Crash Course Chemistry Thermochemistry, Bonding, Equilibrium and pH Lesson Sequence

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 thermochemistry, chemical bonding, equilibrium, pH, and buffers and how to turn the videos into classroom-ready science work.

Episodes in This Sequence

The Crash Course Chemistry #17-#31 Thermochemistry, Bonding, Equilibrium & pH set covers energy, enthalpy, calorimetry, entropy, lab techniques and safety, chemical bonds, polarity, Lewis structures, orbitals, liquids, solutions, equilibrium, pH, pOH, and buffers.

Best Classroom Uses

  • Use energy and calorimetry lessons to support thermochemistry review.
  • Use bonding, polarity, Lewis structures, and orbitals when students need molecular-structure reinforcement.
  • Use equilibrium, pH, pOH, and buffers to connect conceptual chemistry with problem-solving.
  • Use written questions for explanation and the quiz option for accessible review.

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.

Related posts: the earlier chemistry foundations sequence, the final kinetics and organic chemistry sequence, and NGSS science literacy ideas.

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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