About Bright Atoms
Chemistry is about things nobody can see. Bright Atoms tries to let you watch them.
What it is
Each lesson starts with something you know, like salt in water or a coloured flame, and zooms in until you can watch the atoms, ions and molecules do it. Then you can push them around: heat them, squash them, add more. Every lesson has a Core page for GCSE and a Deeper page for A-level, and says plainly which model it uses and where that model stops being true.
Getting it right
A chemistry site is only useful if it is correct. So:
- element data comes straight from the bodies that set it: atomic weights from IUPAC’s Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights, electron configurations and ionisation energies from NIST;
- every value is checked by a script that compares sources and fails the build if anything disagrees without explanation;
- every lesson lists its sources and the date it was checked;
- mistakes we fix are logged publicly on the corrections page.
The lessons have not yet been reviewed by a practising chemistry teacher. That review is planned, and until it has happened we say so on every lesson.
Who makes it
Bright Atoms is made by FALLINGHIPPO LIMITED, a software company registered in England and Wales (company number 17415391). It is independent: it is not connected with any exam board, IUPAC, NIST or the Royal Society of Chemistry, and names of exam boards are used only to say which parts of their specifications a lesson covers.
Free, and private
There are no accounts, adverts, cookies or tracking. See the privacy policy.
Contact
Email hello@fallinghippo.com.