diastereoselective Synthesis of (+/-)-1,2-Diphenyl-1,2-propanediol. A Discovery-Based Grignard Reaction Suitable for a Large Organic Lab Course531
James A. Ciaccio, Roxana P. Bravo, Antoinette L. Drahus, John B. Biggins, Rosalyn V. Concepcion, and David Cabrera
Determination of Lipophilicity Constants of Sulfonamide Substituents533
Maria Auxiliadôra Fontes Prado
Isolating Friedelin from Cork and Reducing It to Friedelinol and Epifriedelinol. A Project Involving NMR Spectrometry and Molecular Modeling535
Joseph W. LeFevre, Kristin I. McNeill, and Janet L. Moore
Molecular Mechanics and Variable-Temperature 1H NMR Studies on N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide. An Undergraduate NMR and Molecular Modeling Experiment538
Bruce L. Jensen and Raymond C. Fort Jr.
An Indexed Combinatorial Library: The Synthesis and Testing of Insect Repellents540
William H. Miles, Kathy A. Gelato, Kristen M. Pompizzi, Aislinn M. Scarbinsky, Brian K. Albrecht, and Elaine R. Reynolds
The Microscale Laboratory
Small-Scale Filtration Using a Modified Plastic Syringe543
Mikael Begtrup
Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization in the Undergraduate Laboratories. 1. Using ATRP to Prepare Block and Statistical Copolymers of n-Butyl Acrylate and Styrene544
Kathryn L. Beers, Brian Woodworth, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization in the Undergraduate Laboratories. 2. Using ATRP in Limited Amounts of Air to Prepare Block and Statistical Copolymers of n-Butyl Acrylate and Styrene547
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Kathryn L. Beers, Brian Woodworth, and Zachary Metzner

 Research: Science and Education
Nonclassical or Reactivation Chain Polymerization: A General Scheme of Polymerization551
Yen Wei
Molecular Weight Averages and Polydispersity of Polymers554
Wen-Shyan Sheu

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Studying Synthetic Polymers in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum. A Review of the Educational Literature555
Steven C. Hodgson, Stephen W. Bigger, and Norman C. Billingham
Chemical Information Instructor
Introduction to Searching with SciFinder Scholar557
Damon D. Ridley
Chemical Information Instructor
Introduction to Structure Searching with SciFinder Scholar559
Damon D. Ridley
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March 2, 2001
April 14, 2005
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