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Unit 01 - Scientific Method and Measurement

1. The Scientific Method  — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

2. Scientific Theory vs. Scientific Law — TedED

3. Why the Metric System Matters — TedED

4. The "Smoot" — Concerning Reality (A hilarious unit developed at MIT, just for fun)

5. How to do Basic Algebra — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

6. Measurement — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

7. Precision and Significant Figures — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

8. Rounding Answers in Math Problems (Sig Figs) — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

9. Scientific Notation — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

10. Addition and Subtraction with Scientific Notation — Taught by Tyler DeWitt

11. Multiplication and Division with Scientific Notation — Taught by Tyler DeWitt

12. Scientific Notation and Sig Figs with Operations — Taught by Tyler DeWitt

13. Dimensional Analysis, Conversion Factors and Sig Figs — Taught by Melissa Maribel

14. Dimensional Analysis with Squared and Cubed Units — Taught by Tyler DeWitt

15. Graphing — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

16. Accuracy vs. Precision — TedED

17. Density Simulation — PHET  Simulation: Calculate density of various objects. Change the parameters as you see fit. Try "Mystery" for a challenge.

18. Lab Safety — Crash Course: Watch to review lab safety practices

Unit 02 - Matter

1. Types of Matter — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

2. Pure Substances vs. Mixtures — Science Bits

3. Phase and Phase Changes — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

4. Physical Vs. Chemical Properties — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

5. The Science of Macaroni Salad. What's in a Mixture? — TedED

6. Extensive vs. Intensive Properties— Taught by Paul Maccord

7. States of Matter and Phase Changes Simulation — PHET Simulation States of Matter: Explore how Temperature affects states of matter. Observe how the molecules or atoms change.    Phase Changes:  Observe how changes in temperature and pressure affect phase changes.

8. Separation of Mixtures — BBC Bitesize Activity: Interactive activity to help review how to properly separate mixtures.

Unit 03 - Thermochemistry

1.  Potential and Kinetic Energy — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

2. Energy Forms and Changes — Interactive Simulation that allows you to observe how energy is transformed from one type to another 

3. Review of Energy — Crash Course: Energy Work Conservation of Energy Heat Exothermic Endothermic

4. Enthalpy and Table I (Exo/Endothermic) — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

5. PE Diagrams — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

6. The Calorimetry Equation  — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

7. The Calorimetry Equation Part II — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

8. Phases and Phase Changes — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

9. Heating and Cooling Curve — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

10. Heat of Fusion/Vaporization — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

11. Combining the Calorimetry Equations with the Heating Curve — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

Unit 04 - Gases

1. Pressure — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

2. Ideal Gas Behavior — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

3. Avogadro's Hypothesis — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

4. How Big is a Mole?— TedED

5. Vapor Pressure — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

6. Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

7. Graham's Law of Effusion  — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

8. The Gas Laws — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

9. Solving Boyle's and Charles' Law Problems — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

10. Solving Gay Lussac's and Combined Gas Law Problems — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

11. Ideal Gas Law — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

12. Gas Law Review — Review of all gas laws

13. Gas Law Review — This is a good overview of the gas laws

Unit 05 - Atomic Theory

1. Just How Small is an Atom? — TedED

2. Development Of Atomic Structure: Greeks-Bohr — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

3. Discovery of the electron —Taught by Tyler DeWitt

4. Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment —Taught by Tyler DeWitt

5. Discovery of the Neutron —Taught by Tyler DeWitt

6. The Bohr Model — Taught by Paul Anderson

7. Development of Atomic Structure: Wave Mechanical Model — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

8. Review of All Atomic Models —Taught by Tyler DeWitt

9. The 2,400 Year Search for the Atom — TedED

10. Review of ALL models of the atom — Crash Course

11. Light — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

12. Duality of Light — Taught by Paul Anderson (goes a bit beyond what you need to know)

13. Light Calculations (c = λv and E =hv) — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

14. Atomic Structure: The Nucleus (Isotopes) — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

15. Calculating Average Atomic Mass — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

16. Millikan's Oil Drop Experiment —Taught by Tyler DeWitt

17. Electron Configuration/Orbital Notation — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

18. Quantum Numbers — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

19. Excited State vs. Ground State — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

20. Occupied vs. Full — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

Unit 06 - Nuclear Chemistry

1. Discovery and Detection of Radioactivity — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

2. Nature and Charge of Radioactive Decay Particles — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

3. Writing Natural Transmutations — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

4. What is Half-Life? — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

5. Solving Half-Life Problems — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

6. Uses of Radioactive Isotopes — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

7.  Artificial Transmutations — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

8. Nuclear Power (Fission and Fusion) — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

9. Nuclear Chemistry Review — Crash Course

10. Nuclear Review Part II — Crash Course

Unit 07 - Periodic Table

1. Medeleev's Periodic Table — TedED

2. Periodic Trends  — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

3. Basic Properties of Element Types — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

4. Metallic vs. Non-Metallic Character — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

5. Properties of Groups on the Periodic Table — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

6. Monatomic and Diatomic Molecules and Phases of Elements — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

7. Periodic Table Review — Crash Course

8. Can we discover more elements? — Just something interesting (not needed for the exam)

9. Periodic Table Incorrect? — Just something interesting

10. The New Elements — Explains how the 4 new elements were discovered (you don't need to know this for the exam). I just found it interesting.

Unit 08 - Bonding

1. Ionic Bonding — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

2. How Covalent Bonds Form — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

3. Polar and Non-Polar Covalent Bonds — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

4. Coordinate Covalent Bonds — Taught by Michel Van Biezen

5. How to figure out if a bond is Ionic, Covalent, Metallic,  or Network solid — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

6. VSEPR (Linear, Bent, Trigonal Planar, Pyramidal, Tetrahedral) — Taught by Mr. Pellostan

7. VSEPR (Linear, Bent, Pyramidal, Tetrahedral) — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

8. Molecular Polarity — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

9. Lewis Dot Diagrams — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

10. Molecular Dot Diagrams (For Covalent Molecules) — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

11. Resonance Structures — The Chemistry Solution

12. Hybridization (sp)  — Taught by Michel Van Biezen

13. Hybridization (sp2) — Taught by Michel Van Biezen

14. Hybridization (sp3) — Taught by Michel Van Biezen 

15. Hybridization with  Lone Pairs (Ammonia) — Taught by Michel Van Biezen 

16. Hybridization with Lone Pairs (Water) — Taught by Michel Van Biezen 

17. Hybridization (sp2 & sp3) — Crash Chemistry Academy

18. Hybridization (sp3d) — Taught by Michel Van Biezen

19. Hybridization (sp3d2)  — Taught by Michel Van Biezen

20. Hybridization Review — Taught by Michel Van Biezen

21. Sigma and Pi Bonds  — Taught by Dave Carlson

22. Pi Bonds and Hybridization (Double bonds) — Taught by Michel Van Biezen

23. Pi Bonds and Hybridization (Triple Bonds)  — Taught by Michel Van Biezen

24. Intermolecular Forces — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

25. Shape of You-Bond Review — acapella science

Unit 09 - Formula Writing and Formula Math

1. Ionic Formula Writing Given The Compound Name — Taught By Mark Rosengarten

2. Ionic Formula Writing Including Polyatomic Ions — Taught By Mark Rosengarten

3. Naming Acids — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

4. Naming Ionic Compounds Given The Ionic Formula — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

5. Ionic Naming using the Classical Naming System  — Taught by Greg Johnson

6. Naming Molecular Compounds (ignore stock system) — Taught by Mark Rosengarten 

7. GFM — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

8. Converting Mass to Moles — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

9. ALL Mole Conversions — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

10. % Composition By Mass — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

11. % Composition By Mass of Hydrates — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

12. Empirical Formula — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

13. Finding Molecular Formula — Mark Rosengarten

Unit 10 - Stoichiometry and Equation Math

1. Synthesis and Decomposition — Taught By Mark Rosengarten

2. Single Replacement Reactions — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

3. Double Replacement Reactions — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

4. Advanced Double Replacement Reactions — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

5. Net Ionic Equations — Taught by Melissa Maribel

6. Stoichiometry Problems — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

7. Balancing Chemical Reactions — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

8. Sum of the Coefficients — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

9. Stoichiometry Problems — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

10. Advanced Stoichiometry Problems — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

11. Missing Mass Problems — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

12. Limiting Reagent Problems — Taught by Melissa Maribel

13. Limiting/Excess Reagent — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

14. Limiting/Excess Reagent —Taught by Tyler DeWitt

15. Theoretical Yield and Percent Yield  — Taught by Melissa Maribel

Unit 11 - Solutions

1. Solutions and Solubility — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

2. Solubility Curves — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

3. Molarity — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

4. PPM and % Mass and % Volume — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

5. Molality — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

6. Colligative Properties I — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

7. Colligative Properties II — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

8. Colligative Properties Calculations — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

Unit 12 - Kinetics and Equilibrium

1. Reaction Mechanisms — Taught By Mark Rosengarten

2. Factors Affecting Reaction Rate — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

3. Enthalpy and Table I — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

4. PE Diagrams — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

5. PE Diagrams for Mechanisms — Taught by Melissa Maribel

6. Hess' Law — Taught by Melissa Maribel

7. Equilibrium — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

8. Law of Mass Action — College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

9. Equilibrium Constant Keq — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

10. ICE Tables — Crash Course

11. ICE Tables  — Taught by Melissa Maribel

12. Ksp — Taught by ChemistNATE

13. Ksp and ICE Tables — Taught by ChemistNATE

14. Reaction Quotient — Taught by Paul Anderson

15. Entropy, Enthalpy, and Spontaneity — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

16. Gibbs Free Energy — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

17. Gibbs Free Energy Calculations  — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

18. Le Chatlier' Principle Concentration — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

19. Le Chatlier's Principle Temperature and Pressure — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

Unit 13 - Acid/Base

1. Arrhenius Acid — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

2. Arrhenius Bases — Taught By Mark Rosengarten

3. Brönsted/Lowry Acids and Bases — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

4. Lewis Acids & Bases — Taught by ChemistNATE

5. Ka — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

6. Ka & Kb — Taught by ChemistNATE

7. Conjugate Acid/Base Pairs — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

8. Neutralization and Titration — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

9. More Neutralization — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

10. More Titration — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

11. Titration Curves —Taught by Dan Dulek (Do Not worry about the math here)

12. pH — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

13. Kw — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

14. pH for Strong Acids — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

15. Hydrolysis of a Salt — Taught by Mrs. Pluchino

16. Buffers — Taught by Sarah Chem

17. Buffers — Crash Course  (Do Not worry about the math here)

Unit 14 - Redox

1. Assigning Oxidation Numbers — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

2. Oxidation and Reduction — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

3. Oxidizing and Reducing Agents — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

4. Half Reactions — Taught By Mark Rosengarten

5. Balancing Redox Reactions — Taught By Mark Rosengarten

6. Balancing Redox Reactions in Acidic Solutions — Taught By Tyler DeWitt

7. Voltaic Cells — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

8. Voltaic Cell Demonstration — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

9. Voltaic Cell Drawing — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

10. Ecell Calculations — Taught by ChemistNATE

11. Electrolysis of Salts — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

12. Electrolysis of Water — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

13. Electroplating — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

14. Electrolysis Demonstration— Taught by Mark Rosengarten

Unit 15 - Organic Chemistry

1. Properties of Organic Compounds — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

2. Hydrocarbons Molecular Formulas — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

3. Hydrocarbons Structural Formulas — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

4. Alkyl Groups and Halocarbons — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

5. Addition and Substitution Reactions — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

6. Aromatic Hydrocarbons — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

7. Organic Families: Alcohols — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

8. Organic Families: Carboxyl Group (Organic Acids And Esters) — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

9. Organic Families: Carbonyl Group (Aldehydes And Ketones) — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

10. Organic Families: Amines Amides Ethers And Amino Acids — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

11. Organic Families: Isomers — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

12. Organic Reactions - Combustion, Fermentation And Saponification — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

13. Organic Reactions - Dehydration Synthesis — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

14. Organic Reactions - Polymers — Taught by Mark Rosengarten

Regents Review:

1. Past Regents Exams and Answers 

2. Regents Review Questions and Answers

3. Regents Review Website (Questions and Answers by Topic)