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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2005  > April  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 April 2005
Vol. 82 No. 4

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Developing and Measuring Proficiency503
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
The Tried and True with a Cyclic Twist505
Diana S. Mason
Reports from Other Journals
Cars of the Future—Powered by Poison? Prehistoric Beverage Choices; Health Benefits of Chamomile506
Angela G. King
Association Report: CUR
On-Site Reviews and Institutes To Assess and Strengthen Undergraduate Departments and Programs512
Kerry K. Karukstis and Roger S. Rowlett
Reports from Other Journals: The Science Teacher
The Science Teacher: Spring 2005514
Steve Long
Report
Designing Element T-shirts: Spelling with the Periodic Table517
Julie Palmer and Lisa Brosnick
Ask the Historian
The Origin of the Bunsen Burner518
William B. Jensen
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Lithium 520
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Cadmium 521
Jay A. Young
The Information Page522
News & Announcements523
Letters
Note on Photocatalytic Destruction of Organic Wastes: Methyl Red as a Substrate526
L. J. Soltzberg and Virginia Brown
Letters
Response to “Note on Photocatalytic Destruction of Organic Wastes: Methyl Red as a Substrate”526
José Alberto Herrera-Melián and Javier Araña Mesa
Letters
Concerning "A Reaction That Takes Place in Beakers but Not in Conical Flasks: A Catalysis-Related Demonstration" 527
James Espenson
Letters
Concerning "A Reaction That Takes Place in Beakers but Not in Conical Flasks: A Catalysis-Related Demonstration" 527
Colin White
Letters
Comments on Purser's Article: "Lewis Structures are Models for Predicting Molecular Structure, Not Electronic Structure"527
Frank Weinhold
Letters
Comments on Purser's Article: "Lewis Structures are Models for Predicting Molecular Structure, Not Electronic Structure" 528
Gordon H. Purser
Book and Media Reviews
You Be the Chemist Kit530
Hal Harris
Book and Media Reviews
Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature (William R. Newman)531
Pedro J. Bernal
Book and Media Reviews
Polymers (Oxford Chemistry Primers No. 85) (David Walton and J. Phillip Lorimer)533
John H. Shibata
Advertising in This Issue534
Out of the Editor's Basket535

 Chemistry for Everyone
More Elementary Riddles539
Kevin Cunningham
Fifty Ways To Make Boric Acid (with Apologies to Paul Simon)541
Craig M. Davis
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
A Salicylate Sympathetic Ink from Consumer Chemicals542
Stephen W. Wright

 In The Classroom
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Revisiting the Electric Pickle Demonstration545
Michelle M. Rizzo, Tracy A. Halmi, Alan J. Jircitano, Martin G. Kociolek, and Jerry A. Magraw
View from My Classroom
The Match Game: A Discovery of the Laboratory Equipment Used in General Chemistry547
Stacey L. Greengold
Applications and Analogies
An Interactive Classroom Activity Demonstrating Reaction Mechanisms and Rate-Determining Steps549
Laura D. Jennings and Steven W. Keller
Water Wordsearch551
Terry L. Helser
"In Yeast" Wordsearch552
Terry L. Helser
Procedure for Decomposing a Redox Reaction into Half-Reactions553
Ilie Fishtik and Ladislav H. Berka
"You're Repulsive!"—Teaching VSEPR in a Not-So-Elegant Way558
Robert S. H. Liu
JCE Classroom Activity
Investigating the Invisible: Attenuation of Radio Waves560A
Anthony A. Smith and Charles A. Smith
Secondary School Chemistry
Chemistry, The Central Science? The History of the High School Science Sequence561
Keith Sheppard and Dennis M. Robbins
Implementing the Professional Development Standards: A Research Department's Innovative Masters Degree Program for High School Chemistry Teachers567
Constance Blasie and George Palladino
Teaching Biochemistry at a Minority-Serving Institution: An Evaluation of the Role of Collaborative Learning as a Tool for Science Mastery571
Angela W. Peters
Products of Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Applications of Ion-Exchange Resins575
David P. Elder
Molecular Modeling Exercises and Experiments
Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Modeling: An Integration To Teach Drug Structure–Activity Relationship and the Molecular Basis of Drug Action 588
Ivone Carvalho, Áurea D.L. Borges, and Lilian S.C. Bernardes

 In the Laboratory
Testing for Genetically Modified Foods Using PCR597
Ann Taylor and Samin Sajan
Isolation of Shikimic Acid from Star Aniseed599
Richard Payne and Michael Edmonds
Quantitation of Phenol Levels in Oil of Wintergreen Using Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry with Selected Ion Monitoring. A Quantitative Analysis Laboratory Experiment601
Robert M. Sobel, David S. Ballantine, and Victor Ryzhov
The Determination of Vanillin in a Vanilla Extract: An Analytical Undergraduate Experiment604
Jozef L. Beckers
A Closer Look at Acid–Base Olfactory Titrations607
Kerry Neppel, Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo, Connie Queen, and Nicole Reed
Screening Technique for Lead and Cadmium in Toys and Other Materials Using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy611
Henry Brouwer
Thermal Expansion: Using Calculator-Based Laboratory Technology To Observe the Anomalous Behavior of Water613
Mario Branca and Isabella Soletta
Green Chemistry
A Green Starting Material for Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution for the Undergraduate Organic Laboratory616
T. Michelle Jones-Wilson and Elizabeth A. Burtch
The Microscale Laboratory
Synthesis of Meso-Octamethylporphyrinogen: An Undergraduate Laboratory Mini-Scale Experiment in Organic Heterocyclic Chemistry618
Abilio J.F.N. Sobral
Cost-Effective Teacher
Weighing Paper Substitute620
Ben Ruekberg
Synthesis of an Epoxide Carbonylation Catalyst: Exploration of Contemporary Chemistry for Advanced Undergraduates621
Yutan D.Y.L. Getzler, Joseph A.R. Schmidt, and Geoffrey W. Coates
Diels–Alder Cycloadditions: A MORE Experiment in the Organic Laboratory Including A Diene Identification Exercise Involving NMR Spectroscopy and Molecular Modeling625
Roosevelt Shaw, Ashika Severin, Miguel Balfour, and Columbus Nettles
Combined 31P and 1H NMR Experiments in the Structural Elucidation of Polynuclear Thiolate Complexes630
Elena Cerrada and Mariano Laguna

 Research: Science and Education
The Student-to-Student Chemistry Initiative: The Impact of Chemistry Demonstration Programs Presented by High School Students at Elementary Schools634
Phillip D. Voegel, Kathryn A. Quashnock, and Katrina M. Heil
Using an Interactive, Compensatory Model of Learning To Improve Chemistry Teaching637
Gregory Schraw, David W. Brooks, and Kent J. Crippen
Performance-Related Feedback: The Hallmark of Efficient Instruction641
David W. Brooks, Gregory Schraw, and Kent J. Crippen
Chemical Education Research
Boosting Complex Learning by Strategic Assessment and Course Design645
Christina Bergendahl and Lena Tibell

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Chemical Information Instructor
A Literature Exercise Using SciFinder Scholar for the Sophomore-Level Organic Chemistry Course652
Ian J. Rosenstein
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
Peer-Reviewed JCE WebWare655
William F. Coleman and Edward W. Fedosky
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
The Relation of Temperature to Energy Spreadsheet 656
Christopher King
Featured Molecules
Shikimic Acid656
William F. Coleman
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