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Cover
June 2005
Vol. 82 No. 6


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Global Leadership in Science and Technology807
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Chemistry Teacher Connections809
Diana S. Mason
Reports from Other Journals
Research Advances: Mechanism of Copper Acquisition by Methanotrophs; Honey Bees Use Pheromone To Delay Behavioral Maturation; Liquid Crystal Cylinders810
Angela G. King
Summer Reading817
Richard M. Pagni, Cheryl Baldwin Frech, Brian P. Coppola, Harold H. Harris, and Jeffrey Kovac
Association Report: CUR
Professional Infrastructure for Supporting the Undergraduate Research Enterprise on Campus825
Kerry K. Karukstis, Karl D. Sienerth, and Frances Vinal Farnsworth
Commentary
Let's Drive "Driving Force" Out of Chemistry827
Norman C. Craig
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Nickel(II) Carbonate830
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Nickel(II) Oxide831
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements833
The Information Page836
Letters
Chemistry and Luminescence837
Pedro Cintas
Letters
Chemistry and Luminescence837
Patricia B. O’Hara
Letters
Greenhouse Gases and Non-gray Behavior837
J. C. Jones
Letters
Use Correct Projection838
V. K. Kapoor
Letters
Chemistry as General Education838
Todd P. Silverstein
Letters
Regarding Entropy Analysis839
Robert M. Hanson
Letters
Regarding Entropy Analysis839
Thomas H. Bindel
Corrections
Correction to "Heat and Temperature Conductivity of Baths" (J. Chem. Educ. 2005, 82, 380–381) 839
Book and Media Reviews
Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Fifth Edition (Glenn D. Considine, Ed.)840
Jeffrey Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
Organic Chemistry at a Glance (L. M. Harwood, J. E. McKendrick, and R. C. Whitehead)841
E. Eugene Gooch
Advertising in This Issue842
Out of the Editor's Basket843

 Chemistry for Everyone
8:31 a.m. Belly Flop: Attitude Adjustment through Weekly Feature Molecules847
Sonya J. Franklin, Norbert J. Pienta, and Melissa D. Fry
Weekly Molecules: A Cure for the 8:30 a.m. Blues850
William F. Coleman
Revisiting Millikan's Oil-Drop Experiment851
Earl F. Pearson

 In The Classroom
Tested Demonstrations
A Modified Demonstration of the Catalytic Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide855
Carlos Alexander Trujillo
Tested Demonstrations
The q/T Paradox: Which "Contains More Heat", a Cup of Coffee at 95°C or a Liter of Icewater?856
Ed Vitz and Michael J. Schuman
The Relation of Temperature to Energy861
Christopher King
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Positive and Negative Temperatures in a Two-Level System: Thermodynamic and Statistical-Mechanical Perspectives867
Mark B. Masthay and Harry B. Fannin
Thermodynamic Calculation of Work for Some Irreversible Processes874
Gary L. Bertrand
On Teaching Ionic Activity Effects: What, When, and Where?878
Robert de Levie
Ionic Activity Effects in Reaction Kinetics: What Happened to the Parsimony Principle?885
Robert de Levie
Misconceptions in Sign Conventions: Flipping the Electric Dipole Moment889
James W. Hovick and J. C. Poler
Structure-Based Design and In Silico Virtual Screening of Combinatorial Libraries. A Combined Chemical–Computational Project890
Jerome Baudry and Paul J. Hergenrother
Realizing Workplace Skills in Instrumental Analysis895
John H. Kalivas
Instrumental Proficiency Program for Undergraduates898
Duane E. Weisshaar, Gary W. Earl, Milton P. Hanson, Arlen E. Viste, R. Roy Kintner, and Jetty L. Duffy-Matzner
Appropriate Use of Blanks, Standards, and Controls in Chemical Measurements901
Mark F. Vitha, Peter W. Carr, and Gary A. Mabbott

 In the Laboratory
A LED Microtiter Plate Reader903
James Gordon and Sandra Tye
Investigating the Photoelectric Effect Using LEDs and a Modular Spectroscope906
Lucia Diaz and Charles A. Smith
Monitoring Particle Growth: Light Scattering Using Red and Violet Diode Lasers909
Heejoon Ahn and James E. Whitten
Quantitative Determination of the Rotameric Energy Differences of 1,2-Dihaloethanes Using Raman Spectroscopy. An Experimental Project for the Physical Chemistry Laboratory912
Mark D. Young, Natalia C. Borjemscaia, and Brian D. Wladkowski
Viscosity by Fluorescence Depolarization of Probe Molecules. A Physical Chemistry Laboratory Experiment916
Charles F. Windisch, Jr., Gregory J. Exarhos, and Shiv K. Sharma
Dynamic and Equilibrium Adsorption Experiments919
Daniel L.A. Fernandes, Ana M.R.B. Xavier, Inês Portugal, Francisco A. Da Silva, and Carlos M. Silva
Decomposition of Aspartame. A Kinetics Experiment for Upper-Level Chemistry Laboratories924
Kathryn R. Williams, Bhavin Adhyaru, Julia Timofeev, and Michael Keith Blankenship
Testing for Ultraviolet Toxicity Using Fungi926
Marcelo Vital and Patricia Esperón
Multi-Choice Enzymatic Resolutions of Racemic Secondary Alcohols Using Candida antarctica Lipase B. A Collaborative Experiment for Advanced Undergraduates930
Francisca Rebolledo and Ramón Liz
Formation of α-Tetralone by Intramolecular Friedel–Crafts Acylation934
Michael S. Holden, R. David Crouch, and Kathryn A. Barker
Cost-Effective Teacher
A Convenient Method for Dispensing Organometallic Reagents936
Thomas A. Newton

 Research: Science and Education
Chemical Education Research
Molecular Visualization in Science Education: An Evaluation of the NSF-Sponsored Workshop937
Thomas J. José and Vickie M. Williamson
Chemical Education Research
Attitudinal Effects of a Student-Centered Active Learning Environment944
Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo and DeeDee Allen
Thermodynamics of the Relationship between Lattice Energy and Lattice Enthalpy950
H. Donald B. Jenkins

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Molecular Modeling Exercises and Experiments
Quantitative Thermodynamic Descriptions of Aromaticity. A Computational Exercise for the Organic Chemistry Laboratory953
Terrence Gavin
JavaScript Programs To Calculate Thermodynamic Properties Using Cubic Equations of State958
Patrick J. Barrie
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
Peer-Reviewed JCE WebWare960
William F. Coleman and Edward W. Fedosky
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
JavaScript Programs To Calculate Thermodynamic Properties Using Cubic Equations of State960
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