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February 2003
Vol. 80 No. 2


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Evaluating Teaching Is Important119
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
A Teacher's To Do List121
Erica K. Jacobsen
Report: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2002
Using Mass Spectrometry for Proteins122
Martha M. Vestling
Report: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2002
Using NMR to Determine Protein Structure in Solution125
Silvia Cavagnero
A Snapshot of Chemistry Programs and Faculty at Two-Year Colleges129
Mary Ann Ryan, Michael Neuschatz, Jodi Wesemann, and Janet M. Boese
Reports from Other Journals
A Statistical Evaluation: Peer-led Team Learning in an Organic Chemistry Course132
Kenneth S. Lyle and William R. Robinson
Reports from Other Journals
The Science Teacher: Winter 2003135
Steve Long
Report
ACS Election and JCE136
John W. Moore
NSF Highlights
Sparky IntroChem: A Student-Oriented Introductory Chemistry Course137
David J. Butcher, Paul F. Brandt, Nicholas J. Norgaard, Cynthia Atterholt, and Arthur Salido
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Zirconium(IV) Oxide140
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Iron(II) Sulfate Heptahydrate141
Jay A. Young
The Information Page142
News & Announcements143
Letters
"Disorder" in Unstretched Rubber Bands?145
Frank L. Lambert
Letters
"Disorder" in Unstretched Rubber Bands?145
Warren Hirsch
Letters
The Henderson—Hasselbalch Equation: Its History and Limitations146
Robert de Levie
Book and Media Reviews
Top Drugs: Top Synthetic Routes (Oxford Chemistry Primer No. 90) (by John Saunders)147
R. Daniel Libby
Book and Media Reviews
Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry (Oxford Chemistry Primer No. 94) (Mark J. Winter and John E. Andrew)147
Hilary J. Eppley
Book and Media Reviews
Foundations of Organic Chemistry: Worked Examples (Oxford Chemistry Primer No. 87) (Michael Hornby and Josephine Peach)149
Robert W. Holman
Advertising in This Issue150
Out of the Editor's Basket151

 Chemistry for Everyone
Salt Crystals—Science behind the Magic155
Charles F. Davidson and Michael R. Slabaugh
Paper-and-Glue Unit Cell Models157
James P. Birk and Ellen J. Yezierski

 In The Classroom
Effectiveness of a Daily Class Progress Assessment Technique in Introductory Chemistry 160
Brian J. Rogerson
A Companion Course in General Chemistry for Pre-Education Students165
Teresa Larson and Catherine Hurt Middlecamp
Addressing the Professional Preparation of Future Science Teachers to Teach Hands-on Science: A Pilot Study of a Laboratory Model171
Aldrin E. Sweeney and Jeffrey A. Paradis

 In the Laboratory
A General Chemistry Laboratory Theme: Spectroscopic Analysis of Aspirin174
Houston Byrd and Stephen E. O’Donnell
JCE WebWare
Featured Molecules: Acetaminophen, Aspirin, and Caffeine176
William F. Coleman and Randall J. Wildman
JCE Classroom Activity
Mass Spectra176A
JCE Editorial Staff
Identifying a Protein by MALDI–TOF Mass Spectrometry: An Experiment for the Undergraduate Laboratory177
Anne E. Counterman, Matthew S. Thompson, and David E. Clemmer
The Microscale Laboratory
A Novel Microscale Gas Generator181
Jinhua Wang, Zaisheng Lu, and Changcun Zhao
A Photolithography Laboratory Experiment for General Chemistry Students 183
Adora M. Christenson, Gregory W. Corder, Thomas C. DeVore, and Brian H. Augustine
Visualizing Atoms, Molecules, and Surfaces by Scanning Probe Microscopy187
Kimberly Aumann, Karen J. C. Muyskens, and Kumar Sinniah
Atomic Scale Imaging: A Hands-On Scanning Probe Microscopy Laboratory for Undergraduates194
Chuan-Jian Zhong, Li Han, Mathew M. Maye, Jin Luo, Nancy N. Kariuki, and Wayne E. Jones Jr.

 Research: Science and Education
Making Nanomaterials in Supercritical Fluids: A Review198
Xiangrong Ye and C. M. Wai
Chemical Education Research
A Qualitative Investigation of Undergraduate Chemistry Students' Macroscopic Interpretations of the Submicroscopic Structures of Molecules205
Gayle Nicoll
Concepts in Biochemistry
An Intuitive Look at the Relationship of Ki and IC50: A More General Use for the Dixon Plot214
Benjamin T. Burlingham and Theodore S. Widlanski

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Computer Bulletin Board
Linux and the Chemist219
Jerry F. Moore and Michael P. McCann
Computer Bulletin Board
Data Acquisition and Instrument Control via a Web Page Using Linux221
C. Renée James and Michael P. McCann
JCE Software
Prospectus 2003222
Jon L. Holmes and Nancy S. Gettys
JCE Software
Journal of Chemical Education on CD-ROM, 2002. Abstract of JCE CD 2002224
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