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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2000  > January  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 January 2000
Vol. 77 No. 1

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
What Next?7
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers9
J. Emory Howell
Anniversaries: 200011
Paul F. Schatz
1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry14
Reports from Other Journals
A View of the Science Education Research Literature: Scientific Discovery Learning with Computer Simulations17
William R. Robinson
Reports from Other Journals
Chem 13 News: Ways to Teach in the Classroom and Beyond18
Kathy Thorsen
Reports from Other Journals
The Science Teacher: Education on Safety21
Steve Long
From Past Issues
Chemist Doing Library Research - AD 200023
Carol Drum and John Ashcraft
NSF Web Site Links on Instructional Technology and Education25
Donald J. Wink
News & Announcements26
Abstract of Guide to Submissions, Journal of Chemical Education29
Book and Media Reviews
Organic Chemistry (by Thomas N. Sorrell)31
reviewed by Michael S. Holden
Book and Media Reviews
Molecular Thermodynamics (by Donald A. McQuarrie and John D. Simon)31
reviewed by Norman C. Craig
Book and Media Reviews
The Sciences: An Integrated Approach, 2nd Edition (by James Trefil and Robert M. Hazen) 32
reviewed by Megan M. Hoffman
Book and Media Reviews
Genomics: The Science and Technology Behind the Human Genome Project (by Charles R. Cantor and Cassandra L. Smith)33
reviewed by Martin J. Serra
Information Page34
Book and Media Reviews
Polymer Chemistry: An Introduction,3rd Edition (by Malcolm P. Stevens)35
reviewed by Sonja Krause
Book and Media Reviews
Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Revised 8th Edition on CD-ROM (edited by Douglas M. Considine and Glenn D. Considine)36
reviewed by Deborah J. McCool
Advertising in This Issue36

 Chemistry for Everyone
JCE Classroom Activity
Magic Sand40A
Overhead Projector Demonstrations
Illustrating the Properties of Magic Sand41
Robert H. Goldsmith
Boerhaave on Fire42
Damon Diemente

 In The Classroom
Amino Acids, Aromatic Compounds, and Carboxylic Acids: How Did They Get Their Common Names?48
Sam H. Leung
Doing Science and Asking Questions: An Interactive Exercise50
Catherine Hurt Middlecamp and Anne-Marie L. Nickel
The Use of Extent of Reaction in Introductory Courses52
Sebastian G. Canagaratna
Keep Going with Cyclooctatetraene!55
Addison Ault
Tested Demonstrations
A Demonstration of Surface Tension and Contact Angle58
H. D. Gesser

 In the Laboratory
A Surface Chemistry Experiment Using an Inexpensive Contact Angle Goniometer59
Madalena Dionísio and João Sotomayor
Contact Angle Goniometry as a Tool for Surface Tension Measurements of Solids, Using Zisman Plot Method. A Physical Chemistry Experiment63
Konrad G. Kabza, Jason E. Gestwicki, and Jessica L. McGrath
Molecular Photography in the Undergraduate Laboratory: Identification of Functional Groups Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy66
Leanna C. Giancarlo, Hongbin Fang, Luis Avila, Leonard W. Fine, and George W. Flynn
Luminescence Quenching in Microemulsion Studies72
Holger Mays
Using Sol-Gel Chemistry to Synthesize a Material with Properties Suited for Chemical Sensing. Development and Implementation of a Materials Science Experiment for the Undergraduate Curriculum77
J. B. Laughlin, J. L. Sarquis, V. M. Jones, and J. A. Cox
The Discovery-Oriented Approach to Organic Chemistry. 3. Rearrangement of cis- and trans-Stilbene Oxides with Boron Trifluoride Etherate. An Exercise in 1H NMR Spectroscopy for Sophomore Organic Laboratories79
Erik A. Sgariglia, Regina Schopp, Kostas Gavardinas, and Ram S. Mohan
Student-Determined Values for the Calculation of Chemical Shifts of Methylene Protons in Different Chemical Environments81
Gary W. Breton
Quantitative Determination of Methylcyclohexanone Mixtures Using 13C NMR Spectroscopy: A Project for an Advanced Chemistry Laboratory83
Joseph W. LeFevre and Augustine Silveira Jr.
The Microscale Laboratory
Preparation of nido-Carborane Derivatives: Variation of the 31P{1H} NMR Pattern by Changing the Coordinating Ligand. A Microscale Laboratory 86
O. Crespo, M. Concepción Gimeno, and Antonio Laguna
Examination of Electron Transfer Self-Exchange Rates Using NMR Line-Broadening Techniques: An Advanced Physical Inorganic Laboratory Experiment88
Donald L. Jameson and Rajan Anand
Reaction of Morpholine with t-Butyl Acetoacetate: A Study in Kinetic vs Thermodynamic Control, Product Identification, and Molecular Modeling90
A. Gilbert Cook and Pamela K. Kreeger
Introduction to Homogeneous Catalysis: Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Catalyzed by a Defined Palladium Complex92
Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Volker P. W. Böhm, and Claus-Peter Reisinger
Determination of the Fundamental Electronic Charge via the Electrolysis of Water95
Brittany Hoffman, Elizabeth Mitchell, Petra Roulhac, Marc Thomes, and Vincent M. Stumpo
Easy-to-Make Ag/AgCl Reference Electrode97
Gaston A. East and M. A. del Valle
A Simple Hanging Mercury Drop Electrode98
Florinel Gabriel Banica
A Simple Numerical Procedure for the Simulation of "Lifelike" Linear-Sweep Voltammograms100
Benedetto P. Bozzini

 Research: Science and Education
Chemical Education Research
Using a Teaching Model to Correct Known Misconceptions in Electrochemistry104
P. A. Huddle, Margaret Dawn White, and Fiona Rogers
Chemical Education Research
An Action Research Project: Student Perspectives on Small-Group Learning in Chemistry111
Marcy Hamby Towns, Kelley Kreke, and Amanda Fields
Chemical Education Research
A Quantitative Literature Review of Cooperative Learning Effects on High School and College Chemistry Achievement116
Craig W. Bowen
Process Workshops - A New Model for Instruction120
David Hanson and Troy Wolfskill

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Understanding NMR Multiplet Structure with WinDNMR130
N. Bampos and A. Vidal-Ferran
JCE Online
Medium Frustration134
Jon L. Holmes
JCE Online
Moving Particles and Wave Packet Propagation: A Computer Animated Supplement134
Giles Henderson
JCE Software
Prospectus 2000135
Jon L. Holmes and Nancy S. Gettys
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