Fostering Engagement in Nanotechnology
The Feburary 2014 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. The February issue issue features a range of articles on nanotechnology in the areas of public engagement, instrumentation, and laboratory experiments.
Editorial
Norbert J. Pienta, Editor-in-Chief of JCE, discusses Science Scores, Measures of Success, and National Competitiveness.
Nanotechnology
Cover
In Why Did the Electron Cross the Road? A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) Study of Molecular Conductance for the Physical Chemistry Lab, Bradley W. Ewers, Amanda E. Schuckman, and James D. Batteas describe a series of STM experiments designed to engage students in cutting-edge research techniques while introducing and reinforcing topics in physical chemistry, quantum mechanics, solid-state chemistry, and the electronic structure of molecules and materials.
Research
Using a Deliberative Exercise To Foster Public Engagement in Nanotechnology by Angela R. Jones, Ashley A. Anderson, Sara K. Yeo, Andrew E. Greenberg, Dominique Brossard, and John W. Moore
Instrumentation
The Scanning Theremin Microscope: A Model Scanning Probe Instrument for Hands-On Activities by Rebecca C. Quardokus, Natalie A. Wasio, and S. Alex Kandel
A Photocell Scanning Probe Microscope Model by Maynard J. Morin
Laboratory Experiments
ZnO-Based Sunscreen: The Perfect Example To Introduce Nanoparticles in an Undergraduate or High School Chemistry Lab by Wanda J. Guedens, Monique Reynders, Heidi Van den Rul, Ken Elen, An Hardy, and Marlies K. Van Bael
Uptake and Impact of Silver Nanoparticles on Brassica rapa: An Environmental Nanoscience Laboratory Sequence for a Nonmajors Course by Kevin M. Metz, Stephanie E. Sanders, Anna K. Miller, and Katelyn R. French
Catalytic Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium Using Palladium Nanoparticles: An Undergraduate Nanotechnology Laboratory by Omowunmi A. Sadik, Naumih M. Noah, Veronica A. Okello, and Zhaoyong Sun
Simple Syntheses of CdSe Quantum Dots by Matthew L. Landry, Thomas E. Morrell, Theodora K. Karagounis, Chih-Hao Hsia, and Chia-Ying Wang
A Simple ZnO Nanocrystal Synthesis Illustrating Three-Dimensional Quantum Confinement by Philip J. Reid, Bryant Fujimoto, and Daniel R. Gamelin
Laser Desorption Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry of Inorganic Nanoclusters: An Experiment for Physical Chemistry or Advanced Instrumentation Laboratories by Timothy M. Ayers, Scott T. Akin, Collin J. Dibble, and Michael A. Duncan
Teaching Resources
A Visually Attractive “Interconnected Network of Ideas” for Organizing the Teaching and Learning of Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry by Glen E. Rodgers
A Simple Oxygen Detector Using Zinc–Air Battery by Yoong Kin Hooi, Masayoshi Nakano, and Nobuyoshi Koga
3-D Surface Visualization of pH Titration “Topos”: Equivalence Point Cliffs, Dilution Ramps, and Buffer Plateaus by Garon C. Smith, Md Mainul Hossain, and Patrick MacCarthy
Assigning Oxidation States to Organic Compounds via Predictions from X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: A Discussion of Approaches and Recommended Improvements by Vipul Gupta, Hasitha Ganegoda, Mark H. Engelhard, Jeff Terry, and Matthew R. Linford
Making Chemistry Accessible for Visually Impaired Students
Nobody Can See Atoms: Science Camps Highlighting Approaches for Making Chemistry Accessible to Blind and Visually Impaired Students by Henry B. Wedler, Lee Boyes, Rebecca L. Davis, Dan Flynn, Annaliese Franz, Christian S. Hamann, Jason G. Harrison, Michael W. Lodewyk, Kristin A. Milinkevich, Jared T. Shaw, Dean J. Tantillo, and Selina C. Wang
Making Hands-On Science Learning Accessible for Students Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision by Cary A. Supalo, Mick D. Isaacson, and Michael V. Lombardi
Kinetics
Kinetics of the Rapid Reaction between Iodine and Ascorbic Acid in Aqueous Solution Using UV–Visible Absorbance and Titration by an Iodine Clock by Arthur E. Burgess and John C. Davidson
Physico-Geometrical Kinetics of Solid-State Reactions in an Undergraduate Thermal Analysis Laboratory by Nobuyoshi Koga, Yuri Goshi, Masahiro Yoshikawa, and Tomoyuki Tatsuoka
Chemical Education Research
Alcohol Pharmacology Education Partnership: Using Chemistry and Biology Concepts To Educate High School Students about Alcohol by Elizabeth A. Godin, Nicole Kwiek, Suzanne S. Sikes, Myra J. Halpin, Carolyn A. Weinbaum, Lane F. Burgette, Jerome P. Reiter, and Rochelle D. Schwartz-Bloom
A New Higher Education Curriculum in Organic Chemistry: What Questions Should Be Asked? by David L. Lafarge, Ludovic M. Morge, and Martine M. Méheut
Graduate Education Curriculum Reform
Mentoring Graduate Students in Research and Teaching by Utilizing Research as a Template by Christopher C. Knutson, Milton N. Jackson, Jr., Matt Beekman, Matthew E. Carnes, Darren W. Johnson, David C. Johnson, and Douglas A. Keszler
In China
Engaging in Curriculum Reform of Chinese Chemistry Graduate Education: An Example from a Photocatalysis—Principles and Applications Course by Jiahai Ma and Rongrong Guo
Improving the Practical Education of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering Majors in Chinese Universities by Feng-qing Zhao, Yi-feng Yu, Shao-feng Ren, Shao-jie Liu, and Xin-yu Rong
From the Archive: Teaching with LEGOs
It this issue, Ryo Horikoshi, Yoji Kobayashi, and Hiroshi Kageyama use interlocking building blocks to illustrate catalysis. In past issues, LEGOs have been used to explore a variety of topics, including:
An Exploration of the Nanoworld with LEGO Bricks by Dean J. Campbell, Josiah D. Miller, Stephen J. Bannon, and Lauren M. Obermaier
Constructing an Annotated Periodic Table Created with Interlocking Building Blocks: A National Chemistry Week Outreach Activity for All Ages by Thomas S. Kuntzleman, Kristen N. Rohrer, Bruce W. Baldwin, Jennifer Kingsley, Charles L. Schaerer, Deborah K. Sayers, and Vivian B. West
Putting It All Together: Lab Reports and Legos (JCE Classroom Activity #37) by JCE Staff
Lego Stoichiometry (JCE Classroom Activity #53) by J. Eric Witzel
An Interlocking Building Block Activity in Writing Formulas of Ionic Compounds (JCE Classroom Activity #113) by Kristie R. Ruddick and Abby L. Parrill
Understanding Chemical Reaction Kinetics and Equilibrium with Interlocking Building Blocks by Carrie A. Cloonan, Carolyn A. Nichol, and John S. Hutchinson
A Low-Cost Quantitative Absorption Spectrophotometer by Daniel R. Albert, Michael A. Todt, and H. Floyd Davis Journal of Chemical Education 2012 89 (11), 1432-1435
JCE Speaks 91 Volumes of Useful Material
With 91 volumes of the Journal of Chemical Education to explore, you will always find something useful—including all of the articles mentioned above, and many more, in the Journal of Chemical Education. Articles that are edited and published online ahead of print (ASAP—As Soon As Publishable) are also available.
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