Bloomberg
Johns Hopkins’ Nasr Says Trump Doesn’t Want Syrian War
Apr.07 -- Johns Hopkins SAIS Dean Vali Nasr discusses President Trump’s missile strike against Syria and whether the action will make a diplomatic solution more difficult. He speaks with Scarlet Fu and Joe Weisenthal on “What’d You...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Acids and Bases
This video about pH will not leave a sour taste in your mouth! Through clear explanations and a little humor, upcoming chemists will learn the definitions and properties of acids and bases, as well as how pH is measured. This would make...
Curated OER
Red Cabbage Chemistry
An acid/base indicator that's made of blended red cabbage and water is used to demonstrate the various reactions that an acid/base solution goes through when some carbon dioxide gas is added. The best way to add the carbon dioxide is to...
Steve Spangler Science
Acid Breath - Cool Science Experiment
An acid/base indicator that's made of blended red cabbage and water is used to demonstrate the various reactions that an acid/base solution goes through when some carbon dioxide gas is added. The best way to add the carbon dioxide is to...
Khan Academy
Relative Stability of Amides Esters Anhydrides and Acyl Chlorides
Sal finishes naming the structure from the previous video and the methyl acetate (methyl ethanoate). He then starts comparing the four carboxylic acid derivatives. Sal looks at the resonance structures of the molecules and how...
Khan Academy
Polymerization of Alkenes with Acid, Alkenes and Alkynes, Organic Chemistry
Again, Sal starts his lecture on polymerization with a review of the structure of his primary example. He draws it to show the valence electrons. The most likely behavior of the electrons is demonstrated, but then alternative mechanisms...
Khan Academy
Acid Chloride Formation, Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives, Organic Chemistry
Follow through every behavior of the electrons and ions during the reaction between acetic chloride and its reactants, leading to the production of the acid halide.
Khan Academy
Fisher Esterification
Sal presents the situation of a solution of a carboxylic acid (such as heptanoic acid) with an alcohol (ethanol) in the presence of a sulfuric acid catalyst. He explains the esterification process.
Khan Academy
Amide Formation from Acyl Chloride, Carboxylic acids and derivatives
After giving a situation with several reactants, Sal can review the behavior of those ions according to their stability. Amines and acyl chloride are used first. Next, he looks at the mechanism at each point to move from a less stable...
Khan Academy
Hemoglobin, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Health and Medicine
If Hemoglobin and Red Blood Cells play an essential role in your curriculum or have piqued your students' interest, then this video would be an asset for understanding that higher acidity and Carbon Dioxide play an allosteric inhibition...
TED-Ed
What Causes Heartburn?
Burp! Avoid the burn, heartburn that is! Believe it or not, heartburn takes place in the esophagus near the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), not the heart or the stomach. Find out everything you need to know about what causes...
American Chemical Society
3 Egg-cellently Weird Science Experiments
Have you ever seen an egg bounce? Three interesting and simple hands-on experiments with eggs teach basic concepts about chemical reactions. First, participants cook an egg in alcohol to learn about denaturing proteins. Then, they watch...
American Chemical Society
How Do We Know the Half Life of Uranium and Can You Collect Gold Once It's Dissolved in Acid?
Participate in a little chemistry Q and A! Part of a larger series on reactions, an informative lesson takes questions from viewers and crafts responses. The video explains how we arrive at an accurate half-life of a radioactive...
Socratica
Chemistry: What is pH—How to Calculate pH
Is it better to drink an acid or a base? An informative video explains what pH is and how to calculate it. As part of a larger chemistry playlist, it features both the Arrhenius and Bronsted-Lowry definitions. It also demonstrates...
American Chemical Society
What Happens When You Eat Too Much?
Overeating has both physical and mental consequences. Scholars learn the body's reaction to eating and how it determines when enough is enough. The installment of the ACS Reactions playlist explores both physiological and neurological...
Socratica
pH of 10 Common Household Liquids
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...
Fuse School
Carboxylic Acids and Esters
What do ants, wine, and rhubarb have in common? They all contain carboxylic acids! Introduce your organic chemistry class to this common class of useful molecules with a brief video. The narrator also discusses uses of carboxylic acids,...
Fuse School
Acid Rain
Rain, rain, go away ... at least if your pH is below six! The sixth installment in a series of seven videos teaching about pollution and our atmosphere shows learners the facts about acid rain. Embedded pauses allow you to stop and check...
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...
Fuse School
Stomach Acid
Approximately 60 million Americans suffer from acid reflux. The video explains why our stomachs have acids, how they work, and how they don't eat through the lining of our stomach. Then it explains what can happen when things go wrong,...
SciShow
Litmus Test: SciShow Experiments
The ability of litmus paper to change color in the presence of an acid or base is due to lichens in the paper. The narrator explains a litmus test and what pH measures, and then goes on to show how to make litmus paper at home using...
Crash Course
Digestive System (Part 2)
It takes about seven seconds for food to move from the mouth to the stomach. Pupils follow food from the mouth through digestion, exploring where mechanical and chemical digestion occur. Saliva, enzymes, acids, and chyme are a small...
Educreations
Endpoint Calculations
Explore titration endpoint calculations. After first explaining the process, the instructor introduces calculation problems. He illustrates the calculations necessary for figuring the pH of a solution at the equivalence point.