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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2009  > March  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 March 2009
Vol. 86 No. 3

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Is America Subprime?267
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Bon Appétit269
Erica K. Jacobsen
Reports from Other Journals: Research Advances
Research Advances. New Protein from the Jaws of Marine Worms; Molecule Stops DNA Replication in Its Tracks; Wound Healing Speeded by Compound in Human Saliva270
Angela G. King
Commentary
Considering Laboratory Instruction through Kuhn's View of the Nature of Science274
Daniel S. Domin
Ask the Historian
The Origin of the Metallic Bond278
William B. Jensen
Report
ACS Community Activities Contest: NCW 2008 Winners280
Stacy Jones
ACS National Meeting
Presidential Symposia and Events: Salt Lake City281
Frank Walworth
ACS National Meeting
The Latest Buzz on the Undergraduate Program: Salt Lake City283
Lori Betsock
ACS National Meeting
CHED Events: Salt Lake City285
Donald J. Wink
ACS National Meeting
Program for the Division of Chemical Education Salt Lake City, March 22–26, 2009286
Julianne M. Smist, William S. Harwood, and Irvin J. Levy
ACS National Meeting
Programming for High School Teachers293
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Formaldehyde299
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Paraformaldehyde300
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements301
The Information Page304
Book & Media Reviews
Cathedrals of Science: The Personalities and Rivalries that Made Modern Chemistry (Patrick Coffey)305
Jeffrey Kovac
Advertising in This Issue306
Out of the Editor's Basket307

 Chemistry for Everyone
Science of Food and Cooking: A Non-Science Majors Course311
Deon T. Miles and Jennifer K. Bachman
JCE Concept Connections
Science of Food and Cooking315
Arrietta W. Clauss
Uranium to Electricity: The Chemistry of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle316
Frank A. Settle

 In the Classroom
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Thin-Layer Fuel Cell for Teaching and Classroom Demonstrations324
M. Shirkhanzadeh
Effects of Hydrolysis on Determining the Solubility Product of Potassium Bitartrate330
Ian J. McNaught and Gavin D. Peckham
Capillary Electrophoresis and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Experiments throughout the Undergraduate Curriculum. Assessment of a Multi-Year, Multi-Course Project 332
Michelle M. Bushey
Computer Bulletin Board
Beyond λmax Part 2: Predicting Molecular Color333
Darren L. Williams, Thomas J. Flaherty, and Bassam K. Alnasleh

 In the Laboratory
View from My Classroom
Using LEDs and Phosphorescent Materials To Teach High School Students Quantum Mechanics. A Guided-Inquiry Laboratory for Introductory High School Chemistry340
William P. Green, Alan Trotochaud, Julia Sherman, Kazem Kazerounian, and Elias W. Faraclas
Analyzing Lead Content in Ancient Bronze Coins by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy. An Archaeometry Laboratory with Nonscience Majors343
Mary Kate Donais, Greg Whissel, Ashley Dumas, and Kathleen Golden
Coloring a Superabsorbent Polymer with Metal Ions. An Undergraduate Chemistry Experiment347
Jing-Fun Yaung and Yueh-Huey Chen
Determination of the Relative Atomic Masses of Metals by Liberation of Molecular Hydrogen350
W. Earle Waghorne and Andrew J. Rous
Cost-Effective Teacher
A Simple Hydrogen Electrode352
Per-Odd Eggen
Cost-Effective Teacher
Construction of Ag/AgCl Reference Electrode from Used Felt-Tipped Pen Barrel for Undergraduate Laboratory355
Shaukatali N. Inamdar, Mohsin A. Bhat, and Santosh K. Haram
The Lead–Lead Oxide Secondary Cell as a Teaching Resource357
Michael J. Smith, António M. Fonseca, and M. Manuela Silva
Use of NMR and NMR Prediction Software To Identify Components in Red Bull Energy Drinks360
André J. Simpson, Azadeh Shirzadi, Timothy E. Burrow, Andrew P. Dicks, Brent Lefebvre, and Tricia Corrin
A Safer, Discovery-Based Nucleophilic Substitution Experiment363
Gail Horowitz
Self-Cleaning Surfaces: A Third-Year Undergraduate Research Project365
Ronald S. Haines, Alex H. F. Wu, Hua Zhang, Jacob Coffey, Thomas Huddle, Justin S. Lafountaine, Zhi-Jun Lim, Eugene A. White, Nam T. Tuong, and Robert N. Lamb
Synthesis and Catalytic Evaluation of Dendrimer-Encapsulated Cu Nanoparticles. An Undergraduate Experiment Exploring Catalytic Nanomaterials368
Z. Vivian Feng, Jennifer L. Lyon, J. Sawyer Croley, Richard M. Crooks, David A. Vanden Bout, and Keith J. Stevenson
Polydiacetylene-Based Liposomes: An "Optical Tongue" for Bacteria Detection and Identification373
Matthew R. West, Timothy W. Hanks, and Rhett T. Watson
Forensic Analysis of Canine DNA Samples in the Undergraduate Biochemistry Laboratory376
Tobin M. Carson, Sharonda Q. Bradley, Brenda L. Fekete, Julie T. Millard, and Frederick J. LaRiviere
The Isolation of Invertase from Baker's Yeast: A Four-Part Exercise in Protein Purification and Characterization379
Anthony P. Timerman, Angela M. Fenrick, and Thomas M. Zamis
Incorporating Biological Mass Spectrometry into Undergraduate Teaching Labs, Part 2: Peptide Identification via Molecular Mass Determination382
Isaac J. Arnquist and Douglas J. Beussman

 Research: Science and Education
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
An "Aufbau" Approach To Understanding How the King–Altman Method of Deriving Rate Equations for Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions Works385
Paul A. Sims
Kinetic Analysis of Parallel-Consecutive First-Order Reactions with a Reversible Step: Concentration–Time Integrals Method390
A. E. Mucientes and M. A. de la Peña
Chemical Education Research
Using Self-Reflection To Increase Science Process Skills in the General Chemistry Laboratory393
William R. Veal, Dawne Taylor, and Amy L. Rogers

 On the Web
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
An Interactive Spreadsheet for Demonstration of Basic NMR and Fourier Transform Concepts399
Markus M. Hoffmann
JCE Featured Molecules
Molecular Models of Components in Red Bull Energy Drinks400
William F. Coleman
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