Chemistry at school was a periodic table
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Understand the chemistry behind cooking, cleaning and medicine.
A course on chemistry through the kitchen, the bathroom and the pharmacy. It covers atoms, bonds and reactions as they show up in daily life, in an order set by examples rather than a textbook.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I want to understand the chemistry behind everyday things: cooking, cleaning, batteries and medicines. Explain the ideas through examples rather than a textbook order.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
- Best for
- Science & nature
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- What draws you: cooking, cleaning, health, or the science itself?
- How did chemistry go at school: fine, hated, or missed?
- Is there an everyday reaction you have always wondered about?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
You cook and clean by recipe
Without knowing why any of it works.
Ingredient labels frighten you
Long names, no idea which matter.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06Atoms and bonds
What matter is made of, and why it sticks together.
Cooking
Heat, browning, rising and emulsions, explained.
Cleaning
Soap, acids, bases and why bleach and vinegar do not mix.
Energy
Batteries, fuel and fire.
Medicine and the body
How drugs work in general terms, and why dose matters.
Labels
Reading ingredients with understanding instead of fear.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Explain everyday reactions
Say what is happening when bread rises, bleach cleans or a battery runs.
Read labels
Understand what ingredient lists mean and what to worry about.
See chemistry around you
Recognise the same few ideas in many places.
Ideas this course corrects
Chemicals are bad and natural is good
Everything is chemicals, including you. Toxicity is about dose, not origin.
Chemistry is too hard for non-scientists
The everyday ideas are accessible. The difficulty at school was the order and the abstraction.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course on chemistry through the kitchen, the bathroom and the pharmacy. It covers atoms, bonds and reactions as they show up in daily life, in an order set by examples rather than a textbook. It sits under Science & nature in the Ideas & discovery part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I want to understand the chemistry behind everyday things: cooking, cleaning, batteries and medicines. Explain the ideas through examples rather than a textbook order.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.