Editing Thoughts On How To Teach Thermodynamics 2015

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What I have learned from 2015 Thermo section 
*Need Webpage and video explaining the components of the Non-phase change heat equation

1st Lecture 
* 3 Laws of Thermodynamics (Thermo)
**1st Law of Thermo, Conservation of Energy
***Many ways of talking Energy, Two types, Kinetic energy (KE) and Potential energy (PE)
 
**2nd Law Thermo (not true definition but ours), Explains how energy moves.
***Energy flows from a higher temperature body to a lower temperature body until the temperatures are the same.
***Need to define Temperature - average Kinetic energy (KE) of all the particles in a substance
 
**3rd Law of Thermo, Condition of No Energy
***Absolute zero is the condition of no energy that requires 0K (0 Kelvin temperature, no movement or KE of particles) and a perfect crystal.
***Can't reach absolute zero, so all substances or systems have energy.
 
Note: You can not measure or quantify how much energy a system or substance unless it is flowing. 
 
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2nd Lecture 
1st Law of Thermo 
*Equation of KE and types of KE
**Temperature - Average kinetic energy (KE) of all the substance in a particle. Definition means that not all particles in a substance has the same KE. So have more KE than others.
*Types of PE
 
2nd Law of Thermo 
*Ethalphy (H) - including energy of movement of particles from temperature, phase substance in, and energy keeping material that compose of the particle together (i.e. bond energy)
*Energy and chemical reactions
**Endothermic reaction - 
**Exothermic reaction - 
**Activitation energy

*Spontaneous reaction - reaction that procedures without outside influence/energy added.  
**So no endothermic reaction can be spontaneous !!!!    No, not correct.  There is another energy component, Entropy.
*Entropy and why you need a perfect crystal to be at absolute zero

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