Fuse School
Collision Theory and Reactions—Part 2
Get a positive reaction from your class as they explore the energy of reactions through a video analysis. The second lesson in a series of 35 explains energy absorption and release during chemical reactions. Graphs track the energy to...
Fuse School
Collision Theory and Reactions
The first lesson in a 35-part video series explains how orientation and energy determine a successful collision reaction. Scholars examine the requirements for a collision reaction to take place and come to understand that the...
Fuse School
Calculating Gas Volumes
How do scientists measure how much pollution a car gives off? Scholars build on their knowledge of the molecular volume of a gas in order to calculate gas volumes in chemical reactions. The 22nd video in a 30-part series uses...
Fuse School
Ammonium Salts and Solutions
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.
Fuse School
Neutralisation of Alkalis
Alkalis and how to neutralize them through titrations are the focus of a video that also explains why this process is important in a modern society.
Fuse School
Acid + Metal
What happened to the woman who was stopped for having sodium chloride and a nine-volt in her car? She was arrested for a salt and battery! Here's a video that explains how combining an acid with a metal produces a salt and water and...
SciShow
9 Scientific Cooking Techniques
Liquid nitrogen makes microscopic ice crystals, which make for a creamier food product than normal freezing. A gastronomical video explores nine different cooking techniques that are scientifically based. From food pairing to using...
SciShow
The Chemistry of Fried Food
Foods are fried in oils, which are basically a fat that is a liquid at room temperature. Another great video about the chemical reactions in cooking, this one explores frying food. The narrator explains that from the appearance of...
Fuse School
How to Measure the Loss in a Reaction
How do you measure when a gas is lost? The 20th installment in a 29-part series explains how to determine if a gas has been lost in a chemical reaction. It continues by describing how to solve for the lost mass. Finally, it offers a...
Bozeman Science
Limiting Reactants and Percent Yield
Viewers watch while the narrator explains limiting reactions through the familiar example of a recipe. He then describes why it is necessary to use moles to solve these problems rather than just relying on diagrams. The video ends...
Bozeman Science
Nuclear Reactions
How does a nuclear reaction create such a large amount of energy? The idea of a nuclear reaction develops from a comparison with chemical reactions. The video instructor then explains the process of both nuclear fission and fusion. This...
Bozeman Science
Physical and Chemical Changes
What is more important, style or substance? This video explains the difference between physical (style) changes and chemical (substance) changes. It uses many examples and various ways of determining which type of change has occurred.
TED-Ed
Why Do Dogs Smell Each Other's Butts?
The title says it all for a video that explains chemical communication between animals with the popular question: why do dogs smell each other's butts?
Bozeman Science
Carbohydrates
Explain the purpose and structure of carbohydrates with a scientific video that goes in depth about monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides. It offers an explanation of how they grow and shrink through...
Bozeman Science
Polymers
High school chemists concentrate on the formation of polymers through condensation reactions. A video also explains the process of breaking them down through hydrolysis.
Bozeman Science
Coupled Relations
Energy from the sun travels millions of miles, and actually helps you move your thumb. Observe how reactions work together to release and consume energy, such as the power of a river grinding grains, which allows processes to occur....
Crash Course
Precipitation Reactions
Two plus two is four, but how can two liquids come together and form one solid? Learn how ions can mix in solutions and fall out to form a solid in precipitation reactions through discussion and analysis of cations, anions, and...
Berkeley University of California
Conductometric Titration
What did one titration say to the other titration? Let's meet at the end point. The first video explains titration, while the second installment contains a one-question quiz and a demonstration of titration.
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...
Berkeley University of California
Conjugate Acid/Base Pair
A set of three videos starts with the instructor explaining acid and base conjugate pairs. Then, two one-question quizzes reinforce knowledge.
Berkeley University of California
Solubility (NB)
Focus on the basics of solubility in chemistry with an explanatory video, which focuses on how to solve solubility problems and common ion effect calculations.
Crash Course
Acid-Base Reactions in Solution
Ever wonder why old headstones in cemeteries are difficult to read? Learn about acid-base reactions and how these contribute to the defacing of statues and headstones and how improving the way we burn coal has decreased these effects.
Ricochet Science
Enzymes: The Induced Fit Model
What occurs once a substrate binds to a protein? High schoolers view a short animation to witness the action of substrate binding and the resulting changes that occur in the protein. They conclude the video with a short discussion...
Berkeley University of California
Catalysis
Jump-start your understanding of catalysis in chemical reactions. An educational video explains the basic concept of catalysis and its relation to energy. It also introduces platinum plates as a catalyst for the reaction between...