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Chemistry

Interactive chemistry

Chemistry lessons where students get their hands on the chemistry: mix, heat, dilute, shift the equilibrium and check the numbers. As with the physics lessons, each lesson is a single page that opens on a phone or a computer, with nothing to install.

15 lessons planned1 lesson ready

Lessons

Matter and Mixtures

States of matter, properties of matter, substances and mixtures, and how to separate a mixture: filtration, decanting, distillation.

8 steps80 exercises

Atomic Models

From Dalton to Bohr by way of Thomson and Rutherford; atomic number, mass, isotopes and electron configuration.

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The Periodic Table

How the table is laid out, groups and periods, and the properties that rise and fall across it: radius, ionisation energy, electronegativity.

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Chemical Bonding

Ionic, covalent and metallic bonds, molecular shape, polarity and the intermolecular forces that decide the boiling point.

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Inorganic Compounds

Acids, bases, salts and oxides, indicators and the pH scale, neutralisation and acid rain.

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Reactions and Stoichiometry

Types of reaction, balancing equations, the mole, molar mass, limiting reagent, yield and purity.

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Solutions

Solubility and solubility curves, concentration, dilution, mixing solutions, titration and colligative properties.

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Thermochemistry

Reactions that give out and take in heat, enthalpy, Hess's law, bond energy and the energy content of fuels.

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Reaction Kinetics

Rate of reaction, effective collisions, activation energy, catalysts and the effect of temperature, concentration and surface area.

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Chemical Equilibrium

Reactions that go both ways, the equilibrium constant, Le Chatelier's principle, pH and pOH, hydrolysis and solubility product.

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Electrochemistry

Redox, cells and standard potential, batteries, corrosion and electrolysis.

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Carbon Chains and Functional Groups

Carbon and its chains, hydrocarbons, functional groups and IUPAC naming.

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Isomerism

Structural, geometric and optical isomerism: molecules with the same formula and different properties.

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Organic Reactions

Substitution, addition, elimination, oxidation and combustion; esterification and saponification.

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Polymers and Biochemistry

Plastics, rubber and recycling; carbohydrates, lipids and proteins; crude oil and biofuels.

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How each lesson will work

Simulation

Each step will have a drawing that responds to the controls: colliding particles, balloons filling up, a beaker changing colour. The numbers on screen use the same formulas as the text.

Talking points

Questions that ask you to try things: ‘double the concentration’, ‘heat the system’, ‘take away some product and see which way the equilibrium goes’.

Exercises

10 per step (4 basic, 4 intermediate and 2 challenges), with the worked solution hidden until you click.

Wrap-up

At the end, challenges that mix the steps, five ENEM-style questions (Brazil's national secondary-school exam) with references to real exam questions, and a sheet with every formula in the lesson.