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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2003  > August  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 August 2003
Vol. 80 No. 8

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Turning the (Periodic) Tables847
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
The Journal as a Living Textbook849
Diana S. Mason
Report
Chemistry in the City: Columbia Sketches850
Leonard Fine
ACS National Meeting. Program for the Division of Chemical Education: New York City, September 7–11, 2003858
Frank Torre, Paul Kelter, and Gabriela C. Weaver
CHED-Sponsored Workshops864
New York, New York!865
Lin Morris
Undergraduate Program866
LaTrease Garrison
ACS National Meeting. Presidential Events867
Christine Pruitt
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Potassium Permanganate873
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Potassium Dichromate874
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements875
The Information Page876
Letters
Colorful Iodine878
Richard W. Ramette
Letters
Uncle Tungsten878
Martin E. Fuller
Letters
Oliver Sacks in Mendeleev's Garden879
James L. Marshall
Book and Media Reviews
On Food and Cooking. The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Harold McGee)880
Addison Ault
Book and Media Reviews
Making Truth: Metaphor in Science (Theodore L. Brown)880
Jeffrey Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
Chemistry and the Chemical Industry: A Practical Guide for Non-Chemists (Robert A. Smiley and Harold L. Jackson)881
Wheeler Conover
Book and Media Reviews
The Essence of Chromatography (Colin F. Poole)883
David T. Harvey
Book and Media Reviews
Advanced Organic Chemistry, 4th Edition. Part B: Reactions and Synthesis, (Richard J. Sundberg and Francis A. Carey)883
Thomas G. Waddell
Advertising in This Issue884
Out of the Editor's Basket885

 Chemistry for Everyone
Becoming a Chemist in Cuba889
Hessy L. Taft

 In The Classroom
Tested Demonstrations
Purple or Colorless—Which Way Up? An Entertaining Solubility Demonstration892
Trevor M. Kitson
The Periodic Table as a Mnemonic Device for Writing Electronic Configurations894
Suzanne T. Mabrouk
Designing a Written Assignment To Promote the Use of Critical Thinking Skills in an Introductory Chemistry Course899
Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo
Teaching Effective Communication in a Writing-Intensive Analytical Chemistry Course904
Rebecca J. Whelan and Richard N. Zare

 In the Laboratory
A Solvent-Free Oxidation of Alcohols in an Organic Laboratory907
John J. Esteb, Michael W. Schelle, and Anne M. Wilson
Infrared Spectroscopy in the Study of Renal Lithiasis909
Jesús Fernández-Almeida, Ana Fernández-Gacio, Carlos F. Marcos, and Maira Fernández-Gacio
Photocatalysis, A Laboratory Experiment for an Integrated Physical Chemistry–Instrumental Analysis Course911
Steven Gravelle, Beth Langham, and Brian V. Geisbrecht
Fluorescence Lifetime and Quenching of Iodine Vapor914
Tony Masiello, Nicolae Vulpanovici, and Joseph W. Nibler

 Research: Science and Education
Exactly Solvable Quantum Mechanical Potentials: An Alternative Approach918
Brian W. Williams and Jeremy N. Pronchik
The Variation Method and Correlation: A Simple Example927
J. Tortajada
The Noble Gas Configuration—Not the Driving Force but the Rule of the Game in Chemistry931
Roland Schmid
Ionization Energies of Atoms and Atomic Ions938
Peter F. Lang and Barry C. Smith

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
The Proper Place for Hydrogen in the Periodic Table947
Marshall W. Cronyn
The Place of Zinc, Cadmium, and Mercury in the Periodic Table952
William B. Jensen
Teaching with Technology
Discovery Videos: A Safe, Tested, Time-Efficient Way To Incorporate Discovery-Laboratory Experiments into the Classroom962
Lyubov Hoffman Laroche, Gary Wulfsberg, and Barbara Young
JCE WebWare
Featured Molecules: Metal Chloride Compounds966
William F. Coleman
JCE WebWare
From Our Peer-Reviewed Collection967
William F. Coleman and Edward W. Fedosky
JCE WebWare
Simple HTML Templates for Creating Science Oriented Jeopardy! Games for Active Learning967
Joseph J. Grabowski and Michelle L. Price
JCE WebWare
A Graphical User Interface for PC GAMESS968
Wayne P. Anderson
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