Dr. Garg Learning

Chemistry

explained plainly, learned by doing

Everything for both halves of general chemistry sits on this page. Read a section in plain words, then play with the idea in an interactive. Drill it, then test yourself.

by Dr. Akash Garg

🧪 Two courses, one book. General Chemistry 1 is chapters 1 to 11. General Chemistry 2 is chapters 12 to 21. Every chapter has six sections, and every section has its own interactive.

What is here
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The Book

21 chapters

The whole of general chemistry, with figures, worked examples, a glossary and a quiz in every chapter.

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Interactive Lab

126 lessons

Six hands-on lessons for every chapter. Drag, slide and step through each idea yourself.

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Flashcards

1,050 cards

Fifty cards per chapter. Each card gives the short answer and then the reason behind it.

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Exam Bank

700 questions

One hundred questions for each of the seven exams. Every one comes with a worked rationale.

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Study Guides

7 guides

One review per exam: what to know, the key equations with units, worked examples and the common traps.

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The Chase

Game

A race against the quiz bot through the whole question bank. Answer fast and stay ahead.

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Molecule Match

Game

A quest through all twenty-one chapters. Clear a challenge to open the next map.

The chapters

Pick any chapter to start reading. The six interactives for that chapter are embedded in it, and you can also open them on their own from the lab.

By exam

Each exam covers three chapters. Open its guide to review, then drill the matching questions in the exam bank.

Exam 1Chapters 1 to 3 · Essential IdeasStudy guide · Question bank
Exam 2Chapters 4 to 6 · Stoichiometry of Chemical ReactionsStudy guide · Question bank
Exam 3Chapters 7 to 9 · Chemical Bonding and Molecular GeometryStudy guide · Question bank
Exam 4Chapters 10 to 12 · Liquids and SolidsStudy guide · Question bank
Exam 5Chapters 13 to 15 · Fundamental Equilibrium ConceptsStudy guide · Question bank
Exam 6Chapters 16 to 18 · ThermodynamicsStudy guide · Question bank
Exam 7Chapters 19 to 21 · Transition Metals and Coordination ChemistryStudy guide · Question bank
📚 New here? How to work through a chapter›

Each part of this library covers the same chemistry a different way. Mix them however suits you.

  1. Read the chapter in The Book. Stop at each interactive and actually move the sliders.
  2. Work the twelve check-yourself items at the end of the chapter before you look at the answers.
  3. Run that chapter deck in Flashcards until the reasons come easily, not just the answers.
  4. Before an exam, read its Study Guide and redo the worked examples with your own paper.
  5. Finish with the Exam Bank and a round of The Chase. Read every rationale, even when you were right.

The hardest chapters reward a second pass. Come back to the interactive a day later and see if you can predict what it will do before you touch it.