VisChem supports the use of dynamic, molecular-level visualizations in secondary chemistry classrooms. The VisChem project has conducted extensive research and now organizes a Community of Practice. This site provides members of the community with access to professional development and resources that support VisChem implementation.

Click "Sign In" at the top right and register. It's free to be a member of the VisChem Community of Practice. Members get access to all VisChem animations, templates, teacher resources, and assessments!

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 (created by Roy Tasker) 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.