Curated OER
Gold, Silver, & Bronze
The teacher focuses on the chemistry of the metals in Olympic medals. This video is a different approach to teaching about metals, covering a variety of concepts: elements, alloys, properties of metals, atomic structure, and the periodic...
American Chemical Society
The Periodic Table Table
You'd be hard pressed to find someone more dedicated to the periodic table than Theodore Gray. A video lesson interviews him as he describes his passion and his creation. The installment of a larger series on reactions shows Gray's table...
American Chemical Society
The Race to Invent the Periodic Table
Mendeleev was a visionary, providing a tool to predict things we didn't even know about yet! He was the first to recognize the pattern in the properties of elements and create the skeleton of the chart that we know today as the periodic...
Fuse School
Aluminium: Uses and Anodising
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.
Crash Course Kids
Organizing Properties
Gain insight into how scientists group materials based on their properties, such as conductibility and malleability, with this informative and engaging video. First, molecules, atoms, substances, and elements are reviewed, then...
Curated Video
The Organic Chemistry Tutor: Basic Concepts,periodic Table, Elements
This online chemistry video tutorial provides a basic overview of common concepts taught in high school regular, honors, and ap chemistry classes as well as college general chemistry. This video contains plenty of notes, examples,...