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Khan Academy: More on Orbitals and Electron Configuration Instructional VideoKhan Academy: More on Orbitals and Electron Configuration Instructional Video
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Khan Academy
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Grade
9th - 10th
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Science
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Instructional Videos
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880L
Instructional Video

Khan Academy: More on Orbitals and Electron Configuration

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An explanation of how an element's location on the Periodic Table can help identify electron configurations and orbitals. [14:30]

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Concepts

electron configuration, orbitals

Additional Tags

electron orbitals, high energy state, low energy state, bohr model

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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Periodic Shuffle: Introduction to Periodicity and Electron Configuration

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No matter how you shuffle the elements, their electron configurations keep them in the same order. How can that be? Introduce the concept of periodicity through a lesson plan that combines inquiry, discussion, and comparison. Partners...
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Electronic Configuration

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The creator of this collection of chemistry slides is clever! Electron configuration is explained as, click-by-click, orbitals are displayed and then each is subsequently filled with the proper amount of electrons. After the progression,...
7th - 12th Science
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Atoms and Elements - Electron Arrangement and Periodic Law

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Delve into the world of quantum mechanics by viewing this PowerPoint. Chemistry novices learn about electron energy and shells, and they practice listing electron configuration for different atoms. Because this presentation provides...
9th - 12th Science
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Khan Academy: Chemistry of Life: More on Orbitals and Electron Configuration

Khan Academy
Learn the basics of electron configuration and how it is related to its placement in the periodic table and orbitals in this video. [14:30]
9th - 10th Science
Instructional Video

Energy Levels and Electron Configuration

Fuse School
Electron location accounts for many properties of an element. A video lesson describes how to create electron dot diagrams. The instructor discusses electron shells and the number of electrons in each.
4 mins 9th - 12th Science
Instructional Video

Electron Configuration Example

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What does an atom look like? The instructor in a tutorial video models how to use the periodic table to determine the number of subatomic particles. He then uses the number of electrons to create an orbital diagram. Finally, Groves...
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Khan Academy: Chemistry: Orbitals and Electron Configuration

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A detailed look at orbitals and an introduction to electron configuration. [14:31]
9th - 10th Science
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Khan Academy: More on Entropy

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An explanation showing the differences between microstates and macrostates emphasizing that entropy is defined for a system and not different microstates. [8:56]
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Khan Academy: More on the Dot Structure for Sulfur Dioxide

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Use this tutorial to learn how to analyze different ways to draw the dot structure for sulfur dioxide. [4:28]
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Khan Academy: More on Internal Energy

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Calculating work using the first law of thermodynamics. [13:45]
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