Lessons

Do them in order: each one builds on the last.

  1. Lesson 1 15 min

    Meet carbon

    Why one atom with four hands builds diamonds, pencils and you.

  2. Lesson 2 15 min

    Sharing is bonding

    Single, double and triple bonds, and how chemists draw them.

  3. Lesson 3 15 min

    Molecules in 3D

    Why methane is a 3D tetrahedron, not a flat cross.

  4. Lesson 4 20 min

    Chains and names

    From methane to octane, read and name carbon chains.

  5. Lesson 5 20 min

    Functional groups

    The small parts that make vinegar sour and bananas smell sweet.