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Uses of Radioactivity
Radioactivity is often perceived as dangerous and a threat to our well-being, but you may be surprised at the different applications of this natural chemical process. From the smoke detectors in our homes to treatments for cancer,...
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Covalent Bonds
Share this video with your class and explore the conditions that make covalent bonding possible. Examining the complex series of attractive and repulsive forces that exist between atoms, this video explains how at just the right...
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Le Chatelier's Principle
Equilibrium reactions are able to reach a steady state of products and reactants, but what happens when this careful balance is disturbed? With the help of this instructional video, young chemists learn to apply Le Chatelier's...
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Types of Solids
Young chemists discover that all solids are not created equal with the help of this short instructional video. Taking a microscopic look at matter, students learn how to classify solids based on the type of bonds that are responsible for...
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The Aufbau Hotel
A simple analogy helps to explain a complicated concept in this instructional chemistry video. After first listening to a description of a hotel with different types of rooms on different floors, each with its own...
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Writing & Balancing Combustion Equations
Heat things up in your high school chemistry class with a instructional video on combustion reactions. Starting off with a brief explanation of combustion and the different chemicals involved, this resource walks step by step...
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Bond Types
Bond some basic chemistry knowledge to the brains of your students with this short instructional video. After first identifying metals and non-metals on the period table, the presenter continues on to explain the types of materials...
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The Ideal Gas Law
Help young scientists connect the dots between pressure, temperature, and volume with a video on the ideal gas law. After first reviewing the formula for this fundamental law, the instructor walks step by step through nine different...
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The pH Scale
The pH scale is actually based on logarithms rather than just simple numbers. The fact-filled video begins with an explanation of the auto-ionization of water. Then it describes the relationship between H+ and OH- in every solution. It...
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Ideal Gas Constant, R
The gas laws all solve for a constant, but none of them are truly constant in all situations. This video introduces the ideal gas constant, which is always the same. It explains how to solve for R and includes the numbers used on the...
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The pH Scale
The pH scale is actually based on logarithms rather than just simple numbers. The fact-filled video begins with an explanation of the auto-ionization of water. Then it describes the relationship between H+ and OH- in every solution. It...
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Hydrolysis
Young chemists examine the effects of salt on the pH levels of solutions with the help of this instructional video. Taking a close look at reactions between three different salts and water, students learn to predict the...
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Entropy & Free Energy
An understanding of chemical reactions really boils down to two concepts: entropy and enthalpy. Follow along with this instructional video as it explains how these two principles are used to calculate Gibbs free-energy which...
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Dividing Using Friendly Numbers
Simplify division for young mathematicians by teaching them how to use friendly numbers when finding quotients. Three examples are presented in this instructional video that models the process of breaking large dividends into sums of...