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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2004  > October  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 October 2004
Vol. 81 No. 10

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Iceberg JCE: Exploring the Invisible Nine-Tenths1383
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Chemistry in My Kitchen1385
Erica K. Jacobsen
Reports from Other Journals
Research Advances: Bio-Bar-Codes Speed DNA Detection; Treating Cystic Fibrosis from the Spice Rack; Salmonella versus Salsa 1386
Angela G. King
JCE Resources for Chemistry: Health and Wellness1390
Erica K. Jacobsen
Association Report: ACS
Chemistry.org/kids. A Great Resource for Elementary School Science Activities1398
James Kessler
Report
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education: A National Chemistry Week Resource1402
Kim Lightle
Reports from Other Journals
Nature: Chemistry in Sickness and in Health1404
Sabine Heinhorst and Gordon C. Cannon
From Past Issues
The Bisphosphonate Story: From Detergents to Bone Disease1406
Kathryn R. Williams
Ask the Historian
The Origin of the Mole Concept1409
William B. Jensen
ACS Presidential Election
Educating Today's Chemists To Live in Tomorrow's World1410
E. Ann Nalley
ACS Presidential Election
Chemistry and Education1411
F. Sherwood Rowland
ACS Presidential Election
Climbing Bloom's Ladder1413
Isiah M. Warner
CLIP: Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Ethyl Alcohol1414
Jay A. Young
CLIP: Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Dichloromethane1415
Jay A. Young
CLIP: Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Carbon Tetrachloride1416
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements1417
Letters
Variables That Impact on the Results of Breath-Alcohol Tests1420
Dominick A. Labianca
Letters
An Alternative Thermochemical Container1421
Dean J. Campbell
Letters
An Alternative Thermochemical Container 1421
Robert G. Silberman
The Information Page1422
Book and Media Reviews
Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science (Peter Atkins)1423
Hal Harris
Book and Media Reviews
Computational Chemistry Using the PC, 3rd Edition (Donald W. Rogers)1423
Andrew J. Pounds
Book and Media Reviews
Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers (Donald A. McQuarrie)1425
Jeffrey Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
Comprehensive Desk Reference of Polymer Characterization and Analysis (edited by Robert F. Brady, Jr.)1425
Jeffrey Kovac
Advertising in This Issue1426
Out of the Editor's Basket1427

 Chemistry for Everyone
Chemistry for Kids
Introducing Molecular Visualization to Primary Schools in California: The STArt! teaching Science Through Art Program1431
Susana Maria Halpine
Etymology as an Aid to Understanding Chemistry Concepts1437
Nittala S. Sarma
How Radioactive Is Your Banana?1440
David W. Ball
JCE Classroom Activity
Calories—Who's Counting?1440A
JCE Editorial Staff

 In The Classroom
Products of Chemistry
Natural Organohalogens: A New Frontier for Medicinal Agents?1441
Gordon W. Gribble
Chemistry of St. John's Wort: Hypericin and Hyperforin1450
John J. Vollmer and Jon Rosenson
Naturally Occurring Fish Poisons from Plants 1457
Jonathan G. Cannon, Robert A. Burton, Steven G. Wood, and Noel L. Owen
The Molecular Structure of Penicillin1462
Ronald Bentley
Teaching with Problems and Case Studies
Using Clinical Cases To Teach General Chemistry1471
Brahmadeo Dewprashad, Charles Kosky, Geraldine S. Vaz, and Charlotte L. Martin
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Use of a Tea Infuser To Submerge Low-Density Dry Ice1473
Carl P. Fictorie
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Old Nassau Demonstration with Wilkinson Modification1474
Lawrence E. Wilkinson

 In the Laboratory
The Quantitative Determination of Food Dyes in Powdered Drink Mixes. A High School or General Science Experiment1475
Samuella B. Sigmann and Dale E. Wheeler
Quantitative Determination of Citric and Ascorbic Acid in Powdered Drink Mixes: A High School or General Chemistry Experiment1479
Samuella B. Sigmann and Dale E. Wheeler
Studying Current–Potential Curves Using Bipotentiometric Iodometric Back-Titration for the Determination of Ascorbic Acid in Fruits and Vegetables 1482
Roxana A. Verdini and Claudia M. Lagier
Nature's Sedative: Isolation and Structural Elucidation of Valtrate from Centranthus ruber1486
Andrea M. Doyle, Joe Reilly, Niamh Murphy, Pierce V. Kavanagh, John E. O'Brien, Martin S. Walsh, and John J. Walsh
The Microscale Laboratory
Two-Step Semi-Microscale Preparation of a Cinnamate Ester Sunscreen Analog1488
Ryan G. Stabile and Andrew P. Dicks
Featured Molecules
Sunscreens1491
William F. Coleman
Green Chemistry
Solvent-Free Wittig Reaction: A Green Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiment1492
Sam H. Leung and Stephen A. Angel
Combinatorial Partial Hydrogenation Reactions of 4-Nitroacetophenone. An Undergraduate Organic Laboratory1494
Kevin W. Kittredge, Susan S. Marine, and Richard T. Taylor
A Discovery-Based Friedel–Crafts Acylation Experiment: Student-Designed Experimental Procedure1497
Anne McElwee Reeve
Cost-Effective Teacher
Low-Cost "Vacuum Desiccator"1500
Frederick Sweet
A Laboratory Experiment for Measuring Solid–Liquid Mass Transfer Parameters1502
Sonia Dapía, Carlos Vila, Herminia Domínguez, and Juan Carlos Parajó

 Research: Science and Education
Secondary School Chemistry
A Partnership Incorporating Labs into an Existing Chemistry Curriculum: Access Science1505
Lida K. Gifford, Heather M. Eckenrode, and Leslie Cohen Rogers
Chemical Education Research
Inquiry Teaching in High School Chemistry Classrooms: The Role of Knowledge and Beliefs1510
Gillian H. Roehrig and Julie A. Luft
Chemical Education Research
Using Knowledge Space Theory To Assess Student Understanding of Stoichiometry1517
Ramesh D. Arasasingham, Mare Taagepera, Frank Potter, and Stacy Lonjers
Volatile Organic Sulfur Compounds of Environmental Interest: Dimethyl Sulfide and Methanethiol. An Introductory Overview1524
Thomas G. Chasteen and Ronald Bentley

 Information Textbooks Media Resources
Teaching with Technology
Cis and Trans Isomerization in Cyclic Alkenes: A Topic for Discovery Using the Results of Molecular Modeling1529
Susan E. Barrows and Thomas H. Eberlein
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Critical Thinking in Chemistry Using Symbolic Mathematics Documents1533
Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
sp3dn-Orbital Hybrids and Molecular Geometry1534
Mark Ellison
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Visualization of Wavefunctions of the Ionized Hydrogen Molecule1535
John L. Johnson
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Exploring Exotic Kinetics: An Introduction to the Use of Numerical Methods in Chemical Kinetics1535
Michelle M. Francl
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Heat, Work, and Entropy: A Molecular Level Illustration1535
Jeffrey A. Draves
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 8/31/2004
9/10/2004
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