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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2005  > February  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 February 2005
Vol. 82 No. 2

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Scientists and Public Policy183
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Classroom Credit185
Erica K. Jacobsen
Reports from Other Journals: Nature
Environmental Problems and New Hope for the Treatment of Malaria186
Sabine Heinhorst and Gordon C. Cannon
Commentary
Good Chemical Measurements, Good Public Policies190
Larry R. Faulkner
From Past Issues
Nitrogen: It Always Needs a Fix194
Kathryn R. Williams
Association Report: ACS Education
Undergraduate Transitions: Enhancing Student Success196
Jodi L.Wesemann
Reports from Other Journals: The Physics Teacher
Sliders, Staircases, and Seduction200
Roy W. Clark
Meeting Reports
International Congress of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering201
Jimmy Reeves
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Hydrogen Sulfide202
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Mercury203
Jay A. Young
The Information Page204
News & Announcements205
Letters
Hands On Plastics209
Harold H. Harris and Mary Harris
Letters
M&M Orange209
John W. Elder
Letters
M&M Orange209
Kurt R. Birdwhistell and Thomas G. Spence
Letters
Chinese Students' Opinions about "What Is the Biggest Problem in Chemistry?"210
Zhang Mingjie and Yang Qichao
Letters
Reaction to "Something Might Be Gaining on Us"210
Cecil R. Dybowski
Letters
Systemic Approach to Teaching and Learning211
J. J. Lagowski
Letters
Reaction to "The Concept of Ionic Strength Eighty Years after Its Introduction in Chemistry"212
Leslie Glasser
Letters
The Kilogram and the Mole Redux212
Paul J. Karol
Letters
Editor's Note212
John W. Moore
Book and Media Reviews
Instant Notes in Inorganic Chemistry, Second Edition (P. A. Cox)213
Peter M. Smith
Book and Media Reviews
Polymer Chemistry: Introduction to an Indispensable Science (David M. Teegarden)213
Michael S. Matthews
Book and Media Reviews
Organic Chemistry: An Intermediate Text, Second Edition (Robert V. Hoffman)215
Thomas G. Waddell
Advertising in This Issue216
Out of the Editor's Basket217

 Chemistry for Everyone
From Masurium to Trinacrium: The Troubled Story of Element 43221
Roberto Zingales
Chemistry for Kids
Finding Chemical Anchors in the Kitchen228
Liliana Haim

 In The Classroom
Are We Serious about Preparing Chemists for the 21st Century Workplace or Are We Just Teaching Chemistry?231
Sylvia Kerr and Olaf Runquist
An Industrial Chemistry Course That Optimizes the Value of Plant Tours234
J. Stephen Hartman
Qualitative Organic Analysis—In the Classroom and Laboratory240
K. Thomas Finley
JCE Classroom Activity
A Cool Drink: An Introduction to Concentrations240A
Mindy Bedrossian
Sublimination of Iodine at Various Pressures: Mutlipurpose Experiments in Inorganic and Physical Chemistry241
Ilya A. Leenson
On the Buoyancy of a Helium-Filled Balloon246
John E. Harriman
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
A Methane Balloon Inflation Chamber248
Curtis J. Czerwinski and Tanya J. Cordes
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Fractional Distillation of Air and Other Demonstrations with Condensed Gases251
Maria Oliver-Hoyo and William L. Switzer, III
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
A Demonstration of Sample Segregation255
Mark D. Fritz
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Hard Water and Soft Soap: Dependence of Soap Performance on Water Hardness. A Classroom Demonstration257
Viktoria K. L. Osorio, Wanda de Oliveira, and Omar A. El Seoud
Intermolecular Forces as a Key to Understanding the Environmental Fate of Organic Xenobiotics260
Ryan E. Casey and Faith A. Pittman
Featured Molecules
Organic Xenobiotics264
William F. Coleman

 In the Laboratory
Rapid Determination of Mercury in Seafood in an Introductory Environmental Science Class265
Jeanette K. Rice, J. David Jenkins, Citabria Manley, Eric Sorel, and C. Jimmy Smith
Mercury Thermometer Replacements in Chemistry Laboratories 269
Barbara L. Foster
Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry of Environmental Indicators: Determination of Zinc in Algae271
C. Collado-Sánchez, J. J. Hernández-Brito, J. Pérez-Peña, Ma. E. Torres-Padrón, and Ma. D. Gelado-Caballero
Analysis of Natural Buffer Systems and the Impact of Acid Rain. An Environmental Project for First-Year Chemistry Students274
David C. Powers, Andrew T. Higgs, Matt L. Obley, Phyllis A. Leber, Kenneth R. Hess, and Claude H. Yoder
FTIR Determination of Pollutants in Automobile Exhaust: An Environmental Chemistry Experiment Comparing Cold-Start and Warm-Engine Conditions278
Laura J. Medhurst
A Simple Method for Measuring Ground-Level Ozone in the Atmosphere282
John V. Seeley, Arthur W. Bull, Richard J. Fehir, Jr., Susan Cornwall, Gabriel A. Knudsen, and Stacy K. Seeley
The Determination of the Percent of Oxygen in Air Using a Gas Pressure Sensor286
James Gordon and Katherine Chancey
Applying Chemical Potential and Partial Pressure Concepts To Understand the Spontaneous Mixing of Helium and Air in a Helium-Inflated Balloon288
Jee-Yon Lee, Hee-Soo Yoo, Jong Sook Park, Kwang-Jin Hwang, and Jin Seog Kim
Cost-Effective Teacher
A Small-Scale Low-Cost Gas Chromatograph 291
Natasa Gros and Margareta Vrtacnik
Cost-Effective Teacher
Analog Spectrophotometers in the Digital Age: Data Acquisition on a Budget294
Alexander Y. Nazarenko and Natalie A. Nazarenko
A Virtual Instrument Panel and Serial Interface for the Parr 1672 Thermometer297
Gail Salter, Kevin Range, and Carl Salter
Spectrophotometric Determination of the Hole Concentration in the Superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-x. An Undergraduate Experiment299
Jack I. Hoppé and Mounir A. Malati
Halide (Cl–) Quenching of Quinine Sulfate Fluorescence: A Time-Resolved Fluorescence Experiment for Physical Chemistry302
Jonathan H. Gutow
Green Chemistry
The Evolution of a Green Chemistry Laboratory Experiment: Greener Brominations of Stilbene306
Lallie C. McKenzie, Lauren M. Huffman, and James E. Hutchison
Is It Necessary To Dry Primary Standards before Analysis?311
Jeffrey M. Spraggins, II and Theodore R. Williams

 Research: Science and Education
Chemical Education Research
Experiences and Reflections about Teaching Atomic Structure in a Jigsaw Classroom in Lower Secondary School Chemistry Lessons313
Ingo Eilks
Where Should the Nuclei Be Located?320
Ying Liu and Yue Liu
The Meaning of d-Orbital Labels323
Guy Ashkenazi
Electronegativity and the Bond Triangle325
Terry L. Meek and Leah D. Garner

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
JCE LrnComOnline
Cl2O4 in the Stratosphere: A Module from the Physical Chemistry On-Line Project334
David M. Whisnant, Lisa Lever, and Jerry Howe
JCE LrnComOnline
JCE LrnComOnline: Mission Statement335
Theresa Julia Zielinski and George Long
JCE Software
Journal of Chemical Education on CD-ROM, 2004. Abstract of JCE CD 2004336
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