News from Journal House
Recent Releases, JCE Software
The following issues have been released by
JCE Software and shipped to those who placed orders. Information on
upcoming JCE Software issues appears on JCE
Online at
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/Programs/
Recent.html
- Chemistry Comes Alive! Volume
3, Special Issue 23. A description can be found in
J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 1311 or
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/
Issues/Series_SP/SP23/prog1-SP23.html
- JCE CD 1999, the
Journal's annual CD-ROM. A description can be found in
J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 1736
or
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/
JCECD/index.html.
- TorAD: Torsional Angle Driver
System for HyperChem/Excel, issue 9902W, for
Windows-compatible computers.
A description can be found in J. Chem. Educ.
1999, 76, 288 or
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/
Issues/Series_99/9902W/abs-9902.html
- Writing Electron Dot
Structures, issue 9905M, for Mac OS-compatible computers. A description can be
found in
J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 1464
or
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/
Issues/Series_99/9905M/abs-9905.html.
Lab Experiment Guidelines
A revised set of Supplemental Guidelines for JCE
Lab-Experiment Manuscripts appears on page 562. These
guidelines for laboratory experiments are intended to make
JCE more useful and attractive to readers by providing in print
a clear summary of the experiment and providing online
more detailed information in a form that can be used and
edited by readers. A checklist that suggests how a submission
should be structured is available at
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/journal/authors/
laboratory/ or by request from the editorial
office.
Coming Attractions
16th BCCE
Next month we will have capsule coverage of the
16th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, July 30
through August 3, 2000, at the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor. Monday, July 31 is The Day of the Ice Cream
Social--its joint sponsors are 2YC3 and the
Journal of Chemical Education. Rumor has it that
2YC3 officers and JCE editors
and feature editors will be doing the scooping!
National Chemistry Week 2000
The theme of National Chemistry Week 2000 will
be kitchen chemistry. In collaboration with ACS, the
October JCE will carry out the kitchen chemistry theme with a
Classroom Activity, several articles about outreach activities,
some kitchen chemistry/simple lab experiments, and a resource
list of Journal articles related to this topic.
Courses, Seminars, Meetings, Opportunities
Microscale Workshops in Mexico
The Mexican Microscale Chemistry Center, in the
Department of Sciences of the Universidad Iberoamericana
in Mexico City, will offer several workshops in 2000:
 General Chemistry: May 15-17
Basic Organic Chemistry: May 17-19
Environmental Chemistry: May 22-25
Biochemistry: May 31-June 2
Advanced Organic Chemistry: June 14-16
Physical Chemistry: June 28-30
High School Chemistry: August 7-9
In addition, three morning sessions of lectures and
demonstrations by international experts are scheduled for
May 22-24. Workshops are 20 hours long. The language is
normally Spanish, although occasionally there are guest
instructors who teach in English. Advance registration (at least
one week) is required. For further information, contact
Arturo Fregoso or Jorge Ibáñez, Universidad Iberoamericana,
Centro Mexicano de Química en Microescala, Depto. de
Ciencias, Prolongación Paseo de la Reforma 880, 01210 México,
D.F. México; email:
jorge.ibanez@uia.mx or
arturo.fregoso@uia.mx;
phone: +52(5)2674176, 267 4168, 267 4074; fax:
+52(5)267 4063, 267 4279.
Journal of Science Education
Revista de Educación de las Ciencias
The first issue of Journal of Science
Education (Revista de Educatión de las Ciencias,
REC), a new journal with articles in English and Spanish, has been released.
REC publishes articles, short communications, and
other original material relating to the results of investigations
and new experiences in the field of teaching natural sciences
(biology, physics, chemistry, environmental sciences,
biotechnology, etc.) in secondary school and university. It
includes investigations in the teaching of mathematics, applied to
education in the sciences. Opinions and discussions on the
improvement of national and international educational
policy at all levels will also be welcomed.
Information for subscribers can be found on the
journal's Web page (in both Spanish and English) http://www.colciencias.gov.co/rec.
The address of REC is Journal of Science Education, Apartado A. 241 241, Bogota,
Colombia; phone: 57 1 3208320, ext. 4115, 57 1 340 32 12;
fax: 57 1 285 05 03; email: oen85@yahoo.com.
Proposal Deadlines
Proposal Deadlines will not appear this month.
Readers should consult the information in the
April 2000 issue
and the Report on NSF that appears on p 560.
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