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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2006  > March  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 March 2006
Vol. 83 No. 3

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Science Literacy and Science Standards343
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Rapid Response Systems345
Diana S. Mason
Reports from Other Journals
Research Advances: Enzyme Battles Pesticide Residue Buildup; A Return to the Spice Rack Pharmacy!346
Angela G. King
Association Report: 2YC3
Teaching Chemistry Laboratory Skills in Industrial Contexts353
Julianne M. Braun and Carol White
Ask the Historian
The Origins of the Ortho-, Meta-, and Para- Prefixes in Chemical Nomenclature356
William B. Jensen
ACS National Meeting
Program for the Division of Chemical Education359
Catherine H. Middlecamp, Stacey Lowery Bretz, and Renée Cole
ACS National Meeting
Undergraduate Program: Atlanta369
Adam M. Boyd
ACS National Meeting
High School Program: Atlanta370
ACS National Meeting
CHED Events: Atlanta371
Donald J. Wink and Susan Greer
ACS National Meeting
About Atlanta372
Lin W. Morris
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Barium Acetate Monohydrate380
Jay A. Young
The Information Page382
Letters
The Reaction Quotent Is Unnecessary To Solve Equilibrium Problems. The Limitation of a Qualitative Reasoning383
Michiel Vogelezang
Letters
The Reaction Quotent Is Unnecessary To Solve Equilibrium Problems. The Limitation of a Qualitative Reasoning383
Paul Matsumoto
Letters
The Reaction Quotent Is Unnecessary To Solve Equilibrium Problems. The Limitation of a Qualitative Reasoning384
Rob Lederer
Letters
"The Reaction Quotent Is Unnecessary To Solve Equilibrium Problems. The Limitation of a Qualitative Reasoning"—Editor's Note384
John W. Moore
Letters
Update on Carcinogens for Chemical Information Laboratory Profiles384
Jay A. Young
Book and Media Reviews
The Missing Professor: An Academic Mystery (Thomas B. Jones)385
Jeffrey Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
Analytical Chemistry: A Modern Approach to Analytical Science, 2nd Edition (R. Kellner, J.–M. Mermet, M. Otto, M. Varcárcel, and H. M. Widmer, eds.)385
David T. Harvey
Book and Media Reviews
Modern Physical Organic Chemistry (Eric V. Anslyn and Dennis A. Dougherty)387
Richard Pagni
Advertising in This Issue388
Out of the Editor's Basket389

 Chemistry for Everyone
Products of Chemistry
Intelligent Thermochromic Windows393
Ivan P. Parkin and Troy D. Manning

 In The Classroom
Advice for New Faculty Teaching Undergraduate Science401
Sarah L. Keller and Andri L. Smith
A Project To Make the Laboratory More Accessible to Students with Disabilities407
Suzanne K. Lunsford and Mary Ellen Bargerhuff
In Situ Observation of Glass Particle Sintering410
Mario Godinho, Jr., Elson Longo, Edson R. Leite, and Rosiana Aguiar
JCE Featured Molecules  
The Chemistry of Popcorn: Polymers of Glucose413
William F. Coleman

 In the Laboratory
Popping Popcorn Kernels: Expanding Relevance with Linear Thinking414
Jordan L. Fantini, Michael M. Fuson, and Thomas A. Evans
JCE Classroom Activity
Popcorn—What's in the Bag?416A
Marissa B. Sherman and Thomas A. Evans
Experiments on Heterogeneous Catalysis Using a Simple Gas Chromatograph417
Flávia Cristina Camilo Moura, Frederico Garcia Pinto, Eduardo Nicolau dos Santos, Luis Otávio Fagundes do Amaral, and Rochel Montero Lago
The Microscale Laboratory
Propanol to Propane: An Advanced Laboratory Experiment Using Heterogeneous Catalysts for Two Successive Gas-Phase Reactions421
Bruce Mattson, Martin Hulce, Wes Cheng, Jaclyn Greimann, Trisha Hoette, and Peter Menzel
The Microscale Laboratory  
Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Alkynes via the Alkylation of Sodium Acetylides. An Introduction to Synthetic Design for Organic Chemistry Students425
Jennifer N. Shepherd and Jason R. Stenzel
A Laboratory Assignment in 1H NMR Spectroscopy: A Comparative Analysis of Calculated and Experimental 1H NMR Chemical Shifts429
Susan D. Van Arnum
Study of an AB System within the 1H NMR Spectrum of a Maleamic Acid: Application of Chemical Exchange between Acid–Base Conjugates432
Pierre Fellman, Alain Gevertz, and Christine Cordier
Chemical Characterization of Activated Carbon Fibers and Activated Carbons436
J. M. Valente Nabais and P. J. M. Carrott
An Introduction to Polymer Processing, Morphology, and Property Relationships through Thermal Analysis of Plastic PET Bottles. Exercises Designed to Introduce Students to Polymer Physical Properties439
H. Darrell Iler, Eric Rutt, and Seth Althoff
Polymerization and Characterization of PMMA. Polymer Chemistry Laboratory Experiments for Undergraduate Students443
Caroline Duval-Terrié and Laurent Lebrun
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Microwave-Induced Chain Transfer Polymerization of a Stimuli-Responsive Polymer and Determination of Its Critical Solution Temperature447
F. Fischer and R. Freitag

 Research: Science and Education
Energy Contour Plots: Slices through the Potential Energy Surface That Simplify Quantum Mechanical Studies of Reacting Systems451
Andrew G. Leach and E. Goldstein
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
On the Solution of the Quantum Rigid Rotor460
Cory C. Pye
The Old Quantum Theory for H2+: Some Chemical Implications464
Stephen K. Knudson
Probing the Orbital Energy of an Electron in an Atom473
James L. Bills
Why the Lower-Energy Term of Singlet Dioxygen Has a Doubly Occupied π* Orbital477
Terry S. Carlton
The Configuration Interaction Expansion Is the Exact Solution of the Electronic Schrödinger Equation480
José A. Sordo
Computational Quantum Chemistry: A Reliable Tool in the Understanding of Gas-Phase Reactions481
Annia Galano, J. Raúl Alvarez-Idaboy, and Annik Vivier-Bunge
Chemical Education Research
Comparing the Effectiveness on Student Achievement of a Student Response System versus Online WebCT Quizzes488
Diane M. Bunce, Jessica VandenPlas, and Katherine Havanki

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Teaching with Technology
InterChemNet: Integrating Instrumentation, Management, and Assessment in the General Chemistry Laboratory Course494
Barbara Stewart, Robert Kirk, David LaBrecque, François G. Amar, and Mitchell R. M. Bruce
Teaching with Technology
Distance Learning: A Viable Alternative to the Conventional Lecture–Lab Format in General Chemistry501
Ruby S. Casanova, Jennifer L. Civelli, Doris R. Kimbrough, Barbara P. Heath, and James H. Reeves
Computer Bulletin Board
Animating Graphical Data during Lecture To Simulate Real-Time Data Collection508
Brian K. Niece
Textbook Deficiencies: Ambiguities in Chemical Kinetics Rates and Rate Constants510
Keith T. Quisenberry and Joel Tellinghuisen
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 February 6, 2006
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