Education
Education: Educating Science Educators about Optics
At the 2007 OSA Science Educators’ Day, pre-college teachers learned how to enliven their science classes with demonstrations on fluorescence, lasers, microscopes, basic quantum mechanics and more.
Greg Smestad shows a crowd of middle and high school teachers how to create solar cells using dyes from blackberries and raspberries.
At the plenary speech at OSA’s 91st annual meeting, Nobel Laureate John L. Hall implored the optical physicists and engineers in the audience to take an active role in educating youths about math and science. Whether through mentoring, visiting schools or helping primary educators to explain scientific concepts, the scientific community must work to capture and keep kids’ interest in science in order to secure our society’s future.
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