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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2005  > January  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 January 2005
Vol. 82 No. 1

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Freeing Information7
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Light Up Your Life9
Diana S. Mason
Reports from Other Journals
Research Advances: A New Approach to Natural Product Identification; Acrylamide in French Fries; Selectively Sensing Mercury with Oligonucleotide-Based Detectors10
Angela G. King
Association Report: CUR
Community-Based Research. A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Research in the Sciences15
Kerry K. Karukstis
Meeting Report
Chemistry Everywhere: A Brief Report on the 18th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education17
Cliff Meints and K. A. Burke
Association Report: ACS Division of Chemical Education
Committee Reports, November 200421
Ask the Historian
The Origin of the 18-Electron Rule28
William B. Jensen
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Sodium Borate Hydrogen Peroxidate Trihydrate30
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Catechol31
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements33
The Information Page36
Letters
Music and Chemistry37
E. J. Behrman
Letters
Does a Photochemical Reaction Have a Kinetic Order?37
Sidney Toby
Letters
Does a Photochemical Reaction Have a Kinetic Order?37
Michael Hippler
Letters
Chemistry in the City: An Amendment38
Leonard W. Fine
Corrections
Correction to J. Chem. Educ. 2004, 81, 1647–165238
Robert M. Rosenberg and Warner L. Peticolas
Book and Media Reviews
Analytical Chemistry for Technicians, 3rd Edition (John Kenkel)39
David T. Harvey
Book and Media Reviews
An Introduction to Chemical Kinetics (Margaret Robson Wright)40
Matthew Elrod
Book and Media Reviews
Quantum Mechanics: A Conceptual Approach (Hendrik F. Hameka)41
Matthew F. Tuchler
Book and Media Reviews
Modern Spectroscopy, 4th Edition (J. Michael Hollas)43
Edward W. Castner, Jr.
Advertising in This Issue44
Out of the Editor's Basket45

 Chemistry for Everyone
JCE Classroom Activity
Turning on the Light48A
Patricia B. O'Hara, Carol Engelson, and Wayne St. Peter
Turning on the Light: Lessons from Luminescence49
Patricia B. OÕHara, Carol Engelson, and Wayne St. Peter
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Chemiluminescent Oscillating Demonstrations: The Chemical Buoy, the Lighting Wave, and the Ghostly Cylinder53
Hernán E. Prypsztejn
Interdisciplinary Connections
The Art and Science of Light. An Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Experience55
A. M. R. P. Bopegedera
Products of Chemistry
Chemistry of Durable and Regenerable Biocidal Textiles60
Gang Sun and S. Dave Worley

 In The Classroom
A General Chemistry and Precalculus First-Year Interest Group (FIG): Effect on Retention, Skills, and Attitudes65
Laura E. Pence, Harry J. Workman, and Mako E. Haruta
Writing-Intensive Multimedia Projects in the Instrumental Methods Course70
Hal Van Ryswyk
A Set of Hands-On Exercises on Conformational Analysis73
Silvina C. Pellegrinet and Ernesto G. Mata
The Stereochemistry of Biochemical Molecules: A Subject to Revisit75
Josep J. Centelles and Santiago Imperial
A 3D Model of Double-Helical DNA Showing Variable Chemical Details79
Susan G. Cady
Concepts in Biochemistry
Protein Unfolding Coupled to Ligand Binding: Differential Scanning Calorimetry Simulation Approach85
María Soledad Celej, Gerardo Daniel Fidelio, and Sergio Alberto Dassie

 In the Laboratory
An SDS–PAGE Examination of Protein Quaternary Structure and Disulfide Bonding for a Biochemistry Laboratory93
Jennifer L. Powers, Carla S. Andrews, Caroline C. St. Antoine, Swapan S. Jain, and Vicky L. H. Bevilacqua
Equilibrium Gel Filtration Chromatography for the Measurement of Protein–Ligand Binding in the Undergraduate Biochemistry Laboratory96
Douglas B. Craig
Fundamentals of Biomolecule Analysis by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. An Instrumental Analysis Laboratory Experiment99
Andrea Weinecke and Victor Ryzhov
Lipid Extraction and Cholesterol Quantification: A Simple Protocol103
M. Carmo Barreto
The Sharpless Asymmetric Dihydroxylation in the Organic Chemistry Majors Laboratory105
Christopher J. Nichols and Melissa R. Taylor
Rotor-shaped Cyclopentadienyltetraphenylcyclobutadienecobalt. An Advanced Inorganic Experiment109
Darren K. MacFarland and Rebecca Gorodetzer
Molecular Modeling Exercises and Experiments
Structure and Bonding in Group 14 Congeners of Ethene: DFT Calculations in the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory111
Bennett R. Streit and David K. Geiger
Green Chemistry
A Greener Approach for Measuring Colligative Properties116
Sean M. McCarthy and Scott W. Gordon-Wylie
A Substitute for “Bromine in Carbon Tetrachloride”120
Joshua M. Daley and Robert G. Landolt
Cost-Effective Teacher
Low-Cost Thermocouple Signal-Conditioning Module122
Marcelo K. Lenzi, Fabricio M. Silva, Enrique L. Lima, José Carlos Pinto, and Michael F. Cunningham
Safety Tips
Safe Preparation of HCl and DCl for IR Spectroscopy124
William R. Furlong and W. Tandy Grubbs

 Research: Science and Education
Chemical Education Research
A Six-Year Study of the Effects of a Remedial Course in the Chemistry Curriculum125
Andrea B. Bentley and Gregory I. Gellene
Chemical Education Research
Evaluating Students' Conceptual Understanding of Balanced Equations and Stoichiometric Ratios Using a Particulate Drawing131
Michael J. Sanger
Chemical Education Research
Departing from Lectures: An Evaluation of a Peer-Led Guided Inquiry Alternative135
Scott E. Lewis and Jennifer E. Lewis
A Simple Reduction Process for the Normal Vibrational Modes Occurring in Linear Molecules140
William McInerny
Bond Length Dependence on Quantum States as Shown by Spectroscopy145
Kieran F. Lim

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Global Least-Squares Analysis of the IR Rotation–Vibration Spectrum of HCl150
Joel Tellinghuisen
Understanding Least Squares through Monte Carlo Calculations157
Joel Tellinghuisen
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
Mage: A Tool for Developing Interactive Instructional Graphics167
Stephen F. Pavkovic
Featured Molecules
Antimicrobial Agents Used on Textiles171
William F. Coleman
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
SymMath, Fair Use, and Additions to the Collection172
Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Learning Molecular Geometry and Symmetry through Quantum Computations and Mathcad Exercises174
Franklin M. C. Chen
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Using a Computer to Help Understand How Symmetry Principles Reduce Calculations174
Louis Kijewski
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics175
Michelle M. Francl
JCE Online
JCE Online Store Grand Opening176
Jon L. Holmes
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 November 29, 2004
December 16, 2004
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