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October 2005
Vol. 82 No. 10


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Reaping the Benefits of Chemical Education Research1431
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Christmas in October1433
Erica K. Jacobsen
Reports from Other Journals
Children on School Buses May Face Increased Exposure to Diesel Pollution; Where Did All the Nitrogen Go?; Designer Wires1434
Angela G. King
Association Report: CUR
Showcasing Successful Practices That Enhance a Research-Supportive Undergraduate Curriculum1440
Kerry Karukstis
National Chemistry Week 2005: The Joy of Toys
JCE Resources for Chemistry and Toys1443
Erica K. Jacobsen
National Chemistry Week 2005: Cover Feature
Soap Films and the Joy of Bubbles1447
Mary E. Saecker
National Chemistry Week 2005: From Past Issues
Balloon—Toy of Many Colors1448
Kathryn R. Williams
National Chemistry Week 2005: Report
Toys in the Classroom1450
Jerry L. Sarquis and Arlyne. M. (Mickey) Sarquis
National Chemistry Week 2005: Report
The Fizz-Keeper: A Useful Science Tool1454
John P. Williams, Sandy Van Natta, and Rebecca Knipp
National Chemistry Week 2005: Reports from Other Journals
News from Online: Toying with Chemistry1458
Julie Harris and Steven Kehoe
Ask the Historian
The Symbolism of Chemical Equations1461
William B. Jensen
ACS Presidential Election
Changing Chemical Education for the 21st Century1462
George E. Heinze
ACS Presidential Election
It's Time To Re-Ignite Our Commitment to Science and Technology!1463
Catherine T. "Katie" Hunt
ACS Presidential Election
Chemical Education on a Global Scale—To the Elysian Fields1464
John W. Kozarich
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Luminol (3-Aminophthalhydrazide)1465
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)1466
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements1467
Letters
Analysis of Phosphoric Acid Content in Popular Carbonated Drinks1471
Jessie Rodgers and Marina C. Koether
Letters
Gas Permeability of Polymers1471
Bruno Lunelli
Letters
Gas Permeability of Polymers1472
Jee-Yon Lee
Letters
Robust Linear Regression Using Theil's Method1472
P. Glaister
The Information Page1474
Book and Media Reviews
The Joy of Chemistry: The Amazing Science of Familiar Things (Cathy Cobb and Monty L. Fetterolf)1475
Michael S. Matthews
Book and Media Reviews
The Way of the Teacher (J. M. Haile)1476
Jeffrey Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
Quantal Density Functional Theory (Viraht Sahni)1476
Lou Massa
Advertising in This Issue1478
Out of the Editor's Basket1479

 Chemistry for Everyone
Chemistry for Kids
Science Days: An Interdisciplinary Outreach Program1483
Nick Flynn
Chemistry for Kids
An Interactive Analytical Chemistry Summer Camp for Middle School Girls1486
Mary E. Robbins and Mark H. Schoenfisch
JCE Classroom Activity
Memory Metal1488A
JCE Editorial Staff
Chemistry for Kids
Employing Popular Children's Literature To Teach Elementary School Chemistry: An Engaging Outreach Program1489
Laura M. Wally, Nancy E. Levinger, and David W. Grainger

 In The Classroom
Napoleon's Buttons: Teaching the Role of Chemistry in History1496
Cindy Samet and Pamela J. Higgins
Based on a True Story: Using Movies as Source Material for General Chemistry Reports1501
Mark A. Griep and Marjorie L. Mikasen
Telling the Stories of Chemistry1504
Trevor M. Kitson
STEMming the Tide: Using Career Week Activities To Recruit Future Chemists 1505
A. M. R. P. Bopegedera
Applications and Analogies
Teaching Significant Figures Using Age Conversions1507
Thomas D. Crute
Resources for Student Assessment
Stoichiometry of Calcium Medicines1509
Gabriel Pinto
Techniques To Enhance Instructors' Teaching Effectiveness with Chemistry Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired1513
Cary Supalo
Safety Tips
Introducing Safety Topics Using a Student-Centered Approach1519
Steven M. Wright
Teaching with Problems and Case Studies
Who Is Responsible for a Fraud: An Exercise Examining Research Misconduct and the Obligations of Authorship through Case Studies1521
Brian K. Niece
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
A Device To Emulate Diffusion and Thermal Conductivity Using Water Flow1523
Harvey F. Blanck
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Demonstrating Energy Migration in Coupled Oscillators: A Central Concept in the Theory of Unimolecular Reactions1530
Ronald E. Marcotte

 In the Laboratory
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raven and the Ambassador's Wife: An Inquiry-Based Murder Mystery1532
Nathaniel Grove and Stacey Lowery Bretz
Making Usable, Quality Opaque or Transparent Soap1534
Suzanne T. Mabrouk
The Quantitative Determination of Butylated Hydroxytoluene in Chewing Gum Using GC–MS1538
A. E. Witter
Sedimentation Time Measurements of Soil Particles by Light Scattering and Determination of Chromium, Lead, and Iron in Soil Samples via ICP1542
Patricia Metthe Todebush and Franz M. Geiger
The Microscale Laboratory
Laboratory Experiments on the Electrochemical Remediation of the Environment. Part 7: Microscale Production of Ozone1546
Jorge G. Ibanez, Rodrigo Mayen-Mondragon, M. T. Moran-Moran, Alejandro Alatorre-Ordaz, Bruce Mattson, and Scot Eskestrand
The Microscale Laboratory
Laboratory Experiments on the Electrochemical Remediation of the Environment. Part 8. Microscale Simultaneous Photocatalysis1549
Jorge G. Ibanez, Rodrigo Mena-Brito, and Arturo Fregoso-Infante
Using Visible Spectrophotometers and pH Measurements To Study Speciation in a Guided-Inquiry Laboratory 1552
William H. Otto, Cynthia K. Larive, Susan L. Mason, Janet B. Robinson, Joseph A. Heppert, and James D. Ellis
The Incorporation of Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction into the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum Using Internet-Facilitated Remote Diffractometer Control1555
P. S. Szalay, M. Zeller, and A. D. Hunter

 Research: Science and Education
Chemical Education Research
The Effects of Thinking Aloud Pair Problem Solving on High School Students' Chemistry Problem-Solving Performance and Verbal Interactions1558
Kyungmoon Jeon, Douglas Huffman, and Taehee Noh
Chemical Education Research
Chemistry Teachers' Estimations of Their Students' Learning Achievement1565
Huann-shyang Lin, Sung Tao Lee, and David Treagust
Chemical Education Research
Contemporary Moral Problems in Chemistry: Effect of Peer Presentations on Students' Awareness of Science and Society Issues1570
Harold B. White III, Steven D. Brown, and Murray V. Johnston
Using "Basic Principles" To Understand Complex Science: Nicotine Smoke Chemistry and Literature Analogies1577
Jeffrey I. Seeman
JCE Featured Molecules
Nicotine Smoke Chemistry1583
William F. Coleman

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
Peer-Reviewed JCE WebWare1584
William F. Coleman and Edward W. Fedosky
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
A Lattice Energy Spreadsheet1584
Christopher King
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August 30, 2005
September 8, 2005
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