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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2001  > February  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 February 2001
Vol. 78 No. 2

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
When Is an Experiment a Success?141
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers143
J. Emory Howell
Report
Biosphere 2: A Place for Integrative Studies in Chemical Research and Chemical Education in Defense of Planet Earth144
Deborah Colodner, Leonard Fine, William Harris, and Bhawani Venkataraman
Reports from Other Journals
Nature: "Green" Chemistry, Natural Antioxidants, and a DNA-Fueled Machine150
Sabine Heinhorst and Gordon Cannon
Reports from Other Journals
News from Online: Criteria for an "Outstanding" High School Chemistry Web Site154
Lisa Barry
Reports from Other Journals
Chem 13 News: Teaching Information for the New Year156
Kathy Thorsen
Report
A Survey of Doctoral Programs in Chemical Education in the United States158
Diana Mason
Report
Information Available through the NSF Web Site160
Donald J. Wink
News & Announcements162
The Information Page164
Letters
Solvent Swelling Demonstrations: Possible Extension to Other Types of Material (about J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77, 876-878)165
J. C. Jones
Letters
Solvent Swelling Demonstrations: Possible Extension to Other Types of Material (about J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77, 876-878)165
D. J. Campbell, E. R. Freidinger, and Carl Murphy
Book and Media Reviews
Lewis Acid/Base Reaction Chemistry (by Mark R. Leach)166
John C. Cochran
Book and Media Reviews
Chemistry: An Industry-Based Laboratory Manual (by John Kenkel)167
Sue K. Ballard
Book and Media Reviews
Chemistry in the Marketplace, 5th Edition (by Ben Selinger) 168
Wheeler Conover
Book and Media Reviews
Mass Spectrometry Desk Reference (by O. David Sparkman) 168
Bill Boggess
Book and Media Reviews
Career Management for Scientists and Engineers (by John K. Borchardt)169
Michael Caswell
Advertising in This Issue170
Out of the Editor's Basket171

 Chemistry for Everyone
Products of Chemistry
Old Yet New--Pharmaceuticals from Plants175
Peter J. Houghton
Hans Thacher Clarke (1887-1972): Chemist and Biochemist185
Ronald Bentley

 In The Classroom
From Chicken Breath to the Killers Lake of Cameroon: Uniting Seven Interesting Phenomena with a Single Chemical Underpinning191
Ron DeLorenzo
Teaching Is Learning--Maximum Incentive, Minimum Discipline in Student Groups Teaching General Chemistry194
Mark Benvenuto
View from My Classroom
Curriculum Alignment Projects: Toward Developing a Need to Know198
K. David Pinkerton
JCE Classroom Activity
Sink or Swim: The Cartesian Diver200A
K. David Pinkerton
Beyond Density: An Inquiry-Based Activity Involving Students Searching for Relationships201
Stephen DeMeo
Application of Hammond's Postulate. An Activity for Guided Discovery Learning in Organic Chemistry204
J. E. Meany, Vicky Minderhout, and Y. Pocker
Tested Demonstrations
Fast Ionic Migration of Copper Chromate207
Adolf Cortel
Applications and Analogies
The Escalator--An Analogy for Explaining Electroosmotic Flow209
Andrew J. Vetter and Garrett J. McGowan
Applications and Analogies
An Analogy between Fractional Distillation and Separating Physically Fit and Physically Less Fit Persons211
Doble Mukesh
Trigrams in the Ancient I Ching Oracle: An Application of Group Theory213
Ney V. Vugman
Resources for Student Assessment
The Planck Radiation Law: Exercises Using the Cosmic Background Radiation Data215
S. Bluestone
An Introductory Course in Industrial Chemistry for Freshmen218
Peter Rudolf Seidl, Marcio do Nascimento Magalhães, and Cristiane Rodrigues Augusto
The State of Division of Solids and Chemical Equilibria222
João C. M. Paiva and Victor M. S. Gil

 In the Laboratory
Drug Distribution: A Guided-Inquiry Laboratory Experiment in Coupled Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Equilibria224
John Hein and Michael Jeannot
The Dibenzalacetone Reaction Revisited226
Leslie A. Hull
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Development of a Research-Oriented Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Course228
L. M. Vallarino, D. L. Polo, and K. Esperdy
Ruthenium Vinylidene and Acetylide Complexes. An Advanced Undergraduate Multi-technique Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry Experiment232
Andrew M. McDonagh, Geoffrey J. Deeble, Steph Hurst, Marie P. Cifuentes, and Mark G. Humphrey
The Synthesis and Analysis of Copper(I) Iodide. A First-Year Laboratory Project235
Lara A. Margolis, Richard W. Schaeffer, and Claude H. Yoder
Determination of Flavonoids in Wine by High Performance Liquid Chromatography236
Celeste da Queija, M. A. Queirós, and Ligia M. Rodrigues
A Simple Laboratory Experiment for the Determination of Absolute Zero238
Myung-Hoon Kim, Michelle Song Kim, and Suw-Young Ly
Exploring Phase Diagrams Using Supercritical Fluids. An Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Laboratory241
Steven G. Mayer, Jeremy M. Gach, Evelyn R. Forbes, and Philip J. Reid
Influence of Dielectric Constant on the Spectral Behavior of Pinacyanol. A Spectrophotometric Experiment for Physical Chemistry243
Raimon Sabaté, Llúcia Freire, and Joan Estelrich
A Computer-Controlled Bipolar Pulse Conductivity Apparatus245
N. Papadopoulos and M. Limniou

 Research: Science and Education
Chemical Education Research
Undergraduate Science and Engineering Students' Understanding of the Reliability of Chemical Data247
Bette Davidowitz, Fred Lubben, and Marissa Rollnick
Chemical Education Research
Gateway to Success for At-Risk Students in a Large-Group Introductory Chemistry Class252
Diana Mason and Ellen Verdel
Evaluating the Success of Hispanic-Surname Students in First-Semester General Chemistry256
Diana Mason and Kathleen C. Mittag
The General Form of the Gibbs-Duhem Equation for Multiphase/Multicomponent Systems and Its Application to Solid-State Activity Measurements260
Mark Sacchetti
Thermodynamics of Rubber Elasticity263
J. Pellicer, J. A. Manzanares, J. Zúñiga, P. Utrillas, and J. Fernández

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Computer Bulletin Board
Understanding Solubility through Excel Spreadsheets268
Pamela Brown
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Using Symbolic Software to Facilitate Learning270
Theresa Julia Zielinski
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Exploring Digital Signals and Noise in Instrumental Analysis271
Augustus W. Fountain III
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Exploring Light Amplifiation by Stimulated Emission in Lasers271
Michael Waxman
JCE WebWare
JCE WebWare Mission Statement272
William F. Coleman
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