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September 2001
Vol. 78 No. 9


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
The Essential Profession1141
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers1143
J. Emory Howell
An Interview With Barbara Sitzman, 2001 Conant Award Winner1151
JCE Editorial Staff
ACS Presidential Election
Education: A Core Value1160
William F. Carroll Jr.
ACS Presidential Election
Statement on Education--Planning Together Today to Meet Tomorrow's Challenges1161
Elsa Reichmanis
Reports from Other Journals
Teaching Science Problem Solving: An Overview of Experimental Work1162
Kenneth S. Lyle and William R. Robinson
NSF Highlights
The Influence of Modern Instrumentation on the Analytical and General Chemistry Curriculum at Bates College1164
Thomas J. Wenzel
Teaching Chemistry in the New Century: Analytical Chemistry1167
Scott E. Van Bramer
Teaching Chemistry in the New Century: Biochemistry1168
Matthew A. Fisher
Teaching Chemistry in the New Century: Environmental Chemistry1169
Melanie Cooper, Alan W. Elzerman, and C. M. Lee
Teaching Chemistry in the New Century: General Chemistry1170
Jane V. Zeile and Loretta L. Jones
Teaching Chemistry in the New Century: Inorganic Chemistry1171
Peter K. Dorhout
Teaching Chemistry in the New Century: Organic Chemistry1172
Charles Kingsbury and Susan Schelble
Teaching Chemistry in the New Century: Physical Chemistry1173
Theresa Julia Zielinski and Richard W. Schwenz
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: Acetone1175
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: Acetic Anhydride1176
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements1177
The Information Page1180
Letters
Superconductor Synthesis--An Improvement1182
Bradley D. Fahlman
Letters
Temperature Data from Biblical Narratives1182
J. C. Jones
Corrections
Correction to A More Realistic Teaching Style in Spectroscopic Instruction (J. Chem. Educ. 2001, 78, 765-769)1183
Mar Gómez Gallego, Santiago Romano, Miguel A. Sierra, and Enrique Nieto
Corrections
Correction to Computational Investigations for Undergraduate Organic Chemistry: Modeling a TLC Exercise to Investigate Molecular Structure and Intermolecular Forces (J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77, 203-205)1183
Rita K. Hessley
Book and Media Reviews
The 13th Element
by John Emsley
1184
Daniel Rabinovich
Book and Media Reviews
Orbitals in Chemistry: A Modern Guide for Students
by Victor M. Gil
1184
David Hanson
Book and Media Reviews
Writing Across the Chemistry Curriculum:
An Instructor's Handbook
by Jeffrey Kovac and Donna W. Sherwood
1185
John P. Lowe
Book and Media Reviews
Thermodynamics and Chemistry
by Howard DeVoe
1186
Eric A. Gislason
Book and Media Reviews
The Bases of Chemical Thermodynamics,
Volumes 1 and 2
by Michael Graetzel and Pierre Infelta
1187
Gerald R. Van Hecke
Advertising in This Issue1188
Out of the Editor's Basket1189

 Chemistry Everyday For Everyone
JCE Classroom Activity
Putting It All Together: Lab Reports and Legos1192A
JCE Editorial Staff
Ob-scertainersTM: A Cooperative Activity on Hypotheses1193
Ivan A. Shibley Jr.

 In The Classroom
From the Wood-Shop to Crystal Engineering: Teaching Three-Dimensional Chemistry1195
James D. Martin
An In-Depth Look at the Madelung Constant for Cubic Crystal Systems1198
Robert P. Grosso Jr., Justin T. Fermann, and William J. Vining
Molecular Modeling Exercises and Experiments
A Cooperative Molecular Modeling Exercise--The Hypersurface as Classroom1202
Christopher J. Cramer, Bethany L. Kormos, Paul Winget, Vanessa M. Audette, Jeremy M. Beebe, Carolyn S. Brauer, W. Russ Burdick, Eric W. Cochran, Brian L. Eklov, Timothy J. Giese, Yongseok Jun, Lakshmi S. D. Kesavan, Christopher R. Kinsinger, Mickail E. Minyaev, Ramkumar Rajamani, Jonathon S. Salsbury, John M. Stubbs, Jack T. Surek, Jason D. Thompson, Vincent A. Voelz, Collin D. Wick, and Ling Zhang
Molecular Modeling Exercises and Experiments
Using a Molecular Modeling Program to Calculate Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Hyperfine Couplings in Semiquinone Anion Radicals1206
Alice Haddy
Personalized Combined Organic Spectroscopy Problems--Online and in the Lab1208
Marjorie Kandel and Peter J. Tonge
Teaching with Technology
Blood-Chemistry Tutorials: Teaching Biological Applications of General Chemistry Material1210
Rachel E. Casiday, Dewey Holten, Richard Krathen, and Regina F. Frey
Concepts in Biochemistry
Ethanol Metabolism and the Transition from Organic Chemistry to Biochemistry1215
Richard D. Feinman

 In the Laboratory
Topics in Chemical Instrumentation
Determination of Ethanol in Alcohol Samples Using a Modular Raman Spectrometer1221
Caryn L. Sanford, Brent A. Mantooth, and Bradley T. Jones
Was the Driver Drunk? An Instrumental Methods Experiment for the Determination of Blood Alcohol Content1225
Jennifer L. Zabzdyr and Sheri J. Lillard
Who Set the Fire? Determination of Arson Accelerants by GC-MS in an Instrumental Methods Course1228
David A. Sodeman and Sheri J. Lillard
Gas Chromatography Analyses for Trihalomethanes: An Experiment Illustrating Important Sources of Disinfection By-Products in Water Treatment1231
Terese M. Olson, Alicia C. Gonzalez, and Victor R. Vasquez
Investigation of Secondary Metabolites in Plants. A General Protocol for Undergraduate Research in Natural Products1234
Jonathan Cannon, Du Li, Steven G. Wood, Noel L. Owen, Alexandra Gromova, and Vladislav Lutsky
A Laboratory Simulation for Coupled Cycles of Photosynthesis and Respiration1238
Silke Korn and Michael W. Tausch
Thin-Layer Electrophoresis1241
Tom Lyons Fisher, Tara Leslie Fitzsimmons, and I. David Reingold
A Modification of a Lactase Experiment by Use of Commercial Test Strips1243
Tammy J. Melton
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Circular Dichroism of Globular Proteins1244
Brenda A. Bondesen and Merlyn D. Schuh
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
NMR of a Phospholipid: Modules for Advanced Laboratory Courses1248
Holly C. Gaede and Ruth E. Stark
Differential Scanning Calorimetric Study of Bilayer Membrane Phase Transitions. A Biophysical Chemistry Experiment1251
Shane M. Ohline, Mary L. Campbell, Marilyn T. Turnbull, and Susan J. Kohler
An Inexpensive and Accurate Tensiometer Using an Electronic Balance1257
Manuel Dolz, Jesús Delegido, María-Jesús Hernández, and Julio Pellicer
Chemical Principles Revisited
Determination of the Universal Gas Constant, R. A Discovery Laboratory1260
David B. Moss and Kathleen Cornely
Looking beyond the endo Rule in a Diels-Alder Discovery Lab1262
Ronald M. Jarret, Jamie New, Rebecca Hurley, and Laura Gillooly
Discovery-Oriented Approach To Organic Synthesis: Tandem Aldol Condensation-Michael Addition Reactions. Identifying Diastereotopic Hydrogens in an Achiral Molecule by NMR Spectroscopy1264
Nanette Wachter-Jurcsak and Kendra Reddin
Synthesis and Use of Jacobsen's Catalyst: Enantioselective Epoxidation in the Introductory Organic Laboratory1266
John Hanson
Chemistry in Cages: Dinucleating Azacryptand Hosts and Their Cation and Anion Cryptates1269
Michael Arthurs, Vickie McKee, Jane Nelson, and Raewyn M. Town
1,5 Cyclooctadiene Complexes of Iridium: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reaction with Dihydrogen. An Experiment for an Integrated Physical/Inorganic Laboratory Course1272
John W. Logan and Mark Wicholas

 Research: Science and Education
A Comparison of Secondary Chemistry Courses and Chemistry Teacher Preparation Programs in Iowa and Saint Petersburg, Russia1275
Michael J. Sanger, Erik L. Brincks, Amy J. Phelps, Maria S. Pak, and Antony N. Lyovkin
Want Ads, Job Skills, and Curriculum: A Survey of 1998 Chemistry Help-Wanted Ads1281
Kurt L. Headrick
The Relationship between Stoichiometry and Kinetics Revisited1283
Jim Y. Lee

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Computer Bulletin Board
Beer's Law Measurements Using Non-monochromatic Light Sources--A Computer Simulation1285
George C.-Y. Chan and WingTat Chan
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