Khan Academy: Chirality and the R,s System: Introduction to Chirality

Hand your incoming scientists a collection of helpful worksheets to introduce them to your chemistry class. The packet addresses exponents, scientific notation, metric conversion, and dimensional analysis.

People have been using solar energy for many generations to dry crops, heat homes, and for light. This presentation explains how now it is possible to capture the solar energy and store it for future use, details how and where...

This video explores buffer system by using the example of the buffering that occurs in our body to get our blood at a particular pH. [6:19]

Understand the R/S System of naming chiral centers based on the Cahn Ingold Prelog priority rules. [11:08]

Chiral examples are exposed for clearer understanding of chirality. Chiral molecules are molecules that have asymmetric mirror images. [10:19]

Looks at examples of chemicals to identify any chiral atoms, and to determine if it is a chiral molecule.

Describes the main tissue types and organ systems of the body and how they function together.

What is energy, anyway? Use this featurette as an introduction to your middle school energy unit. It successfully touches each of Earth's physical systems, the sun as our main source of energy, and the flow of energy through the food...

An article reviewing the structure of eukaryotic cells. Learn how the cells have a nucleus, organelles, and chromosomes.

Get your class thinking with animations of neurons in action and explanations of how stimuli is transported and processed. This film makes an ideal introduction or review of the nervous system. The parts of the brain and what they...