Below you will find an entire first semester course in General, Organic, and Biochemistry. The course focuses on the “General” part of this, and covers a little bit of the “Organic” part. Be aware that sometimes I do things my own way that can be slightly unconventional. My approach to bond polarity is one example. Be aware that your instructor may do things differently!
All of the videos in this series have been properly captioned, and the captions are believed to be correct. If you notice any errors in the caption files, please let me know!
If you want to see all my videos, you can check out my YouTube channel.
Numbers and Measurements
- Numbers and measurements, part 1, math review and using your calculator
- Numbers and measurements, part 2, units
- Numbers and measurements, part 3 scientific notation
- Numbers and measurements, part 4 significant figures
- Numbers and measurements, part 4b exact and counted numbers
- Numbers and measurements, part 5, math with significant figures
- Numbers and measurements, part 6, conversions and dimensional analysis
- Numbers and measurements, part 7, conversion with fractions and multi step conversions
- Numbers and measurements, part 8, metric units and metric unit prefixes
- Numbers and measurements, part 9, density and specific gravity
Matter and Energy
- Matter and energy, part 1, classifying matter
- Matter and energy, part 2, states of matter
- Matter and energy, part 3, chemical and physical properties and changes
- Matter and energy, part 4, energy units and temperature units
- Matter and energy, part 5, heating and cooling curves
- Matter and energy, part 6 energy and changes of state
- Matter and energy, part 7, specific heat and the energy of temperature change
- Matter and energy, part 8, food energy
Atoms and Elements
- Atoms and Elements Part 1 of 6: About elements
- Atoms and Elements, Part 2 of 6: What makes an atom itself
- Atoms and Elements, Part 3 of 6: Measuring atoms and average mass
- Atoms and Elements, Part 4 of 6: Where electrons live
- Atoms and Elements, Part 5 of 6: Electrons on the move
- Atoms and Elements, Part 6 of 6: Periodic trends
Compounds and Bonding
- Compounds and Bonding, part 1, balancing charges
- Compounds and Bonding, part 2, naming ionic compounds
- Compounds and Bonding, part 3, making and naming covalent compounds
- Using VSEPR theory to find shape
- Practice drawing Lewis structures
- Identifying polar bonds and polar molecules
Chemical Quantities and Reactions
- Chemical Quantities and Reactions, part 1 – counting in chemistry: The mole
- Chemical Quantities and Reactions, part 2: How many moles in a mole?
- Chemical Quantities and Reactions, part 3 – The weight mass of a mole
- Chemical Quantities and Reactions, part 4 – Balancing reactions and mole to mole stoichiometry
- Chemical Quantities and Reactions, part 4b – Examples for mole to mole stoichiometry
- Chemical Quantities and Reactions, part 5 – Grams to Moles to Moles to Grams stoichiometry
- Chemical Quantities and Reactions, part 6 – Types of Reactions
Gases
- Gases part 1, About Gases
- Gases part 2, The Gas Laws
- Gases part 3, Vapor pressure, molar volume, and partial pressure
Solutions
- Solutions, part 1, what are solutions and why do things dissolve
- Solutions, part 2, saturated and unsaturated solutions
- Solutions, part 3, solubility and temperature, solubility and gases
- Solutions, part 4, units of solubility
- Solutions, part 5, conversions using solubility
- Solutions, part 6, predicting solubility in water
- Solutions, part 7, colligative properties
Acids and Bases
- Acids and Bases, part 1, definitions and naming
- Acids and Bases, part 2, calculating pH and H+
- Acids and Bases, part 3, strong acids, weak acids, and conjugate acids
- Acids and Bases, part 4, buffers
Organic Chemistry
- Organic chemistry, part 1, drawing organic molecules
- Organic chemistry, part 2, isomers
- Organic chemistry, part 3, naming simple organic molecules with substituents
- Organic chemistry, part 4, drawing a structure from a name
- Organic chemistry, part 5, the functional groups
Nuclear Chemistry
- Nuclear chemistry, part 1, types of radiation
- Nuclear chemistry, part 2, balancing nuclear reactions
- Nuclear chemistry, part 3, radiation exposure
- Nuclear chemistry, part 4, half lives
- Nuclear chemistry, part 5, uses of nuclear reactions
These are additional videos that are not part of a “course”, but can help reinforce concepts or present them in a similar fashion. Be aware that not all of these videos are correctly captioned beyond the YouTube automatic captioning.
Scientific notation and significant figures
- Why are significant figures important
- How to count significant figures
- How to do addition and subtraction with significant figures
- How to do multiplication and division with significant figures
- How to do convert large numbers (>10) to scientific notation
- How to convert small numbers (<1) to scientific notation
- How to convert scientific notation to a regular decimal number