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March 2008
Vol. 85 No. 3


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Vote for Science: Science, Education, and the Political Process331
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Now You See It—Now You Don't333
Erica K. Jacobsen
Reports from Other Journals: Nature
Nature: A Box of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Tricks334
Sabine Heinhorst and Gordon C. Cannon
Commentary
The Teaching Philosophy Statement: Purposes and Organizational Structure336
Robert J. Eierman
Association Report: ACS Education Division
Preparing for Life After Graduate School. An American Chemical Society Workshop340
Joel I. Shulman
Association Report: CUR
Starting a Successful Research Program at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution343
Kerry K. Karukstis
Classroom Activity Connections
No Apple Fool: Biochemistry and Taste345
Lynn Diener
ACS National Meeting
Program for the Division of Chemical Education: New Orleans, April 6–10, 2008346
Julianne M. Smist, Trace Jordan, and Richard W. Schwenz
ACS National Meeting
CHED Events: New Orleans354
Donald J. Wink
ACS National Meeting
High School Teachers Program355
ACS National Meeting
Undergraduate Program: New Orleans356
Lori Betsock
ACS National Meeting
Presidential Symposia and Events: New Orleans358
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Nickel(II) Sulfate Hexahydrate364
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Copper(II) Chloride Dihydrate365
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements366
The Information Page370
Letters
Chemical Speciation and Calculation of pH of a Sport Drink371
José L. Guiñón Segura
Book & Media Reviews
Twentieth-Century Science. Chemistry: Decade by Decade (Arthur Greenberg)372
Conrad L. Stanitski
Book & Media Reviews
Chemical Analysis: Modern Instrumentation Methods and Techniques, 2nd Edition (Francis Rouessac and Annick Rouessac)373
Jack K. Steehler
Advertising in This Issue374
Out of the Editor's Basket375

 Chemistry for Everyone
Covert Approaches to Countering Adult Chemophobia379
Susan Billington, Robert B. Smith, Nikolaos G. Karousos, Emma Cowham, and James Davis

 In the Classroom
Using Problem-Solution Maps To Improve Students' Problem-Solving Skills381
Mailoo Selvaratnam and Sebastian G. Canagaratna
Dynamic Reaction Figures: An Integrative Vehicle for Understanding Chemical Reactions386
Emeric Schultz
View from My Classroom
Integrating Advanced High School Chemistry Research with Organic Chemistry and Instrumental Methods of Analysis393
Brian J. Kennedy

 In the Laboratory
Pennies and Eggs: Initiation into Inquiry Learning for Preservice Elementary Education Teachers396
Donald J. Wink and Jeong Hye Hwang-Choe
Measurement of Iron in Egg Yolk: An Instrumental Analysis Experiment Using Biochemical Principles399
Kevin M. Maloney, Emmanuel M. Quiazon, and Ramee Indralingam
Kinetic Analysis of Amylase Using Quantitative Benedict's and Iodine Starch Reagents401
Beverly Cochran, Deborah Lunday, and Frank Miskevich
Thermal Analysis of Plastics404
Teresa D'Amico, Craig J. Donahue, and Elizabeth A. Rais
Radical Quenching of 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl: A Spectrometric Determination of Antioxidant Behavior408
John M. Berger, Roshniben J. Rana, Hira Javeed, Iqra Javeed, and Sandi L. Schulien
Synthesis of Diapocynin411
Mina S. Dasari, Kristy M. Richards, Mikaela L. Alt, Clark F. P. Crawford, Amanda Schleiden, Jai Ingram, Abdel Aziz Amadou Hamidou, Angela Williams, Patricia A. Chernovitz, Rensheng Luo, Grace Y. Sun, Ron Luchtefeld, and Robert E. Smith
Synthesis and Characterization of 9-Hydroxyphenalenone Using 2D NMR Techniques413
Benjamin Caes and Dell Jensen Jr.
A Three-Step Laboratory Sequence To Prepare a Carbene Complex of Silver(I) Chloride416
John P. Canal, Taramatee Ramnial, Lisa D. Langlois, Colin D. Abernethy, and Jason A. C. Clyburne
Synthesis and Symmetry of Two Cobalt(III) Complexes with Tetradentate Ligands. An Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Experiment420
Mark McClure
Preparation and Characterization of Solid Co(II) Pyrimidinolates in a Multifaceted Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment422
Norberto Masciocchi, Simona Galli, Angelo Sironi, Gabriella Dal Monte, Elisa Barea, Juan Manuel Salas, and Jorge A. R. Navarro
Alternative pH-Shift Ion-Exchange Chromatography: Quantitative Spectroscopic Monitoring of the Progress of a Reaction 426
Concepción López, Manuel Martínez, Mercè Rocamora, and Laura Rodríguez
Supramolecular Inclusion in Cyclodextrins: A Pictorial Spectroscopic Demonstration429
Basudeb Haldar, Arabinda Mallick, and Nitin Chattopadhyay

 Research: Science and Education
Can a Non-Chiral Object Be Made of Two Identical Chiral Moieties?433
Jean François LeMaréchal
A Simple Method for Drawing Chiral Mononuclear Octahedral Metal Complexes436
Aminou Mohamadou and Arnaud Haudrechy
The Meaning of Meso441
Addison Ault
Constructing Ih Symmetrical Fullerenes from Pentagons444
Li-Hua Gan
A Graphical Examination of Uranium and Plutonium Fissility446
B. Cameron Reed
Hund's Rule in Two-Electron Atomic Systems451
John E. Harriman
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
The Harmonic Oscillator with a Gaussian Perturbation: Evaluation of the Integrals and Example Applications453
Boyd L. Earl

 On the Web
Evaluating Web-Based Information: Access and Accuracy458
John Markwell and David W. Brooks
JCE Software
Journal of Chemical Education on CD-ROM, 2007. Abstract of JCE CD 2007460
Jon L. Holmes
JCE Software
JCE Web Software461
Jon L. Holmes
JCE Software
Netorials. Abstract of the Newest JCE Web Software463
Rebecca Ottosen, John Todd, Rachel Bain, Mike Miller, Liana Lamont, Mithra Biekmohamadi, and David B. Shaw
JCE Featured Molecules
Molecular Models of Antioxidants and Radicals464
William F. Coleman
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