Money

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. This video discusses a few chemicals involved in the process of printing money.

Ice Cream

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. This video discusses the chemistry of ice cream.

For more information, check out this page from How Stuff Works.

AP Chemistry Summer Assignment: Chapter 1

Garlic

allicin, aka 2-propene-1-sulfinothioic acid S-2-propenyl ester

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. This video discusses the chemistry of garlic.

Thomas Edison

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. This video discusses the achievements of Thomas Edison.

Bacon

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. This video discusses a few reasons why the smell of bacon is so attractive.

I learned a little bit about the Maillard reaction.

Sleep Deprivation

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. This video discusses how screen time at night can disturb your sleep.

My favorite phrase from the video has to be

Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells

Eggs, Onions, & More

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. This video discusses eggs, onions, nail polish, and chlorophyll.

Strychnine

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. In this video, chemist Raychelle Burks describes poisonous alkaloids.

Poisons and Medicine

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. In this video, chemist Raychelle Burks discusses the positive and negative effects of certain chemicals.

Caffeine

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. In this video, we learn about caffeine.

Death Cologne?

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. In this video, we learn about the following smelly chemicals:

methanethiol

cadaverine

Pepper

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. In this video, I learned something about pepper and piperine.

Allspice

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. In this video, I learned something about allspice and eugenol.

Hot Stuff

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. In this video, I learned something about Sriracha sauce. The structure of capsaicin is shown above.

The Chemistry of Love

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. In this video, Abigail Marsh explains about the roles of the hormones dopamine and oxytocin (see structure above) in the feelings of love.

Bitter Coffee, Green Bananas, & More

Reactions is a series from the American Chemical Society that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life. In this video, you'll learn how to keep your coffee from tasting bitter and how to speed up the process of ripening bananas.

NASA's Aura satellite

This ChemMatters video discusses atmospheric chemistry, including ozone and VOCs.

 
More information about Aura can be found here. 

Calories and Nutrition

ChemMatters presents a few facts about calories. Now get off the sofa and go burn some!

Learn More About Graphene

In this video from ChemMatters, we learn about the properties of graphene, one of the allotropes of carbon.

For more information about the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics, click here.

Digestion

Confused about the chemical processes in digestion? This video should "break it down" for you!

Flavorful Chemistry

In this video from ChemMatters, we learn about the chemicals that affect our taste and smell. Enjoy!

What Causes Bad Breath and Acne?

Chemistry is the study of matter and its changes...even when the changes lead to unpleasant results.

Is the Painting Real or Fake?

Here's another video from ChemMatters. Two paintings are analyzed to determine if they were likely to have been painted by a particular artist.

ChemMatters Video - Episode 6 from ACS Pressroom on Vimeo.

Here's another story about how science is used to analyze the authenticity of a painting.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/mystery-masterpiece.html

Happy Independence Day!

Enjoy this video about the chemistry of fireworks.

Drinking Water

Here's another short video from ChemMatters. I think it will definitely make you think twice before turning on the faucet.


ChemMatters - Episode 5: How Wastewater Goes From Polluted to Pure from ACS Pressroom on Vimeo.

Microwaves

A short video from ChemMatters:

ChemMatters - Episode 4: How Do Microwaves Work? from ACS Pressroom on Vimeo.

For more information:

How Microwave Cooking Works

Chemical Magic?

Here's another video from ChemMatters that features disappearing ink, candles that re-light, and an egg that gets pushed into a bottle.

ChemMatters: Episode 3 - Demystifying Magic Tricks from ACS Pressroom on Vimeo.

Would you like to do your own chemistry magic? Here is one example.