<< Background >>Chemistry is one of the fundamental part of the science subjects taught at secondary schools of general as well as vocational specialization. This subject is taught almost at all secondary schools in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Serbia. The scope of chemistry subjects depend on type of secondary school. It is taught in all classes at gymnasium, but in significantly lesser amount compared to secondary school specialized in chemistry. The practical demonstrations are considered as one of the most important and irreplaceable part in teaching to better understand simple chemical experiments. These give students the opportunity to better understand the chemical process or the subject being taught. That is why practical demonstrations, experiments and laboratory exercises are the basic activity in chemistry teaching. However, in many secondary schools, these practical experiments are very limited or completely absent due to lack of laboratory facilities, expensive chemicals or restrictions in terms of safety and work with toxic substances. It resulted to a lack of understanding of the subject content by students and consequently small interest in studying chemistry at universities. From this reason, secondary school teachers have expressed their interest in audiovisual materials that could be used to improve full-time teaching by better presentation of individual exercises, or for distance learning.<< Objectives >>The aim of the ChemIQSoc project is to increase the interest of students in STEM subjects, including chemistry, as well as to popularize chemistry among students of gymnasia and secondary schools. It will be achieved by innovation and adaptation of subject content to current trends and the development in chemistry. Other goals of the project include increasing the competencies of secondary school teachers by improving their capabilities to explain current trends in various areas of chemistry in an interesting way. This will be achieved by the preparation of audiovisual materials that will allow demonstration of experiments for a better understanding of chemistry. The participation of chemistry teachers on training courses will help them to understand current trends in various fields of chemistry. The incorporation of prepared audiovisual materials into daily teaching activities will significantly help to innovate the way how chemistry is taught in secondary schools and gymnasia.<< Implementation >>In order to meet above-mentioned goals, the following activities will be implemented:Activity 1: will focus on the selection of specific practical experiments for which audiovisual materials will be created to reflect chemistry content in secondary schoolsActivity 2: within this activity detailed working procedures, photo documentation of the experiment, pdf instructions describing the procedure, required chemicals and a description of simple equipment to perform experiment in safe way performance of the experiment and audiovisual materials will be prepared for:- 4 experiments in organic and pharmaceutical chemistry- 4 experiments in inorganic chemistry- 2 experiments in classical analytical chemistry- 2 experiments in instrumental analytical chemistry- 4 interesting popularization experiments of general chemistryAs part of this activity, the quality of the prepared materials will be evaluated, and any comments will be implemented in the preparation of followed materials.Activity 3: will focus on the preparation of detailed working procedures, photo documentation of the experiment, pdf instructions describing the procedure, necessary chemicals and a description of simple equipment to perform experiment and audiovisual materials for 6 practical experiments in organic and pharmaceutical chemistry, inorganic chemistry and popularization experiments in general chemistry, 3 experiments from classical analytical chemistry, instrumental analytical chemistry, and 5 practical experiments from environmental chemistry.<< Results >>The ChemIQSoc project outputs will include detailed working procedures, photo documentation of the experiment, pdf manuals and audiovisual materials for- 10 practical experiments in organic and pharmaceutical chemistry- 10 practical experiments in inorganic chemistry- 5 practical experiments in classical analytical chemistry- 5 practical experiments in instrumental analytical chemistry- 5 practical experiments in environmental chemistry- 10 interesting popularization experiments of general chemistryThe other important output of the project will be- Text book for secondary school teachers with current and modern knowledge in chemistry- 3 organized teacher training courses