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Since 2000, when the theme was kitchen chemistry, JCE has celebrated National Chemistry Week in its October issue. Each year there is a special illustrated resource paper of relevant JCE articles published between 1924 and the present; a Classroom Activity; collected regular articles; and specially written brief articles illustrated in color--all related to the NCW theme. The recent themes are:

2006: The Home: It's All Built on Chemistry

2005: The Joy of Toys

2004: Health and Wellness

2003: Chemistry of Earth's Atmosphere and Beyond

2002: Chemistry Keeps Us Clean

2001: Chemistry and Art

2000: Food Chemistry

Research Advances: Bio-Bar-Codes Speed DNA Detection; Treating Cystic Fibrosis from the Spice Rack; Salmonella versus Salsa by Angela G. King; p1386 (Oct).

JCE Resources for Chemistry: Health and Wellness by Erica K. Jacobsen; p1390 (Oct).

Chemistry.org/kids. A Great Resource for Elementary School Science Activities by James Kessler; p1398 (Oct).

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education: A National Chemistry Week Resource by Kim Lightle; p1402 (Oct).

Nature: Chemistry in Sickness and in Health by Sabine Heinhorst and Gordon C. Cannon; p1404 (Oct).

The Bisphosphonate Story: From Detergents to Bone Disease by Kathryn R. Williams; p1406 (Oct).

How Radioactive Is Your Banana? by David W. Ball; p1440 (Oct).

Calories—Who's Counting? by JCE Editorial Staff; p1440A (Oct).

Chemistry of St. John's Wort: Hypericin and Hyperforin by John J. Vollmer and Jon Rosenson; p1450 (Oct).

Naturally Occuring Fish Poisons from Plants by Jonathan G. Cannon, Robert A. Buron, Steven G. Wood, and Noel L. Owen; p1457 (Oct).

Using Clinical Cases To Teach General Chemistry by Brahmadeo Dewprashad, Charles Kosky, Geraldine S. Vaz, and Charlotte L. Martin; p1471 (Oct).

Sunscreens by William F. Coleman; p1491 (Oct).

Iron in Breakfast Cereal. Demonstrations for National Chemistry Week 2004 by Erica K. Jacobsen and James Maynard; p1544 (Nov).

A Magnetic Meal by JCE Editorial Staff; p1584A (Nov).

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National Chemistry Week 2003: Earth's Atmosphere and Beyond. JCE Resources for Chemistry and the Atmosphere by Erica K. Jacobsen; p1106 (Oct).

Nature: Earth's Atmosphere and Beyond by Sabine Heinhorst and Gordon Cannon; p1115 (Oct).

News from Online: The Chemistry of Beyond by Mark Michalovic; p1119 (Oct).

Oxygen—Abundant and Essential by Carolyn S. Quinsey; p1124 (Oct).

The Discovery of Oxygen and Other Priestley Matters by Kathryn R. Williams; p1129 (Oct).

Why Does a Helium-Filled Balloon "Rise"? by Richard W. Ramette; p1149 (Oct).

Thirty Feet and Rising: Constructing and Using a Water Barometer To Explore Chemical Principles by Hans de Grys; p1156 (Oct).

A Method for Generating Oxygen from Consumer Chemicals by Stephen W. Wright; p1158 (Oct).

Where There's Fire There's.... by Stephen W. Wright; p1160A (Oct).

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National Chemistry Week 2002: Chemistry Keeps Us Clean–JCE Resources for Chemistry and Cleaning by Erica K. Jacobsen; p1162 (Oct).

Clean Chemistry: Entertaining and Educational Activities with Soap Bubbles by Kathryn R. Williams; p1168 (Oct).

Brushing Up on Chemistry by Ashley Trantow; p1168A (Oct).

NCW 2002: Chemistry Keeps Us Clean. Chemists Clean Up: A History and Exploration of the Craft of Soapmaking—How Soap Came to be Common in America by Kim Kostka and David D. McKay; p1172 (Oct).

News from Online: Cleaning Up–Soap, Detergent, and More by Carolyn Sweeney Judd; p1179 (Oct).

Through the Looking Glass by JCE Editorial Staff; p1360A (Nov).

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The Joy of Color in Ceramic Glazes with the Help of Redox Chemistry by Allen A. Denio; p1298 (Oct).

Chemistry, Color, and Art by Mary Virginia Orna; p1305 (Oct).

Communicating Science through Photography by Felice Frankel; p1312 (Oct).

JCE Resources for Chemistry and Art by Erica K. Jacobsen; p1316 (Oct).

Pigments of Your Imagination: Making Artist's Paints by Nancy S. Gettys; p1320A (Oct).

News from Online: Chemistry and Art by Carolyn Sweeney Judd; p1322 (Oct).

Indigo and Tyrian Purple--In Nature and in the Lab by Paul F. Schatz; p1442 (Nov).

New Paper from Newspaper by JCE Editorial Staff; p1512A (Nov).

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Flat as a Pancake? Exploring Rising in Baked Goods by JCE Editorial Staff; p1264A (Oct).

News from Online: Kitchen Chemistry by Carolyn Sweeney Judd; p1268 (Oct).

Consumer Views on Chemical Additives: Are They Natural or Synthetic? A Non-Laboratory-Based Project by A. S. Cotterill, D. N. John, and Y. S. Teh; p1307 (Oct).

Candies to Dye for: Cooperative, Open-Ended Student Activities to Promote Understanding of Electrophoretic Fractionation by Randall Emry, Robert D. Curtright, Jonathan Wright, and John Markwell; p1323 (Oct).

Cabbage Patch Chemistry by JCE Editorial Staff; p1432A (Nov).

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