For parents
Your kid isn’t bad at chemistry. They’re missing the fundamentals.
Periodic Mole is a game that teaches the fundamentals of chemistry (the symbols, formulas, and patterns everything else is built on) so your kid walks into class able to follow it, not drown in it. Free to try, and you don’t need to know any chemistry yourself.
Why chemistry stalls
Chemistry is where a lot of good students hit a wall, and it is rarely about ability. The class moves fast, and the fundamentals, the symbols, formulas, and patterns everything else is built on, never quite lock in before the next topic lands on top of them.
Miss those, and every new lesson reads as gibberish. The kid falls a step behind, then two, then decides they are “just bad at chemistry” and stops trying. That is how a lot of people close the door on science for good, and it almost never starts with a lack of ability.
What Periodic Mole does
Periodic Mole teaches the fundamentals as a game. Your kid answers a chemistry question to make each move, and the game deals the next one at exactly their level, one small step above what they have already mastered. Each question is only a little harder than the last, so the climb never feels like a jump.
It starts at the periodic table, the multiplication tables of chemistry, and climbs from there into reading formulas, bonding, and beyond. A kid who arrives fluent in the fundamentals can follow the class instead of drowning in it, and stops feeling stupid in a room where they used to feel lost. You do not need to know any chemistry yourself. You just get them started.
Free to try, more with a license
Two of the games, Bond Forge and Pt Paddle, are free with no sign-up and cover the first 12 elements, and the interactive periodic table is free to browse too. Start there tonight and see whether your kid takes to it.
The one-time license opens the rest: every game and all the content, the whole ladder that climbs from the elements into formulas, bonding, and stoichiometry. One payment, no subscription.
Common questions
Do I need to know chemistry to help my kid?
No. The game does the teaching. Your kid answers chemistry questions to play, and the difficulty rises one small step at a time, so they are never stuck on something they were not shown. You just get them started.
Is it free to try?
Yes. Two of the games, Bond Forge and Pt Paddle, are free with no account and cover the first 12 elements, and the interactive periodic table is free to browse too. Start there today. Full access (every game and all the content) is a one-time license.
What ages is this for?
High-school chemistry, and the run-up to it. It works for a student taking the class now and for one getting a head start the summer before, so the fundamentals are already familiar when the course starts.
Will this raise my kid’s grade?
We will not promise a grade — that depends on far more than one tool. What it does is remove the most common reason kids stall in chemistry: never locking in the fundamentals. A kid who knows the symbols and can read a formula can actually follow the class instead of drowning in it.
How much is full access?
One payment, no subscription. See the current price and what it unlocks on the pricing page.
Start free tonight. No account, nothing to install.
Teacher instead? There’s a free teacher account.