Basic Chemistry for Biology, Part 1: Atoms

This video series, Basic Chemistry for Biology Students, teaches the basic chemistry that you’ll need to know in your biology course, whether that’s introductory high school level, AP Biology, or even a first year college biology course.
The series covers
1. The structure of atoms (a nucleus with protons and neutrons; electrons orbiting outside in orbitals)
2. What biology students need to know about the Periodic Table.
3. The “Octet Rule” for understanding how electrons are organized into orbitals.
4. Ionic bonding (how atoms trade electrons to become charged ions, and the ionic bonds that result)
5. Covalent bonding (how atoms share electrons to form molecules)
Key chemistry terms (element, compounds, molecules, etc).
6. Understanding chemical formulas (molecular formulas and structural formulas).

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