This short video covers the history of hydrocarbons and organic compounds, discusses the structures and properties of alkanes, isomers, and concludes with an explanation of naming alkanes based on their structure. 

Concepts

hydrocarbons, organic compounds, alkanes, isomers, systematic naming

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Create an outline for taking notes on the video

Classroom Considerations

• Remember YouTube comments are open to the public and often include inappropriate content for the classroom
• Requires prior knowledge of carbon and compounds
• The 40th out of 46 videos

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Provides clear, easy-to-follow diagrams
• Includes closed captioning
• Works well in either traditional or flipped classrooms

Cons

• None