Crash Course Chemistry: study plan and how long it takes
The CrashCourse playlist is 47 videos and 8.2 hours long. Here's how long it takes at different paces, a week-by-week schedule built from the real videos, and a planner that turns it into your own daily plan.
47 videos · 8.2 hours · CrashCourse
Crash Course Chemistry, hosted by Hank Green, covers atoms and the electron, stoichiometry, reactions including redox, gases and vapour pressure, thermodynamics and entropy, orbitals and bonding, equilibrium, acids, bases and pH, and organic chemistry and polymers.
It's a quick, energetic overview of a first-year chemistry course.
Who it's for: High-school and first-year students taking general chemistry.
How long does it take?
The full playlist is 8.2 hours across 47 videos. Here's roughly how many days that is at different daily watch times and speeds, counting video time only:
| Daily time | At 1x | At 1.5x | At 2x |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 min a day | 17 days | 11 days | 9 days |
| 1 h a day | 9 days | 6 days | 5 days |
| 2 h a day | 5 days | 3 days | 3 days |
Make your own schedule
The playlist link is already filled in. Press Plan, set how much time you have each day and your speed, and you'll get a day-by-day schedule with a finish date and a calendar file. It reads the live playlist, so new videos are included.
Week-by-week schedule
A sample plan at 1 hour a day and normal speed, using whole videos so none is split across days. That's 2 weeks in total. For a different pace, start date or speed, use the planner above.
Week 1Videos 1–35 · 6h 14m
Day 1 · 59m
- 1Crash Course Chemistry Preview!2m
- 2The Nucleus: Crash Course Chemistry #110m
- 3Unit Conversion & Significant Figures: Crash Course Chemistry #211m
- 4The Creation of Chemistry - The Fundamental Laws: Crash Course Chemistry #311m
- 5The Periodic Table: Crash Course Chemistry #411m
- 6The Electron: Crash Course Chemistry #513m
Day 2 · 49m
- 7Stoichiometry - Chemistry for Massive Creatures: Crash Course Chemistry #613m
- 8Water & Solutions - for Dirty Laundry: Crash Course Chemistry #714m
- 9Acid-Base Reactions in Solution: Crash Course Chemistry #811m
- 10Precipitation Reactions: Crash Course Chemistry #912m
Day 3 · 54m
- 11Redox Reactions: Crash Course Chemistry #1011m
- 12How to Speak Chemistrian: Crash Course Chemistry #1111m
- 13The Ideal Gas Law: Crash Course Chemistry #129m
- 14Ideal Gas Problems: Crash Course Chemistry #1312m
- 15Real Gases: Crash Course Chemistry #1412m
Day 4 · 56m
- 16Partial Pressures & Vapor Pressure: Crash Course Chemistry #1512m
- 17Passing Gases: Effusion, Diffusion, and the Velocity of a Gas - Crash Course Chemistry #1611m
- 18Energy & Chemistry: Crash Course Chemistry #179m
- 19Enthalpy: Crash Course Chemistry #1811m
- 20Calorimetry: Crash Course Chemistry #1912m
Day 5 · 55m
- 21Entropy: Embrace the Chaos! Crash Course Chemistry #2014m
- 22Lab Techniques & Safety: Crash Course Chemistry #219m
- 23Atomic Hook-Ups - Types of Chemical Bonds: Crash Course Chemistry #2210m
- 24Polar & Non-Polar Molecules: Crash Course Chemistry #2311m
- 25Bonding Models and Lewis Structures: Crash Course Chemistry #2412m
Day 6 · 51m
- 26Orbitals: Crash Course Chemistry #2511m
- 27Liquids: Crash Course Chemistry #2611m
- 28Solutions: Crash Course Chemistry #278m
- 29Equilibrium: Crash Course Chemistry #2811m
- 30Equilibrium Equations: Crash Course Chemistry #299m
Day 7 · 51m
- 31pH and pOH: Crash Course Chemistry #3011m
- 32Buffers, the Acid Rain Slayer: Crash Course Chemistry #3112m
- 33Kinetics: Chemistry's Demolition Derby - Crash Course Chemistry #3210m
- 34Doing Solids: Crash Course Chemistry #339m
- 35Network Solids and Carbon: Crash Course Chemistry #348m
Week 2Videos 36–47 · 1h 59m
Day 8 · 49m
- 36Silicon - The Internet's Favorite Element: Crash Course Chemistry #359m
- 37Electrochemistry: Crash Course Chemistry #369m
- 38The History of Atomic Chemistry: Crash Course Chemistry #3710m
- 39Nuclear Chemistry: Crash Course Chemistry #3810m
- 40Nuclear Chemistry Part 2 - Fusion and Fission: Crash Course Chemistry #3911m
Day 9 · 59m
- 41Hydrocarbon Power!: Crash Course Chemistry #4012m
- 42Alkenes & Alkynes: Crash Course Chemistry #4110m
- 43Aromatics & Cyclic Compounds: Crash Course Chemistry #4210m
- 44Hydrocarbon Derivatives: Crash Course Chemistry #439m
- 45Nomenclature: Crash Course Chemistry #449m
- 46Polymers: Crash Course Chemistry #4510m
Day 10 · 11m
- 47The Global Carbon Cycle: Crash Course Chemistry #4611m
Tips for finishing
- Pause and work the stoichiometry and pH examples yourself; watching alone won't prepare you for problems.
- Use the planner to match episodes to your class schedule.