Crash Course Chemistry Kinetics, Nuclear Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Carbon Cycle Lessons

Crash Course Chemistry gives teachers a fast, visual way to review chemistry ideas, but the video alone is not the whole lesson. Students need a clear task while they watch, vocabulary support, short evidence-based questions, and a practical way to show what they understood. This post focuses on the final Crash Course Chemistry sequence: kinetics, materials, nuclear chemistry, organic chemistry, polymers, and the carbon cycle and how to turn the videos into classroom-ready science work.

Episodes in This Sequence

The Crash Course Chemistry #32-#46 Kinetics, Nuclear Chemistry & Organic Chemistry set covers kinetics, solids, network solids, carbon, silicon, electrochemistry, atomic history, nuclear chemistry, fusion, fission, hydrocarbons, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics, cyclic compounds, derivatives, nomenclature, polymers, and the global carbon cycle.

Best Classroom Uses

  • Use kinetics to review reaction rates and collision ideas.
  • Use solids, carbon, silicon, and polymers to connect chemistry to materials.
  • Use nuclear chemistry episodes for model-based discussion and vocabulary support.
  • Use organic chemistry episodes for classification, nomenclature, and functional-group review.
  • Use the carbon cycle episode to connect chemistry to Earth systems and ecosystems.

Why Structure Matters

The official Crash Course Chemistry course page describes the course as a 46-episode chemistry sequence. Because the videos move quickly, students benefit from a guide that turns viewing into active science work. NGSS emphasizes science practices such as modeling, explanation, evidence, mathematical thinking, and communication; the NGSS high school matter and interactions standards are a useful anchor for chemistry planning. CAST’s CAST UDL Guidelines also supports using multiple ways for students to access information and show learning. Learning-science research summarized in How People Learn points to the importance of prior knowledge, active learning, and time for understanding.

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Ready-to-Use Crash Course Chemistry Resources

Start with the #1 The Nucleus free Crash Course Chemistry sample or browse the Crash Course Chemistry video lessons collection. Teachers who want the full sequence can use the complete Crash Course Chemistry video lesson bundle. Smaller sequence sets are also available: Crash Course Chemistry #2-#16 Periodic Table, Stoichiometry & Gas Laws set, Crash Course Chemistry #17-#31 Thermochemistry, Bonding, Equilibrium & pH set, and Crash Course Chemistry #32-#46 Kinetics, Nuclear Chemistry & Organic Chemistry set.

Videos are not included. These resources provide worksheets, teacher guides, answer keys, Google Forms quiz options, Google Slides/PPTX options, and Google Classroom link PDFs to use with the official Crash Course Chemistry playlist.

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