Ky'lin Spears —
11th grade.
I'm a junior at Suitland High School in Prince George's County, Maryland. I'm in AP Chemistry and Environmental Science. I built Atomency because my chemistry class deserved better tools than what was available — and because I wanted to prove that a high school student could build something worth using.
Atomency is not a school project. It's not a portfolio piece. It's a real platform used by real students, with a live domain, real analytics, and teachers who've told me it has "meaningful instructional potential."
I'm 16. I built the entire thing — the molecular engine, all ten simulation modules, the NGSS alignment documentation, and this website — myself. No team, no company, no funding.
Why I built this.
The chemistry simulation tools my school had access to were either outdated, locked behind paywalls, or so simple they didn't add anything beyond what a textbook diagram already showed. Molecule visualization tools that cost $8,000 per district license. Kinetics simulators that were just Flash animations. Gas law tools that didn't even compute — they just showed a picture of a piston.
That bothered me. The gap between what a student at a well-funded private school could access and what students at a Title I public school could access wasn't a technical limitation — it was a pricing decision. The technology to build these tools is free. The browser is free. I had a laptop and an internet connection.
So I built Atomency. Starting with the molecular builder — writing the valence electron rules, bond detection, formal charge calculation, and rendering engine from scratch. Then kinetics. Then gas laws. Then acid-base. Each module took weeks of research, testing, and revision.
The platform is free because it has to be. That's not a feature. That's the mission.
"This platform has meaningful instructional potential. The simulations are accurate, NGSS-aligned, and genuinely useful in a classroom setting."
— Dr. Glenn Soltes · AP Chemistry & Environmental Science · Suitland High School · PGCPS Science Department
How it grew.
Early
First working version of the molecular canvas. SVG-based rendering, basic valence bond detection, atom drag-and-drop. No analysis panel yet.
Mid
Added reaction kinetics with particle-level collision simulation, Arrhenius visualization. Nuclear decay with real NUBASE half-life data for all naturally occurring isotopes.
Late
pH simulation with Ka/Kb computation, Henderson-Hasselbalch, polyprotic systems. Full Ideal Gas Law + Van der Waals + Maxwell–Boltzmann. Titration curves with equivalence point detection.
Jan
Custom domain, redesigned UI, PWA support, shareable URLs, NGSS alignment documentation. Export to PNG. GoatCounter analytics (aggregate only).
Feb
Dr. Glenn Soltes (AP Chem, Suitland) provides written endorsement and brings Atomency to the science department meeting. Assistant principal briefed. District-level contact identified.
Now
Adding stoichiometry tools, the mole equation calculator, equilibrium improvements, and pursuing formal PGCPS district adoption. More modules in progress.
The roadmap.
The immediate goal is formal district adoption through PGCPS. That means working with curriculum coordinators, getting Atomency into the district vendor system, and having it officially recognized as an approved instructional resource. The path is clear — department endorsement is already in place.
On the technical side: stoichiometry and mole calculations are coming next. A Bohr model visualizer for atomic structure. Thermodynamics module. Better mobile support. The platform will keep improving as long as there are students who need it.
If you're a chemistry teacher or district coordinator who wants to use Atomency, email me. I can provide alignment documentation, answer questions about data privacy, or just have a conversation about how it might fit in your classroom.
See what
I built.
Open the lab and try it. No login, no setup, works on any device.