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Learn Through Videos: Chemistry

This is a collection of links to educational videos related to chemistry and chemists, which are made for a general audience. The videos listed in this collection include lectures and documentary films related to chemistry and chemists. They explain pivotal concepts in chemistry; look at the important discoveries in the field; trace the story of how the elements were discovered and mapped; are short videos about every element on the periodic table; reveal the secrets of all you need to know about chemistry; and explore the materials that will shape our future.

STEM Concept Videos
The STEM Concept Videos are designed to help students learn a pivotal concept in science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics (STEM).

The World of Chemistry
Join with experts to observe chemistry in action and learn the laws and principles of this dynamic field.

CHEM Study (Second Edition Films)
The Chemical Education Material Study, better known as CHEM Study, was developed in the early 1960s at U.C. Berkeley's College of Chemistry and Lawrence Hall of Science, and Harvey Mudd College.

CHEM Study (First Edition Films)
The Chemical Education Material Study, better known as CHEM Study, was developed in the early 1960s at U.C. Berkeley's College of Chemistry and Lawrence Hall of Science, and Harvey Mudd College, and continued at the Lawrence Hall of Science through the 1980s.

Chemistry: Challenges and Solutions
This teaches concepts of general chemistry by presenting real challenges in energy production, materials development, biochemistry, and environmental protection.

100 Greatest Discoveries - Chemistry
This episode recounts thirteen important discoveries in chemistry, including Joseph Priestly's discovery of oxygen, John Dalton's atomic theory, and Dmitry Mendeleev's discovery of periodic table of elements.

Chemistry: A Volatile History
This is a science documentary series tracing the story of how the elements - the building blocks that make up our entire world - were discovered and mapped.

James May's Things You Need to Know about Chemistry
Have you ever wondered if certain chemicals can make you irresistible to the opposite sex? James May tries to distill the secrets of all you need to know about chemistry.

Hunting the Elements
This is a PBS NOVA documentary presented by David Pogue revealing the story of the elements to be a rich stew simmering with passion, madness, and obsessive scientific rivalry.

The Periodic Table of Videos
Short videos about every element on the periodic table, plus other cool experiments and chemistry stuff.

Dmitri Mendeleev and the Periodic Table
This is a collection of eBooks, web documents and films about Dmitri Mendeleev and the periodic table - a tabular display of the chemical elements.

Atom
This is a collection of eBooks and documentary films related to the atom which is a basic unit of matter that consists of a dense central nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons.

Atom (BBC documentary)
Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of the greatest scientific discovery ever - that everything is made of atoms.

Atoms and Their Electrons
An extremely funny educational film explaining ionic bonding, and the atomic properties of the first twenty elements of the periodic table.

Marie Curie, A Biography
Marie Sklodowska-Curie (1867-1934) was a French-Polish physicist and chemist, famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity.