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Table of Contents
 
Cover
September 2000
Vol. 77 No. 9


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Exploring Invisible Frontiers1095
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers1097
J. Emory Howell
Every Year Begins a Millennium1098
Jerry A. Bell
JCE Classroom Activity
More Than Meets the Eye: Nonvisual Observations in Chemistry1104A
Commentary
On the Love of Teaching and the Challenge of Online Learning: A Few Reflections 1106
Richard N. Zare
Statement on Educational Issues1108
G. A. Crosby
Statement on Education--Moving Forward Together1109
Eli M. Pearce
Reports from Other Journals
Learning about Atoms, Molecules, and Chemical Bonds: A Case Study of Multiple-Model Use1110
William R. Robinson
Don't Put Aside That Ballot!1112
Diane M. Bunce
Undergraduate Research Summer Fellowships Undergo Change1113
Timothy E. Elgren
NSF Highlights
Interactive Nano-Visualization of Materials over the Internet1114
Eddie W. Ong, Anshuman Razdan, Antonio A. Garcia, Vincent Pizziconi, B. L. Ramakrishna, and William S. Glaunsinger
News & Announcements1116
Letters
More about A Living Periodic Table1119
James L. Marshall
Letters
Graphing Calculator Strategies for Solving Chemical Equilibrium Problems (re J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 632-634)1120
Todd P. Silverstein
Letters
Graphing Calculator Strategies for Solving Chemical Equilibrium Problems (re J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 632-634) Author Reply1120
Henry Donato Jr.
Book and Media Reviews
Infrared and Raman Spectra of Inorganic and Coordination Compounds. Part A: Theory and Applications in Inorganic Chemistry; Part B: Application in Coordination, Organometallic, and Bioinorganic Chemistry, 5th Edition
by Kazuo Nakamoto

1122
Lyle McAfee
Book and Media Reviews
A Comprehensive Guide to the Hazardous Properties of Chemical Substances, 2nd Edition
by Pradyot Patnaik

1122
Douglas Walters
Book and Media Reviews
Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry
by Daniel J. Jacob

1123
Jonathan P. D. Abbatt
The Information Page1124
Book and Media Reviews
Encyclopedia of Environmental Pollution and Cleanup
edited by Robert A. Meyers and Diane K. Dittrick

1125
Charles S. Feigerle
Book and Media Reviews
Maths: A Student's Survival Guide
by Jenny Olive

1125
John H. Shibata
Book and Media Reviews
Laboratory Design, Construction and Renovation: Participants, Process, and Product
by the Committee on Design, Construction, and Renovation of Laboratory Facilities

1126
Jeffrey Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
Chemistry: The Central Science, 8th Edition--Student Edition with Media Companion
by Theodore L. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, and Bruce E. Bursten

1126
Wheeler Conover
Book and Media Reviews
Chemistry of Advanced Materials: An Overview
edited by Leonard V. Interrante and Mark J. Hampden-Smith

1127
Craig E. Barnes
Advertising in This Issue1128
Out of the Editor's Basket1129

 Chemistry for Everyone
Products of Chemistry
The Influence of Solidification Techniques on the History of Material Culture1133
Norman E. Shank
Products of Chemistry
Polymer Nanocomposition Approach to Advanced Materials1138
Christopher O. Oriakhi

 In The Classroom
Computer Bulletin Board
An Introductory Polymer Chemistry Course for Plastics Technology Students1147
Mary G. Chisholm and Paul E. Koch
How to Present a Paper or Poster1152
P. A. Huddle
A Poster Session in Organic Chemistry That Markedly Enhanced Student Learning1154
P. A. Huddle
Using Poster Sessions as an Alternative to Written Examination--The Poster Exam1158
Pamela Mills, Stephen DeMeo, William V. Sweeney, Robert Marino, and Sandra Clarkson
A New Approach to Teaching Introductory Science: The Gas Module1161
Pamela Mills, William V. Sweeney, Robert Marino, and Sandra Clarkson
Encouraging Meaningful Quantitative Problem Solving1166
Jeff Cohen, Meghan Kennedy-Justice, Sunny Pai, Carmen Torres, Rick Toomey, Ed DePierro, and Fred Garafalo
Curricular Change Digests
Early Exposure of Undergraduates to the Chemistry Research Environment: A New Model for Research Universities1174
Harriet A. Lindsay and Matthias C. McIntosh
Graduate-Level Course for Successful Class Strategies: Preparing Graduate Students for the Next Step1175
Johanna Mazlo and Paul Kelter
A Visual Aid in Enthalpy Calculations1178
Sebastian G. Canagaratna
Tested Demonstrations
When A + B  Is Not Equal To B + A1180
Erling Antony, Lindsay Mitchell, and Lauren Nettenstrom
Overhead Projector Demonstrations
Turbulent Motion in Ethyl Acetate-Water System1182
Jamil Ahmad
Easy Derivation of pH Is Approxiimately Equal To (pKa1 + pKa2) / 2 Using Autoprotolysis of HA-: Doubtful Value of the Supposedly More Rigorous Equation1183
Stephen J. Hawkes
Safety Tips
Introducing Proper Chemical Hygiene and Safety in the General Chemistry Curriculum1185
Gordon J. Miller, Stephen A. Heideman, and Thomas J. Greenbowe

 In the Laboratory
Secondary School Chemistry
Potentiometric Determination of CO2 Concentration in the Gaseous Phase: Applications in Different Laboratory Activities1188
Eduardo Cortón, Santiago Kocmur, Liliana Haim, and Lydia Galagovsky
Theoretical Concepts and Applications of a Rotating Disk Electrode1191
J. Nikolic, E. Expósito, J. Iniesta, J. González-Garcia, and V. Montiel
Determination of the Real Surface Area of Pt Electrodes by Hydrogen Adsorption Using Cyclic Voltammetry1195
Jose M. Doña Rodríguez, J. A. Herrera Melián, and J. Pérez Peña
Surface Oxidation Kinetics: A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Experiment1198
Jordan C. Poler
Understanding the Origin of Luminescence in Porous Silicon: An Undergraduate Solid-State Chemistry Experiment1201
D. P. Lasher, Benjamin A. DeGraff, and B. H. Augustine
Preparation of a Surface-Oriented Liquid Crystal. An Experiment for the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory1204
Charles A. Liberko and Jonathan Shearer
Solid-State Synthesis of a Thermochromic Compound1206
Chen Changyun, Zhou Zhihua, Zhou Yiming, and Du Jiangyan
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Preparation of Spinel-Type Cathode Materials from Carbonate/Oxalate Powder Mixtures. A Solid-State Experiment for Advanced Undergraduate Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory1207
Birgül Zümreoglu-Karan and Elif Yilmazer
Gas-Phase Kinetics of O3 + C2H2 and O3 + H2C=CCl21210
Joel D. Burley and Alisa M. Roberts
The Distribution Constant of Iodine between Aqueous and Organic Phases1213
Sean A. C. McDowell
Getting Students to Wear Safety Goggles1214
Jay A. Young
An Easy and Fast Experiment for the Determination of the Equilibrium Constants of an Acid-Base Pair, Free and Complexed with a Molecular Receptor1215
Elena Junquera and Emilio Aicart
Acid-Base Titration of (S)-Aspartic Acid: A Circular Dichroism Spectrophotometry Experiment1218
Ana M. V. Cavaleiro and Júlio D. Pedrosa de Jesus

 Research: Science and Education
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Variational Principle for a Particle in a Box1221
Juan I. Casaubon and Graham Doggett
Chemical Education Research
Mapping Students' Thinking Patterns in Learning Organic Chemistry by the Use of Knowledge Space Theory1224
Mare Taagepera and S. Noori

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Pixel Conversion: A Simple Way to Extract Coordinates of Points from a Printed Graph1230
Christian Aymard and Randall B. Shirts
Computer Bulletin Board
Nonlinear Least-Squares Using Microcomputer Data Analysis Programs: KaleidaGraph(TM) in the Physical Chemistry Teaching Laboratory1233
Joel Tellinghuisen
Computer Bulletin Board
Error Analysis Using the Variance-Covariance Matrix1239
Carl Salter
Computer Bulletin Board
Calibration of Frequency Data Collection Systems Using Shortwave Radio Signals1244
Ron Estler
JCE Software
Crystallography Collection
Abstract of Special Issue 26 on CD-ROM

1246
JCE Software
Point Group I, II, and III1246
Margaret E. Kastner, Patrick Leary, Jonathan Grieves, Keith DiMarco, and James Braun
JCE Software
Crystallographic CourseWare1247
Margaret E. Kastner, Eric Vasbinder, Deborah Kowalcyzk, Sean Jackson, Joseph Giammalvo, James Braun, and Keith DiMarco
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