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Significant Figures (sig figs): thanks to Tom and Jerry (and a cat to be named later) for helping us with this sig figs example. By Evelynn Wang
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Significant Figures rules allow scientists to communicate and keep track of the error associated with a measurement or calculation. By Chace Freed
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Those pesky Sig Figs! By Chace Freed
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Significant Figures rules allow scientists to communicate and keep track of the error associated with a measurement or calculation. It takes practice, but you can get it! By Chace Freed
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Adding water to acid is not allowed in the chemistry lab. It can lead to hot acid spraying from the container. "Always add acid to water slowly and according to your teacher's instructions. By Chace Freed
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Personal Protective Gear (PPE) is a must in the chemistry lab. By Chace Freed
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Chirality is an organic chemistry topic in which 2 enantiomers have nonsuperimposable mirror images- something that most general chemistry classes may not cover. By Chace Freed
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Final of Talking cats quiz each other on nomenclature by Evelynn Wang
Final of a video by Reginald Castex about two chiral molecules in a burger joint. Music by Reginald.
Draft of an "animation" of the #wipeitdown challenge
Draft of an "animation" of the #wipeitdown challenge
Final of our first "animation" animated using Powerpoint! Music is Daisydell's Tangerine Fuzz.
Final of our first "animation" converted to Spanish using Google Translate! ¡Mira! Music is Daisydell's Tangerine Fuzz.
Final version of our video by Jason Shurmas: informational, good music
Final version of our video by Kim Rossini: informational, dogs and a microscope!
Our first video: super simple, introduce chiral in a fun way
Helpful content from other educators
Really simple video showing a mirror that shows chiral and achiral molecules, a foot and a hand
Examples: gloves (chiral), toy airplane (achiral), fan (chiral), very monotone voice, good simple molecular examples, carvone, L-amino acids only, ice fish, snow fleas and how they use antifreeze proteins that bind water to prevent it from freezing, chirality in secondary structure of proteins based on L vs. D amino acids, screws mentioned
van-t Hoff proposed that carbon bonded to 4 atoms in the shape of a tetrahedral in 1874. He used optical rotation to validate his point, but not in a way that beginners would understand. Then hand example. Screws mentioned. (Idea not in video: "Don't get screwed! Know your chirality!")
uses thalidomide example- one enantiomer cures morning sickness, other enantiomer causes birth defects, giving pure good enantiomer and bad enantiomer forms in body
achiral molecules that are chiral due to two consecutive double bonds to C, 2 chloro spiroheptane (two connected rings), hexabenzene
how to find a chiral center in a molecule