JCE 96.07 July 2019 Issue Highlights
Catalyzing Student Learning
The July 2019 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: glowmatography; examining secondary chemistry teaching; useful teaching models and tools; making science accessible; teaching kinetics; computer-based learning; explorations using x-rays; polymer chemistry laboratories; using batteries to teach; analytical chemistry; investigating scale literacy skills; printing the archives: cyanotype.
Cover: Glowmatography
Glowmatography is a playful descriptor for the chromatographic separation of chemiluminescent dyes that are actively emitting light. Glowmatographic separations, which can be carried out using easily obtained materials (glow sticks, chalk, and acetone or alcohol), often reveal surprising color combinations of fluorescent dyes. In Simple Glowmatography: Chromatographic Separation of Glow-Stick Dyes Using Chalk, Thomas S. Kuntzleman, Kasey R. Bunker, and Ashlee A. Bartlett show how these experiments can be used to illuminate chemical topics such as chromatography, intermolecular forces, and the chemistry of glow sticks. The experiment is easy and fast to carry out and can be conducted as an in-class demonstration or performed by students in laboratory or outreach settings.
Additional articles using color to explore and understand chemistry in this issue include:
Chemistry Toy 1: An Approach to Quantify and Improve the Power of Scientific Observation ~ Matthew F. Terra and Shaun D. Black
Experimenting with Plasmonic Copper Nanoparticles To Demonstrate Color Changes and Reactivity at the Nanoscale ~ Alexey V. Markin and Natalia E. Markina
Visual Quantification of Fe on Cotton Thread Using a Ruler ~ Longfei Cai, Xiaolin Zhang, Liquan Luo, Huibin Lin, Jinhua Chen, Chunxiu Xu, Minghua Zhong, and Xiaoning Liao
Examining Secondary Chemistry Teaching
In this month’s editorial, Terri M. Chambers, Etta C. Gravely, William Hunter, Jennifer B. Nielson, and Ellen J. Yezierski discuss Refuting Myths about Secondary Chemistry Teaching: Getting the Facts Out to Current and Future Educators.
Additional articles examining effective secondary chemistry teaching in the issue include:
Improving Learning Outcomes in Secondary Chemistry with Visualization-Supported Inquiry Activities ~ Mike Stieff (this article is available to non-subscribers as part of ACS’s Editors’ Choice program.)
Applying the Next Generation Science Standards to Current Chemistry Classrooms: How Lessons Measure Up and How to Respond ~ Natalia M. Kellamis and Ellen J. Yezierski
Adapting a Core-Idea Centered Undergraduate General Chemistry Curriculum for Use in High School ~ Ryan L. Stowe, Deborah G. Herrington, Robert L. McKay, and Melanie M. Cooper
The Impact of Core-Idea Centered Instruction on High School Students’ Understanding of Structure–Property Relationships ~ Ryan L. Stowe, Deborah G. Herrington, Robert L. McKay, and Melanie M. Cooper
Reconstructing a School Chemistry Curriculum in the Era of Core Competencies: A Case from China ~ Bing Wei
Useful Teaching Models and Tools
Periodic Universe: A Teaching Model for Understanding the Periodic Table of the Elements ~ Matthias Bierenstiel and Kathy Snow
A Macroscale Model for Hands-On Activities Demonstrating Transmission Electron Microscopy ~ Natalie V. Hudson-Smith, Meghan S. Cahill, Nathan D. Klein, Miriam O.P. Krause, and Christy L. Haynes
Using Infographic Creation as Tool for Science-Communication Assessment and a Means of Connecting Students to Their Departmental Research ~ Richard A. R. Blackburn
Jigsaw: Using Cooperative Learning in Teaching Organic Functions ~ Brenno R. M. Oliveira, André L. Vailati, Edinara Luiz, Fabrine G. Böll, and Samuel R. Mendes
Student-Driven Development of Greener Chemistry in Undergraduate Teaching: Synthesis of Lidocaine Revisited ~ Philip Josephson, Viktor Nykvist, Wafa Qasim, Björn Blomkvist, and Peter Dinér
Making Science Accessible
Making Science Accessible to Students with Visual Impairments: Insulation-Materials Investigation ~ Aydin Kizilaslan, Mustafa Sozbilir, and Seraceddin Levent Zorluoglu
Rethinking a Timeless Titration Experimental Setup through Automation and Open-Source Robotic Technology: Making Titration Accessible for Students of All Abilities ~ Ronald Soong, Kyle Agmata, Tina Doyle, Amy Jenne, Antonio Adamo, and Andre J. Simpson
Teaching Kinetics
Catalyzing Student Learning: Using Analogies To Teach Enzyme Kinetics ~ Jon-Marc G. Rodriguez and Marcy H. Towns
Reaction of FD&C Blue 1 with Sodium Percarbonate: Multiple Kinetics Methods Using an Inexpensive Light Meter ~ Ruth E. Nalliah
A 3D-Printable Dual Beam Spectrophotometer with Multiplatform Smartphone Adaptor ~ Ryan Bogucki, Mary Greggila, Paul Mallory, Jiansheng Feng, Kelly Siman, Banafsheh Khakipoor, Hunter King, and Adam W. Smith
Computer-Based Learning
Bug Off Pain: An Educational Virtual Reality Game on Spider Venoms and Chronic Pain for Public Engagement ~ Lucka Bibic, Justinas Druskis, Samuel Walpole, Jesus Angulo, and Leanne Stokes
Introducing the First Year Laboratory to Undergraduate Chemistry Students with an Interactive 360° Experience ~ Tristan D. Clemons, Lise Fouché, Cara Rummey, Ryan E. Lopez, and Dino Spagnoli
Explorations Using X-rays
Moseley and X-ray Spectra ~ Rafaela T. P. Sant’Anna, Emily V. Monteiro, Romulo O. Pires, Rosa C. D. Peres, and Roberto B. Faria
Inquiry-Based Experiment with Powder XRD and FeS2 Crystal: “Discovering” the (400) Peak ~ N. Stojilovic and D. E. Isaacs
An Introduction to Coding with Matlab: Simulation of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy by Employing Slater’s Rules ~ Aidan A.E. Fisher
Scrambled Eggs or How Eggshells Become Phosphates ~ Diana Potes Vecini, Shirley C. Jofré, Florencia B. Pereyra Ríos, Javier Sartuqui, Paula Messina, M. Belén González, Melisa Saugo, Lorena Meier, Mónica F. Díaz, and Andrés E. Ciolino
Polymer Chemistry Laboratories
Determination of the Crosslinking Density of a Silicone Elastomer ~ Julie Schweitzer, Souhila Merad, Gautier Schrodj, Florence Bally-Le Gall, and Laurent Vonna
Room-Temperature Synthesis of Size-Uniform Polystyrene Latex and Characterization of Its Properties: Third-Year Undergraduate Teaching Lab ~ Nimer Murshid, Nicole Cathcart, and Vladimir Kitaev
Using Batteries To Teach
Enthalpy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics ~ David Keifer
Battery Concepts in Physical Chemistry: Making Your Own Organic–Inorganic Battery ~ Jacob Arnbjerg, Amirreza Khataee, Thomas Breitenbach, Jan Thøgersen, Sigurd Christiansen, Henriette Gavlshøj Mortensen, Merete Bilde, Rikke Frøhlich Hougaard, and Anders Bentien
Analytical Chemistry
Community Awareness and Service Learning in Analytical Chemistry Laboratories ~ Andrew Miller and Alan Gift
Quantitative Analysis Using a Flatbed Scanner: Aspirin Quantification in Pharmaceutical Tablets ~ Rodrigo Sens da Silva and Endler Marcel Borges
Quantifying the Cross-Sensitivity of Glass pH Electrodes in Alkaline Solutions ~ Olivia Boisen, Alesha Corral, Emily Pope, and John C. Goeltz
Molecular-Formula Determination through Accurate-Mass Analysis: A Forensic Investigation ~ Alan Austin Doucette and Roderick A. Chisholm
Investigating Scale Literacy Skills
Classwide Investigation of Absolute and Relative Scaling Conceptions of Students in Introductory College Chemistry ~ Jaclyn M. Trate, Ann Hackl, Brian Mohs, Peter Geissinger, Anja Blecking, and Kristen L. Murphy
Response Process Validity Studies of the Scale Literacy Skills Test ~ Jaclyn M. Trate, Victoria Fisher, Anja Blecking, Peter Geissinger, and Kristen L. Murphy
Commentary & News
Gautam Bhattacharyya presents a commentary on Construction by De-construction to better understand how students make sense of the electron-pushing formalism.
Information about the 26th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, July 18–23, 2020, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon is provided by Richard Nafshun and Thomas J. Greenbowe. Additional information about call for symposia and workshop proposals was recently posted on ChemEdX.
Printing the Archives: Cyanotype
This issue includes A Macroscale Model for Hands-On Activities Demonstrating Transmission Electron Microscopy by Natalie V. Hudson-Smith, Meghan S. Cahill, Nathan D. Klein, Miriam O.P. Krause, and Christy L. Haynes, in which a low cost macroscale TEM model uses cyanotype paper for “imaging”.
For additional explorations of cyanotype in past issues, see:
Prussian Blue: Artists' Pigment and Chemists' Sponge ~ Mike Ware
Blueprint Photography by the Cyanotype Process ~ Glen D. Lawrence and Stuart Fishelson
UV Catalysis, Cyanotype Photography, and Sunscreens ~ Glen D. Lawrence and Stuart Fishelson
The Chemistry of Photography: Still a Terrific Laboratory Course for Nonscience Majors ~ Simeen Sattar
Introducing the Human Element in Chemistry by Synthesizing Blue Pigments and Creating Cyanotypes in a First-Year Chemistry Course ~ Olivier Morizot, Eric Audureau, Jean-Yves Briend, Gaetan Hagel, and Florence Boulc’h
A New Approach toward Cyanotype Photography Using Tris-(oxalato)ferrate(III): An Integrated Experiment ~ Pablo Alejandro Fiorito and André Sarto Polo
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