Table of Contents

April 1998
Volume 75, Issue 4
Pages 386-511
About the Cover:

The cover was inspired by the molecular structure of ferritin. On page 437, Donlin, Frey, Putnam, Proctor, and Bashkin describe a general chemistry experiment in which students explore both the iron-release process and the structure of this iron-storage compound.

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Chemical Education Today

From Past Issues: The More Things Change...

p 386
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p386

In This Issue: Celebrating 75 Years!

p 387
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p387
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Science Education Standards

John W. Moore
p 391
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p391
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News

p 392
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p392
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Especially for High School Teachers

J. Emory Howell
p 393
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p393
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Announcements

JCE staff
p 397
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p397
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The Chemical Heritage Foundation

Mary Virginia Orna
p 398
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p398

Spring Shock!: Impact of Spring Snowmelt on Lakes and Streams

Judith A. Halstead
p 400A
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Activity)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p400A

The First-Day Quiz as a Teaching Technique

Raymond S. Ochs
p 401
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p401
History, Education, and Documentation
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The Physics Teacher

Volker B. E. Thomsen
p 404
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p404

Exploring the NSF Education Web Sites

Donald J. Wink
p 405
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p405

CUR: Creating Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Changing Communities

Judith A. Halstead
p 407
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p407

Am I Doing Anything Wrong?

Eun-Woo Chang
p 408
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p408

HyperChem 5 (by Hypercube, Inc.)

William F. Coleman and Christopher R. Arumainayagam
p 416
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p416
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Constitutions of Matter (Krieger, Martin H.)

Jeffrey D. Kovac
p 417
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p417.1
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Perspectives on Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry (Carroll, Felix A.)

William J. le Nobel
p 417
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p417.2
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Chemistry: The Molecular Science, 2nd edition (Olmsted, J. III; Williams, G.M.)

Lawrence S. Brown
p 419
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p419
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The Colours of Life: An Introduction to the Chemistry of Porphyrins and Related Compounds (Milgrom, Lionel R.)

Richard A. Smith
p 420
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p420.1
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Book Note: Concise Encyclopedia Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3rd edition (ed.s Scott, Thomas A.; Mercer, E. Ian)

Martin J. Serra
p 420
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p420.2
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Viewpoints

Chemical Education: Past, Present, and Future

Joseph J. Lagowski
p 425
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p425
History, Education, and Documentation
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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone

The Chemical Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Burning

Thomas G. Waddell and Thomas R. Rybolt
p 484
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p484
History, Education, and Documentation

A Chemical Puzzle

Harry E. Spencer and Leonard Kusdra
p 487
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p487
History, Education, and Documentation

Extended Wordsearches in Chemistry

Simon Cotton
p 489
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p489
History, Education, and Documentation

Chemical domino demonstration

M. Dale Alexander
p 490
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p490
History, Education, and Documentation

Sir Humphry Davy and Frankenstein

Charles J. Thoman
p 495
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p495
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Classroom

The Use of Case Studies in an Undergraduate Biochemistry Course

Kathleen Cornely
p 475
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p475
History, Education, and Documentation

Illustrating Tetrahedral Carbons in Organic Compounds

Stella D. Elakovich
p 479
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p479.1
History, Education, and Documentation

Mechanism Templates: Lecture Aids for Effective Presentation of Mechanism in Introductory Organic Chemistry

Brian J. McNelis
p 479
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p479.2
History, Education, and Documentation

An Analogy to Help Students Understand Reaction Orders

Charles J. Marzzacco
p 482
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p482.1
History, Education, and Documentation

Crime in the Classroom Part III: The Case of the Ultimate Identical Twin

David N. Harpp and James J. Hogan
p 482
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p482.2
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

Analysis of Iron in Ferritin, the Iron-Storage Protein: A General Chemistry Experiment

Maureen J. Donlin , Regina F. Frey , Christopher Putnam , Jody Proctor and James K. Bashkin
p 437
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p437
History, Education, and Documentation

Teaching Protein Crystallization by the Gel Acupuncture Method

Juan Manuel García-Ruiz , Abel Moreno , F. Otálora , D. Rondón , C. Viedma and F. Zauscher
p 442
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p442
History, Education, and Documentation

Synthesis of Some "Cobaloxime" Derivatives: A Demonstration of "Umpolung" in the Reactivity of an Organometallic Complex

Donald L. Jameson , Joseph J. Grzybowski , Deb E. Hammels , Ronald K. Castellano , Molly E. Hoke , Kimberly Freed , Sean Basquill , Angela Mendel and William J. Shoemaker
p 447
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p447
History, Education, and Documentation

Kinetics-Based Indirect Spectrophotometric Method for Simultaneous Determination of MnO4 (-) and Cr2O7 (2-): A Modern Instrumental Analysis Laboratory Experiment

Siddharth Pandey , Mary E. R. McHale , Ann-Sofi M. Horton , Sandra A. Padilla , Ashantè L. Trufant , Noé U. De La Sancha , Ernesto Vela and William E. Acree Jr.
p 450
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p450
History, Education, and Documentation

Copper Content in Synthetic Copper Carbonate: A Statistical Comparison of Experimental and Expected Results

Daniel Sheeran
p 453
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p453
History, Education, and Documentation

Designing a Self-Contained Qualitative Analysis Test for Transition Metal Ions

Y. S. Serena Tan , B. H. Iain Tan , Hian Kee Lee , Yaw Kai Yan and T. S. Andy Hor
p 456
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p456

An Improved Method for Students' Flame Tests in Qualitative Analysis

William D. Bare , Tom Bradley and Elizabeth Pulliam
p 459
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p459
History, Education, and Documentation

Use of a Titanium Metallocene as a Colorimetric Indicator for Learning Inert Atmosphere Techniques

Sharon J. Nieter Burgmayer
p 460
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p460
History, Education, and Documentation

Spectroscopy in Sol-Gel Matrices: An Open-Ended Laboratory Experience for Upper-Level Undergraduates

Catrena Higginbotham , Charles F. Pike and Jeanette K. Rice
p 461
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p461
History, Education, and Documentation

Determining the Authenticity of Gemstones Using Raman Spectroscopy

Aaron Aponick , Emedio Marchozzi , Cynthia R. Johnston and Carl T. Wigal
p 465
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p465
History, Education, and Documentation

Quantitative HPLC Analysis of an Analgesic/Caffeine Formulation: Determination of Caffeine

Glenda K. Ferguson
p 467
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p467
History, Education, and Documentation

A Guided Inquiry Approach to NMR Spectroscopy

Laura E. Parmentier , George C. Lisensky and Brock Spencer
p 470
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p470
History, Education, and Documentation

Incorporating Organic Name Reactions and Minimizing Qualitative Analysis in an Unknown Identification Experiment

Claire Castro and William Karney
p 472
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p472
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

Calculation of Force Constants for Structures with Tetrahedral Symmetry

Maureen M. Julian
p 497
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p497
History, Education, and Documentation

Rayleigh-Schrödinger Perturbation Theory in Matrix Form

Emili Besalú and Ramon Carbó-Dorca
p 502
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p502
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Visualization of Wavefunctions using Mathematica

Patricia L. Lang and Marcy Hamby Towns
p 506
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p506
History, Education, and Documentation

JCE Online: Journal Supplements Online

Jon L. Holmes
p 510
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p510

General Chemistry Collection CD-ROM for Students: Abstract of Special Issue 16, 2nd Edition

Jon L. Holmes and Nancy S. Gettys
p 511
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p511
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Articles

Boiling Point and Molecular Weight

R.Thomas Myers
p 394
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p394.1
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Boiling Point and Molecular Weight (the author replies)

R.L. Rich
p 394
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p394.2
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Our Puzzle-ing Past

p 494
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p494
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