Curated Video
The Importance and Uses of Iron: From Ancient Times to Present
This video provides an overview of iron, discussing its properties, historical uses, and importance as a nutrient in the body. It explains how iron is commonly alloyed with other metals to form steel, which is widely used in...
Curated Video
The Fascinating World of Platinum: From Jewelry to Catalysts
Delve into the fascinating world of platinum, a noble and precious metal with numerous remarkable properties. From its resistance to corrosion and oxidation to its historical significance and modern-day applications, we uncover the...
Curated Video
The Importance and Hazards of Sulfur
This video explains the properties and uses of sulfur, an element that has been known since ancient times. They discuss its yellow crystal and powder forms, its role in the production of sulfuric acid and fertilizers, its use in cleaning...
Professor Dave Explains
Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon Bonds With Periodic Acid
Just as important as learning reactions that generate carbon-carbon bonds, we need ways to cleave carbon-carbon bonds as well.This is useful for splitting a molecule up into fragments, or transforming a cyclic molecule into a linear...
Visual Learning Systems
Weathering and Soils: Chemical Weathering
In this video students will learn about the two major types of weathering, and the forces that alter the shape and composition of rocks. Students will explore the different types of soils, soil properties and the soil profile. Other...
FuseSchool
What Are Catalytic Converters
Learn the basics about catalytic converters, as a part of the overall environmental chemistry topic. A catalyst is a substance that causes a reaction to proceed more quickly, without being used up. A catalytic converter accelerates a...
FuseSchool
Purifying Copper
Learn the basics about Purifying copper. What methods and techniques are used in purifying copper? Find out more in this video!
Visual Learning Systems
Weathering and Erosion: Chemical Weathering
Upon viewing the Weathering and Erosion video series, students will be able to do the following: Describe weathering as a process that involves the breaking down of rocks and other materials on Earth's surface. Differentiate between the...
Curated OER
Oxidation and Reduction Review From Biological Point-of-View
Review of reduction and oxidation opens this video. It really helps stimulate understanding of these biochemistry topics. By explaining the loss or gain of electrons, Salman Khan is able to clarify the concept of respiration processes.
Periodic Videos
Vanadium
Many manufacturing processes require vanadium, though many people have not heard of it. The 23rd video in a series of 118 about chemical elements explores vanadium. It shares multiple samples in different formats including wire,...
American Chemical Society
Why Is the Statue of Liberty Green?
See how Lady Liberty turned green. Young scientists learn that oxidation reactions have caused the originally red-brown Statue of Liberty to become its current shade of green. An engaging video explains how the copper in the statue...
American Chemical Society
Why Does Metal Rust?
Are your learners' oxidation skills a little rusty? Shake it off using an informative and engaging resource. Scholars view a video in the ACS Reactions channel to learn why metals rust. They see how oxidation and reduction (redox)...
JFR Science
Redox Intro
Why do some fruits turn brown when you cut into them? And how does a Waldorf salad illustrate chemistry? Welcome your class to the world of redox! Topics include how to assign oxidation numbers, modeling redox reactions, and terminology...
JFR Science
Half Reaction Method
Ready to tame LEO the lion before he says GER? Get chemistry scholars acquainted with the half reaction method for handling redox equations using a video from the JFR Science playlist. Step-by-step instructions and great tips provide...
Fuse School
Electrochemical Series
Viewers may find this lesson quite shocking if they're not careful! A detailed video presentation explains how to read an electrochemical series to predict the direction of a chemical reaction under an electrical circuit.
Fuse School
Oxygen Exchange in Oxidation Reduction Reactions (Redox)
Ever wonder why iron turns to rust? A comprehensive video lesson explains the oxidation reaction that takes place when iron turns to rust. Building from the previous lesson in this 35-part series, the 21st lesson focusses on redox...
Fuse School
Electron Exchange in Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
Examine how to determine the electron exchange in oxidation-reduction reactions. The 20th lesson in a series of 35 begins a discussion of redox reactions. The video instructor explains how to use half equations with electrons to create a...
TED-Ed
Are Food Preservatives Bad for You?
It is safe to say that everything is best in moderation—including preservatives in food. Microbes and oxidation are the main reasons foods become spoiled. Thanks to preservatives, our foods end up having a longer shelf life. But what...
Berkeley University of California
Oxidation Bond Angle (NB)
What is the show Caesium and Iodine love watching together? CsI. The first video explains how to determine the bond angle of an oxidation. The second focuses on how to determine which are linear ions by using molecular geometry.
Berkeley University of California
Bond Order (Quiz)
What is the name of 007's Eskimo cousin? Polar Bond. The video contains a one-question quiz on whether bond order is increasing, decreasing, or staying the same in an oxidation reaction.
Crash Course
Redox Reactions
The breakdown of your breakfast and plants photosynthesizing all relate to the simple movement of electrons. Learn about the complex manner of redox reactions, where electrons move from one compound to another, changing and propelling...
Educreations
The Electrolysis of Water
What do you create with the electrolysis of water — and why? Answer this question and others with the in-depth video perfect for learners new to the concept. The instructor explains the significance of the positive and negative electrode...
TED-Ed
How Batteries Work
Discover the fascinating technology that allows us to move around in our daily lives without being anchored to power cables. Learners trace the history of batteries and their ability to store charge back to the 1780s, and...
Berkeley University of California
Alcohol Oxidation (NB)
I blew up my chemistry experiment. Oxidants happen. The ninth video in the series walks through the steps on how to solve one problem by finding oxidation numbers using an electron dot structure.