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Cover
August 2008
Vol. 85 No. 8


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Mathematics Education1019
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Playing Matchmaker1021
Erica K. Jacobsen
Reports from Other Journals: Research Advances
Research Advances. Human Urine As a Fertilizer for Food Crops; Faster, More Sensitive Anthrax Detection; Seagulls Monitor Oil Spill Pollutants; Gender Through Feathers1022
Angela G. King
Association Report: ACS Education Division
The EPA Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign (SC3) and How You Can Help1026
Russell W. Phifer and Marta Gmurczyk
Association Report: ACS Division of Chemical Education
Committee Reports, May 20081028
ACS National Meeting
Program for the Division of Chemical Education Philadelphia, August 17–21, 20081034
Julianne M. Smist, Matthew A. Fisher, and D. Paul Rillema
ACS National Meeting
Undergraduate Program: Philadelphia1040
Lori Betsock
ACS National Meeting
CHED Events: Philadelphia1041
Donald J. Wink
ACS National Meeting
Presidential Events and Symposia: Philadelphia1042
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Zinc Chloride1046
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Zinc Stearate1047
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements1048
Letters
An Inexpensive Semiautomatic Pressurized Microfiltration Device1051
E. Rodríguez-Fernández, M. A. Vicente, J. J. Criado, and J. L. Manzano
Letters
Fluorite Mineral Samples1051
JCE Editorial Staff
Letters
Comment on "Effect of a Perturbation on the Chemical Equilibrium: Comparison with Le Châtelier's Principle"1052
Mark J. Uline and David S. Corti
The Information Page1054
Book & Media Reviews
An Element of Controversy: The Life of Chlorine in Science, Medicine, Technology and War (Hasok Chang and Catherine Jackson, Eds.)1055
Harry E. Pence
Advertising in This Issue1056
Out of the Editor's Basket1057

 Chemistry for Everyone
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Colorful Chemical Fountains1061
Nicholas C. Thomas and Stephen Faulk
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
A Hand-Held Ammonia Fountain1063
Nicholas C. Thomas and Stephen Faulk
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Stilling Waves with Ordered Molecular Monolayers1064
Ed Vitz

 In the Classroom
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Preparation of Conducting Polymers by Electrochemical Methods and Demonstration of a Polymer Battery1067
Hiromasa Goto, Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Fumihiro Togashi, Reina Ohta, Akitsu Tsujimoto, Eiji Kita, and Ken-ichi Ohshima
Molecular Modeling Exercises and Experiments
Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation To Reinforce Student Understanding of Intermolecular Forces1071
Phillip R. Burkholder, Gordon H. Purser, and Renee S. Cole
Disorder and Chaos: Developing and Teaching an Interdisciplinary Course on Chemical Dynamics1078
Steven G. Desjardins
Using Candy Samples To Learn about Sampling Techniques and Statistical Data Evaluation1083
Larissa S. Canaes, Marcel L. Brancalion, Adriana V. Rossi, and Susanne Rath
JCE Classroom Activity
[#97] The Sweeter Side of Density1088A
Michael Davis and Charles Henry

 In the Laboratory
Measuring the Density of a Sugar Solution. A General Chemistry Experiment Using a Student-Prepared Unknown1089
Karen I. Peterson
Classroom Activity Extension
Make a Match1090
Erica K. Jacobsen
Simple Potentiometric Determination of Reducing Sugars1091
Henry Moresco, Pedro Sansón, and Gustavo Seoane
An Exercise on Structure Elucidation Based on a Tricky Aldol Reaction1094
Manuel González Sierra, Silvina C. Pellegrinet, María I. Colombo, and Edmundo A. Rúveda
Determination of Phosphates by the Gravimetric Quimociac Technique1097
Lee Alan Shaver
Green Chemistry
Greener Alternative to Qualitative Analysis for Cations without H2S and Other Sulfur-Containing Compounds1099
Indu Tucker Sidhwani and Sushmita Chowdhury
Construction of a Polyaniline Nanofiber Gas Sensor1102
Shabnam Virji, Bruce H. Weiller, Jiaxing Huang, Richard Blair, Heather Shepherd, Tanya Faltens, Philip C. Haussmann, Richard B. Kaner, and Sarah H. Tolbert
Preparation of Electrically Conductive Polystyrene/Carbon Nanofiber Nanocomposite Films1105
Luyi Sun, Jonathan Y. O'Reilly, Chi-Wei Tien, and Hung-Jue Sue
Selective Etching via Soft Lithography of Conductive Multilayered Gold Films with Analysis of Electrolyte Solutions1108
Ralph W. Gerber and Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo
Gold Electrodes Modified with Self-Assembled Monolayers for Measuring L-Ascorbic Acid. An Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Experiment1112
Takashi Ito, D. M. Neluni T. Perera, and Shinobu Nagasaka
Introducing Undergraduate Students to Electrochemistry: A Two-Week Discovery Chemistry Experiment1116
Kenneth V. Mills, Richard S. Herrick, Louise W. Guilmette, Lisa P. Nestor, Heather Shafer, and Mauri A. Ditzler,
Data Pooling in a Chemical Kinetics Experiment: The Aquation of a Series of Cobalt(III) Complexes. A Discovery Chemistry Experiment1120
Richard S. Herrick, Kenneth V. Mills, and Lisa P. Nestor
Kinetics and Mechanism of Iodide Oxidation by Iron(III): A Clock Reaction Approach1123
Jurica Bauer, Vladislav Tomišić, and Petar B. A. Vrkljan
The Microscale Laboratory
Kinetic Study of the Heck Reaction: An Interdisciplinary Experiment1126
Christel Gozzi and Naoual Bouzidi
Cost-Effective Teacher
An Inexpensive Solution Calorimeter1129
Emma Kavanagh, Sam Mindel, Giles Robertson, and D. E. Peter Hughes
JCE Concept Connections
Calorimetry1130
JCE Editorial Staff
Cost-Effective Teacher
An Updated Equilibrium Machine1131
Emeric Schultz

 Research: Science and Education
Does the Addition of Inert Gases at Constant Volume and Temperature Affect Chemical Equilibrium?1133
João C. M. Paiva, Jorge Gonçalves, and Susana Fonseca
Rapid-Equilibrium Enzyme Kinetics1136
Robert A. Alberty
Using Graphs of Gibbs Energy versus Temperature in General Chemistry Discussions of Phase Changes and Colligative Properties1142
Robert M. Hanson, Patrick Riley, Jeff Schwinefus, and Paul J. Fischer

 On the Web
A Convenient Tool for the Stochastic Simulation of Reaction Mechanisms1146
Nikolaos Bentenitis
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
FT Digital Filtering. Simulating Fourier Transform Apodization via Excel1151
Ken Overway
JCE Featured Molecules
Molecular Models of Indicators1152
William F. Coleman
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6/20/2008
7/2/2008
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