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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2006  > November  >
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 November 2006
Vol. 83 No. 11
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Supplements in This Issue

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
High School Chemistry1575
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Call for Action1577
Diana S. Mason
Reports from Other Journals
Research Advances: Floating Metals; Oxalate Fights Phytotoxin; A Taste of Success in the Search for an Electronic Tongue1578
Angela G. King
Association Report: CUR
Faculty Mentoring Faculty: Lending Support within the Undergraduate Research Community1584
Lisa N. Gentile, Nancy S. Mills, and Kerry K. Karukstis
Commentary
Mole City: A Stoichiometric Analogy1587
Addison Ault
Ask the Historian
The Use of Dots in Chemical Formulas1590
William B. Jensen
Report
Confchem: Web-Based Applications for Chemical Education1592
Robert E. Belford and Robert M. Hanson
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Phenylhydrazine1594
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Ninhydrin1595
Jay A. Young
The Information Page1596
News & Announcements1597
Letters
Steam Tables below 0 °C1601
Peter E. Liley
Letters
Chemical Drawing Tools1601
Kay A. Sandberg
Letters
Liquid Crystals Activity1602
Don L. Lewis and Mark Warren
Book and Media Reviews
The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information, Third Edition (Anne M. Coghill and Lorrin R. Garson, Eds.)1603
Jeffrey Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
The Nuts and Bolts of Organic Chemistry: A Student's Guide to Success (Joel Karty)1603
Tami I. Spector
Book and Media Reviews
Fritz Haber: Chemist, Nobel Laureate, German, Jew: A Biography (Dietrich Stoltzenberg)1605
Hal Harris
Advertising in This Issue1606
Out of the Editor's Basket1607

 Chemistry for Everyone
Astrochemistry Examples in the Classroom1611
Reggie L. Hudson

 In The Classroom
Secondary School Chemistry
Chemistry, the Terminal Science? The Impact of the High School Science Order on the Development of U.S. Chemistry Education1617
Keith Sheppard and Dennis M. Robbins
Use of the Mid-Lecture Break in Chemistry Teaching: A Survey and Some Suggestions1621
David K. Smith
Predicting Inorganic Reaction Products: A Critical Thinking Exercise in General Chemistry1625
David G. DeWit
Density Visualization1629
Richard L. Keiter, Whitney L. Puzey, and Erin A. Blitz
JCE Classroom Activity
Whatever Floats (or Sinks) Your Can1632A
Michael J. Sanger
The IUPAC Rules for Naming Organic Molecules1633
Stanislaw Skonieczny
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Powder Diffraction Simulated by a Polycrystalline Film of Spherical Colloids1638
Dean J. Campbell and Younan Xia
Ruthenium(VI)-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols by Hexacyanoferrate(III): An Example of Mixed Order1643
Antonio E. Mucientes and María A. de la Peña
Improving Conceptions in Analytical Chemistry: The Central Limit Theorem1645
Margarita Rodríguez-López and Arnaldo Carrasquillo, Jr.
Second-Year and AP Chemistry
The Importance and Efficacy of Using Statistics in the High School Chemistry Laboratory1649
Paul S. Matsumoto

 In the Laboratory
Developing Critical Thinking Skills: The "Sabotaged" Synthesis of Methyl p-Bromobenzoate1652
Eric J. Mahan and Mary Alice Nading
The Microscale Laboratory
Creatine Synthesis: An Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiment1654
Andri L. Smith and Paula Tan
JCE Featured Molecules
Molecular Model of Creatine Synthesis1657
William F. Coleman
Microwave-Mediated Synthesis of Lophine: Developing a Mechanism To Explain a Product 1658
R. David Crouch, Jessica L. Howard, Jennifer L. Zile, and Kathryn H. Barker
A Discovery-Learning 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazone Experiment1661
Bruno M. Vittimberga and Ben Ruekberg
Using a Simulated Industrial Setting for the Development of an Improved Solvent System for the Recrystallization of Benzoic Acid: A Student-Centered Project1663
Timothy R. Hightower and Jay D. Heeren
Green Chemistry
Synthesis of meso-Diethyl-2,2′-dipyrromethane in Water. An Experiment in Green Organic Chemistry1665
Abilio J. F. N. Sobral
Photochemical Dimerization of Dibenzylideneacetone. A Convenient Exercise in [2+2] Cycloaddition Using Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry1667
G. Nageswara Rao, Chelli Janardhana, V. Ramanathan, T. Rajesh, and P. Harish Kumar
[60]Fullerene Displacement from (Dihapto-Buckminster-Fullerene) Pentacarbonyl Tungsten(0): An Experiment for the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Part II 1670
José E. Cortés-Figueroa and Deborah A. Moore-Russo
Synthesis and Characterization of a Layered Manganese Oxide: Materials Chemistry for the Inorganic or Instrumental Methods Lab1674
Stanton Ching, Ram P. Neupane, and Timothy P. Gray
Cost-Effective Teacher
An Inexpensive Device for Capillary Electrophoresis with Fluorescence Detection1677
Greg Anderson, Jonathan E. Thompson, and Khriesto Shurrush

 Research: Science and Education
Polar Addition to C=C Group: Why Is Anti-Markovnikov Hydroboration–Oxidation of Alkenes Not "Anti-"?1681
Predrag-Peter Ilich, Lucas S. Rickertsen, and Erienne Becker
Entropy and the Shelf Model: A Quantum Physical Approach to a Physical Property1686
Arnd H. Jungermann
Boltzmann without Lagrange1695
Carl W. David
Chemical Education Research
Preparation for High School Chemistry: The Effects of a Summer School Course on Student Achievement1698
Eva R. Garland and Harry T. Garland
Chemical Education Research
High School Chemistry Content Background of Introductory College Chemistry Students and Its Association with College Chemistry Grades1703
Robert H. Tai, R. Bruce Ward, and Philip M. Sadler
Chemical Education Research
Identifying Students' Misconceptions about Nuclear Chemistry. A Study of Turkish High School Students1712
Canan Nakiboğlu and Berna Bülbül Tekin
Chemical Education Research
Effectiveness of Conceptual Change-Oriented Teaching Strategy To Improve Students' Understanding of Galvanic Cells 1719
Ali Riza Özkaya, Musa Üce, Hakan Sarıçayır, and Musa Şahin

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
A SymMath Good Neighbor Policy1724
Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Symbolic Math Approach To Solve Particle-in-the-Box and H-Atom Problems1726
Todd M. Hamilton
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Finding Molecular Vibrational Frequencies from HCl to SO21726
Franklin M. C. Chen and Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Following the Extent of a Reaction with the Help of Maple1726
Inmaculada Suárez and Baudilio Coto
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
A Summary of Statistical Thermodynamics Calculations1727
Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
The Diffusion Game—Using Symbolic Mathematics Software To Play the Game on a Large Scale1727
W. Tandy Grubbs
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 9/19/2006
9/20/2006
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