Much like the ice on roadways, common sodium chloride has been melting away snow days for many a year! Explore the colligative property freezing point depression through an interesting video from the American Chemical Society Reactions...

Both ionic and covalent bonds present as strong bonds, but which is stronger? Socratica presents a video from its chemistry playlist that attempts to answer this question. It addresses how strength is measured and the range of strengths...

Why is your sweat salty? An episode of the ACS Reactions series examines the role of electrolytes in our systems. The narrator explains how the salts of electrolytes work in the nervous system. When we lose those electrolytes through...

Acids and bases are a part of our daily lives! Curious chemists explore the pH of such solutions as shampoo, sriracha, and glass cleaner through a video from Socratica's Chemistry Lessons series. The narrator predicts what she thinks the...

Investigate the ions of the atomic world. By referencing the periodic table, the video instructor describes the different charges of monoatomic ions and references both their stock and classical names. She then defines polyatomic ions...

Discover the relationship between mass number, atomic number, and the makeup of the atom. The video instructor explains how to determine the number of each subatomic particle from the atomic and mass number. She demonstrates multiple...

Shell-building animals are resourceful creatures! An interesting video lesson describes how they use calcium and carbonate ions in the ocean to form their shells. The process is dependent on the equilibrium of calcium and carbonate ion...

A candle flame is a good conductor of electricity. An engaging video lesson demonstrates this phenomenon with an experiment. Following the experiment, the instructor explains the science and provides additional evidence to reinforce the...

Hard to describe, even harder to grasp in some cases, what is chemistry? According to participants in an impromptu video, it's more about ... love? See the perspective of all walks of life when the narrator pops the question in an...

I asked the cat sitting next to me if he had any Sodium Hypobromite; he said NaBrO. The third video in the six-part series introduces how to name polyatomic ions such as Sodium Hypobromite. It offers the general rules and a few example...

What is the most common element in Earth's crust? Aluminum! Although abundant, extracting the element is every expensive. The video lesson explains the properties of aluminum and what makes it a valuable element in everyday items.

Add a charge to your classes with a lesson on ions! The video instructor describes the formation of ions through an analysis of the electron configuration. Scholars learn the configuration and the notation related to ions.

People use alkali metals, such as lithium, for many commercial purposes. The sixth video in a 15-part series covers the alkali metals. It explains the properties they share, how to handle them safely, and how the rate of reactions...

Isn't it ionic that when atoms steal from each other, we call it bonding? A brief video explains ionic bonds, details what an ion is, how they are attracted, and the type of bond formed. The first video in a six-part series on ionic...

Manufacture new compounds through an electrolysis process. The 29th lesson of the 35-part chemistry series explains how to decompose NaCl through electrolysis. The instructor explains the ionic implications and how to detect the...

Your class' curiosity will peak during this video about the process of spectrometry. Young chemists discover how spectrometry assists forensic chemists in determining the identity of unknown substances, as well as how it played a role in...

The importance of ammonium salt solutions is covered in a video that explains how to solve the reactions, the chemical equations, and the structure of the various ions. 

Did you know all the good chemistry jokes Argon? The narrator explores chemistry through the eyes of three experiments which, in his opinion, are the most important ones in chemistry. These would be the discovery of oxygen, the discovery...

This resource must have a greater concentration of hydroxide ions than hydrogen ions because it makes pH seem basic. The video describes what happens on a molecular level to change the pH of a liquid and focuses on the importance of...

After discovering plutonium, Glenn Seaborg was given the opportunity to determine its periodic symbol. Rather than going with the obvious Pl, he went with Pu as a joke. The designation was approved and is now on every periodic...

A chemistry walks  viewers through non-polar covalent, polar covalent, and ionic bonds and how to determine the type of specific chemical bonds. 

What do you call an acid with an attitude? A-mean-oh acid. Many pupils think of the acids found in the lab rather than the more common every day acids. The video introduces more common acids in food, our bodies, and other areas of...

Learn about the Arrhenius Theory as well as the holes in the theory with a video introduces the Bronsted-Lowry Theory and details the relationships with ions and protons. 

An informative video provides a definition for an acid, where it falls on the pH scale, and how individuals test for them. It uses many examples with chemical equations.