Heat things up in your high school chemistry class with a instructional video on combustion reactions. Starting off with a brief explanation of combustion and the different chemicals involved, this resource walks step by step...

Visualizing long chains of hydrocarbons is easier with this video, which utilizes the Newman projection method for diagramming. Using ethane and butane as examples, Sal demonstrates how to label the multiple CH3 attachments according to...

Learn how to analyze the different boiling points of organic compounds using intermolecular forces. [11:07]

Scientists have discovered a way to use microorganisms to generate hydrocarbons. It is hoped that this idea could eventually be used to create fuel. [2:45]

An introduction to the varieties of aromatic hydrocarbons that are benzene derivatives, and how to name them.

Practice naming hydrocarbons with branches and rings in this video. Also, learn how carbons are classified as: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary carbons. [13:05]

In this video segment adapted from 'Need to Know,' meet a fisherman who became a cleanup worker on the 2010 BP oil spill and then developed health problems. Learn about concern over the health and safety of cleanup workers because of the...