Vellum
Interactive courses · Built by working teachers

High-school courses you learn by doing.

Pre-algebra to AP. Turn a 3D atom, walk a Latin villa, and practice AP history that comes back before the exam.

Chemistry · try it
Drag to turn

Loading the atom…

16
courses, pre-algebra to AP
2,848
exam-style AP history questions, each answer key checked by a teacher
118
elements, each a 3D atom
206
bones in the 3D skeleton
Try a few

Every one is a piece of a real course.

BiologyDrag to turn · pinch to zoom

Tap any bone to name it — all 206 are here.

Calculusy = x² ⁄ 2

Secant slope 2.25 → tangent 1.50

Latin gameWASD or tap · E

Walk a Roman villa and meet the thirty-three words of Chapter 1, each one acted out.

AP U.S. History · five themes, 1607 to todayClick an era, then read down the column
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
GovernmentIdeasEconomySocialWorld
Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Limits of Federal PowerGovernment · 1860–1896

Lincoln's election triggers Southern secession. The Southern defeat ends the secession question but does not resolve federal vs. state authority over civil rights. Reconstruction's amendments are the framework for 20th-century rights law, but Northern political will collapses by 1877.

LatinClick a word
rosa, -ae (f.) — rose
Accusative singular · the direct object
The courses

From pre-algebra to AP, one subject at a time.

Each course follows the order the subject is actually taught, so you can open the unit you’re on tonight.

How Vellum teaches

Built on how people actually learn.

The science of learning →
01.

You do something with it.

Predict, build and test, not just read and highlight.

02.

You can’t cram it.

Questions come back on a schedule measured in days.

03.

Mastered means it stuck.

A unit counts as mastered when it holds up for weeks.

04.

It never runs out.

Problems are generated fresh, and any equivalent answer counts.

  1. Reading
    Taking it in: reading the page, watching the lecture.
  2. Highlighting
    Marking what’s there: underlining, copying the notes.
  3. Predicting, building, explaining
    Making something new: guess where it lands, then check.
    Where Vellum’s models start
Less learningDeeper learning
After the ICAP framework · Chi & Wylie (2014), Educational Psychologist
Spotlight · AP History

A year of AP European and U.S. History, taught the way it’s taught in class.

Each chapter starts from a working AP teacher’s lecture, summarized, mapped and timelined, with the transcript alongside. Then you practice: a key-term deck and exam-style questions that come back on their own schedule.

Sample questionBox 3 of 5 · due today

Which development best explains how quickly Luther’s ideas spread after 1517?

Answer choices reshuffle every time this question comes back.

For families

What you get.

  • ·Every unit of the course, with practice that spaces itself out
  • ·Interactive models, games and 3D labs, not just reading
  • ·Works in any modern browser, on a laptop, Chromebook, tablet or phone
  • ·Monthly plans cancel any time, or pay once for a year
Plans from $3.99/month
See plans
For schools

Bring Vellum to your classes.

Give a class, a department or a whole school access with their school email. Teachers see their own students’ work, and only theirs.

  • ·Students sign in with their school email; no rosters to upload
  • ·Who’s working, and how far each student has gotten
  • ·The questions your class finds hardest
  • ·Students’ private notes and highlights stay private
Your class · AP European HistoryIllustrative
StudentChaptersAccuracyQuestions held (box 4+)
Student A9 of 1684%
Student B7 of 1676%
Student C11 of 1691%
Student D3 of 1668%
Hardest for this class

Chapter 14 · The Peace of Westphalia — 41% correct on first try

Questions

Before you start.

How much does it cost?

Plans start at $3.99/month. Each course is sold on its own: pay monthly and cancel any time, or pay once for a year. The plans page lists every course you can buy.

How do I get started?

Pick a course and sign in. Your progress saves to your account, on any device.

Does it follow the AP course?

The AP courses follow the College Board units in order, with exam-style practice that comes back before the exam.

What devices does it work on?

Any modern browser: laptops, Chromebooks, tablets and phones. Nothing to install.

My school uses Vellum. How do I get in?

Sign in with your school email. If your school partners with Vellum, your courses open on their own.

Can I cancel?

Monthly plans cancel any time from the plans page. A one-year pass is paid once and doesn’t renew.

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