VisChem is a Community of Practice for secondary chemistry educators. This site provides members of the community with access to resources that support the use of dynamic, molecular-level visualizations in secondary chemistry classrooms. 

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The project has supported VisChem Institutes (two remote and one in-person VisChem Institutes at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio) and generated 9 publications. The research from the project describes and explains how teachers’ use of dynamic, molecular-level visualizations in secondary chemistry classrooms afford and constrain student learning as well as inform students’ ideas about molecular-level behavior underpinning chemical and physical changes. The project is currently supported by the National Science Foundation (Award #DRL-1908121, PI: Dr. Ellen Yezierski, Professor of Chemistry, Miami University). 

The next VisChem Institute (VisChem Express) will be offered remotely three times in early 2025. The first application deadline is January 25, 2025.