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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2007  > August  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 August 2007
Vol. 84 No. 8

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Authenticity1239
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Take the First Step1241
Erica K. Jacobsen
Reports from Other Journals: Research Advances
Research Advances: Calorie Restriction and Increased Longevity Linked to Metabolic Changes; Isotope Ratios Reveal Trickery in the Produce Aisle; An Ancient Inca Tax and Metallurgy in Peru1242
Angela G. King
ACS National Meeting
Program for the Division of Chemical Education: Boston, August 19–23, 20071249
Catherine H Middlecamp, Ingrid C. Montes, and Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo
ACS National Meeting
Undergraduate Program: Boston1256
Lori Betsock
ACS National Meeting
The NESACS Exchange with Germany1259
Morton Z. Hoffman, Ruth Tanner, and Michael Strem
ACS National Meeting
What's New in Boston?1260
Morton Z. Hoffman and Robert Lichter
ACS National Meeting
CHED Events: Boston1264
ACS National Meeting
High School Teachers Program1265
ACS National Meeting
Presidential Symposia and Events: Boston1266
Report
ACS Community Activities Contests1267
Marisa Burgener
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Sodium Sulfate1272
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Mercury(II) Sulfate1273
Jay A. Young
The Information Page1274
News & Announcements1275
Corrections
J. Chem Ed. 2007, 84, 1056–10611277
Book & Media Reviews
Understanding Moore's Law—Four Decades of Innovation (David C. Brock, ed.)1278
Jack K. Steehler
Book & Media Reviews
Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings, 1869–1905 (William B. Jensen, ed.)1279
Theodor Benfey
Advertising in This Issue1280
Out of the Editor's Basket1281

 Chemistry for Everyone
Using a Socratic Dialogue To Teach the Mole Concept to Adult Learners1285
Kevin J. Longo

 In the Classroom
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Guitar Strings as Standing Waves: A Demonstration1287
Michael Davis
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Demonstration of the Fenton Reaction1290
Dean C. Luehrs and Alex E. Roher
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Mercury Beating Heart: Modifications to the Classical Demonstration1292
Metodija Najdoski, Valentin Mirceski, Vladimir M. Petruševski, and Sani Demiri
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Microscale Demonstration of the Paramagnetism of Liquid Oxygen with a Neodymium Magnet1296
Bruce Mattson
An Effective Four-Semester, Junior–Senior Approach to a Chemistry Seminar Curriculum1299
Andrew G. Eklund and Garrett J. McGowan

 In the Laboratory
Optical Properties of Fluorescent Mixtures: Comparing Quantum Dots to Organic Dyes1301
Benjamin M. Hutchins, Thomas T. Morgan, Miné G. Ucak-Astarlioglu, and Mary Elizabeth Williams
Quantitative Determination of DNA–Ligand Binding Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy. An Undergraduate Biochemistry Experiment1304
Eamonn F. Healy
JCE Featured Molecules
Molecular Models of DAPI1307
William F. Coleman
Cost-Effective Teacher
Fluorescence Spectroscopy in a Shoebox1308
M. Farooq Wahab
JCE Classroom Activity
Fluorescent Fun: Using a Homemade Fluorometer1312A
M. Farooq Wahab
Steady-State Fluorescence Anisotropy To Investigate Flavonoids Binding to Proteins1313
Christine M. Ingersoll and Christen M. Strollo
Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy of a Lasing Material: Ruby1316
C. Degli Esposti and L. Bizzocchi
Quantitative Imaging in the Laboratory: Fast Kinetics and Fluorescence Quenching1319
Tanya Cumberbatch and Quentin S. Hanley
Introducing the Practical Aspects of Computational Chemistry to Undergraduate Chemistry Students1323
Jason K. Pearson
The Microscale Laboratory
Thermal Equilibrium in Plastic and Glass Microscale Containers1326
Estela Curbelo, María F. Cerdá, and Eduardo Méndez
Molecular Modeling Exercises and Experiments
Assigning the NMR Spectrum of Glycidol: An Advanced Organic Chemistry Exercise1328
Eric Helms, Nicholas Arpaia, and Melissa Widener
"Audibilization" in the Chemistry Laboratory: An Introduction to Correlation Techniques for Data Extraction1331
James W. Hovick, Michael Murphy, and J. C. Poler
The Quartz-Crystal Microbalance in an Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment. I. Fundamentals and Instrumentation1334
Vladimir Tsionsky
The Quartz-Crystal Microbalance in an Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment. II. Measuring Viscosity1337
Vladimir Tsionsky
The Quartz-Crystal Microbalance in an Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment. III. Measuring Mass1340
Vladimir Tsionsky

 Research: Science and Education
Creating a Research-Rich Chemistry Curriculum with an Integrated, Upper-Level-Undergraduate Laboratory Program 1343
Liz Gron, David A. Hales, and M. Warfield Teague
Control of Chemical Equilibrium by Solvent: A Basis for Teaching Physical Chemistry of Solutions1348
Oleg V. Prezhdo, Colleen F. Craig, Yuriy Fialkov, and Victor V. Prezhdo
Teaching the Rovibronic Spectroscopy of Molecular Iodine1355
J. Charles Williamson
Lewis Structure Representation of Free Radicals Similar to ClO1360
Warren Hirsch and Mark Kobrak
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Computational Chemistry Using Modern Electronic Structure Methods1364
Stephen Bell, Trevor J. Dines, Babur Z. Chowdhry, and Robert Withnall
Chemical Education Research
Using the Science Writing Heuristic in the General Chemistry Laboratory To Improve Students' Academic Performance1371
Jason R. Poock, K. A. Burke, Thomas J. Greenbowe, and Brian M. Hand

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Chemical Information Instructor
Introducing Students to the Scientific Literature. An Integrative Exercise in Quantitative Analysis1380
Lee Roecker
Chemical Information Instructor
Incorporating Information Literacy Skills into Analytical Chemistry: An Evolutionary Step1385
Mary M. Walczak and Paul T. Jackson
JCE Data-Driven Exercises
Data-Driven Exercises for Chemistry: A New Digital Collection1391
W. Tandy Grubbs
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