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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2002  > April  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 April 2002
Vol. 79 No. 4

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
A Long Way To Go407
John W. Moore
From Past Issues
Fire Making, Part I408
Kathryn R. Williams
Especially for High School Teachers
Getting Hooked on Chemistry409
Diana S. Mason
Nobel Centennial Essays
A Century of Chemical Dynamics Traced through the Nobel Prizes. 1956: Hinshelwood and Semenov414
Josh Van Houten
Commentary
Gender Equality in Science--Who Cares?418
Lewyn Li
NSF Highlights
Integrating Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction in the Undergraduate Curriculum420
Patrick E. Hoggard
Division of Chemical Education: News and Notices422
The Information Page424
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: Sodium425
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid426
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements427
Letters
Response to Lowe's Potential-Energy-Only Models (re J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77, 155-156)429
Frank Rioux and Roger L. DeKock
Letters
Response to Lowe's Potential-Energy-Only Models (re J. Chem. Educ. 2002, 79, 430)429
John P. Lowe
Letters
Career Management for Scientists and Engineers (J. Chem. Educ. 2001, 78, 169-170)431
Robert E. Buntrock
Letters
Career Management for Scientists and Engineers (J. Chem. Educ. 2001, 78, 169-170)431
Michael Caswell
Cover Puzzle: What's Wrong in This Lab?432
Book and Media Reviews
Chemical Sciences in the 20th Century: Bridging Boundaries (edited by Carsten Reinhardt)433
Pedro J. Bernal
Book and Media Reviews
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion (by Ann M. Middlebrook and Margaret A. Tolbert)433
Evan T. Williams
Book and Media Reviews
Effects of Changing Climate on Weather and Human Activities (by Kevin E. Trenberth, Kathleen Miller, Linda Mearns, and Steven Rhodes)433
Evan T. Williams
Book and Media Reviews
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry (by Mark A. Ratner and George C. Schatz)434
Andrew J. Pounds
Book and Media Reviews
Oxygen (by Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffmann)436
Jeffrey Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
Optics Demonstrations on the Overhead Projector (by Douglas S. Goodman)436
Doris K. Kolb
Book and Media Reviews
Chemistry, 2nd Edition (by Rob Lewis and Wynne Evans)437
Wheeler Conover
Advertising in This Issue438
Out of the Editor's Basket439

 Chemistry for Everyone
The Production, Microstructure, and Properties of Wrought Iron443
Robert Walker VII
Quote Boxes for Chemistry Teachers447
Dave Olney
The Chemical Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of Three448
Thomas R. Rybolt and Thomas G. Waddell
Using Proverbs in Chemistry454
Jorge G. Ibanez
Letter Matrix Puzzle on the Symbols of Elements456
V. D. Kelkar
Chemistry Game Shows458
Susan Campbell and Jennifer Muzyka

 In The Classroom
Applications and Analogies
Fingerprinting: Commercial Products and Elements459
DeeDee Allen and Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo
Combining Active Learning with Service Learning: A Student-Driven Demonstration Project462
Mary Hatcher-Skeers and Ellen Aragon
A Consistent Set of Oxidation Number Rules for Intelligent Computer Tutoring465
Dale A. Holder, Benny G. Johnson, and Paul J. Karol
Secondary School Chemistry
Crystal Models Made from Clear Plastic Boxes and Their Use in Determining Avogadro's Number468
Thomas H. Bindel

 In the Laboratory
A Simple Experiment for the Determination of Molecular Weights of Gases Lighter Than Air473
Van T. Lieu and Gene E. Kalbus
Using Limiting-Excess Stoichiometry to Introduce Equilibrium Calculations: A Discrepant Event Laboratory Activity Involving Precipitation Reactions474
Stephen DeMeo
Weigh This Way476
Judith M. Bonicamp
An Organic Puzzle Using Meldrum's Acid477
R. David Crouch and Michael S. Holden
Carbohydrate Analysis: Can We Control the Ripening of Bananas?479
S. Todd Deal, Catherine E. Farmer, and Paul F. Cerpovicz
JCE Classroom Activity
An After-Dinner Trick480A
JCE Editorial Staff
Efficient Separation of Yolk from White in Boiled Chicken Eggs Leads to Convenient Extraction of Biologically Viable Phosphatidylcholine Lipids481
Ivan Stanish, Daniel Zabetakis, and Alok Singh
The Mechanism of the Ritter Reaction in Combination with Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangements. A Cooperative Learning Experience484
María I. Colombo, María L. Bohn, and Edmundo A. Rúveda
A Copper-Sulfate-Based Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory for First-Year University Students That Teaches Basic Operations and Concepts486
Emilio Rodríguez and Miguel Angel Vicente
Simple Synthesis and Characterization of Several Nickel Catalytic Precursors489
Yolanda Cesteros, Pilar Salagre, Francisco Medina, and Jesus E. Sueiras
129Xe NMR of Zeolite NaY in the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory492
Tanja Pietra§
Experiments with Tris(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) Compounds: 59Co NMR and the Resolution of Enantiomeric [Co(en)3] 3+ Ion and Analysis by Formation of Diastereomeric Ion Pairs494
L. L. Borer, J. G. Russell, R. E. Settlage, and R. G. Bryant
Keto-Enol Tautomers in a Carbonyl Phosphonium Salt498
David E. Berry and G. W. Patenaude
Tethering Bottle Caps499
Ben Ruekberg
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Two-Photon Ionization Spectrometry of Alkali Atoms in Flames500
Matthew G. Comstock, Jeffrey R. Kerr, and Jeffrey A. Gray
Topics in Chemical Instrumentation
A Smart-Laser-Based Calorimeter503
Thomas Schneider, Mário J. Politi, and Mauricio S. Baptista

 Research: Science and Education
The Application of the Concept of Extent of Reaction506
Adela E. Croce
Chemical Education Research
Solving Quantum Number Problems: An Examination of Novice Performance in Terms of Conceptual Base Requirements510
Dilek Ardac
Chemical Education Research
Teaching the Sophomore Organic Course without a Lecture. Are You Crazy?514
Alexander Z. Bradley, Scott M. Ulrich, Maitland Jones Jr., and Stephanie M. Jones

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
From the Textbook to the Lecture: Improving Prelecture Preparation in Organic Chemistry520
David M. Collard, Steven P. Girardot, and Howard M. Deutsch
Chemical Information Instructor
Utilization of SciFinder Scholar at an Undergraduate Institution524
Stacy A. O'Reilly, Anne M. Wilson, and Barbara Howes
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Mathcad Documents and Student Learning527
Theresa Julia Zielinski
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
An Introduction to NMR Concepts528
Scott E. Van Bramer
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Modeling pH in Natural Waters528
Morten Sielemann, Niels Peder Raj Anderssen, and Kristian Keiding
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 March 1, 2002
July 27, 2005
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