Photonics Explorer: Working within the Curriculum to Engage Young Minds

Amrita Prasad, Nathalie Debaes, Johan Vlekken, Nina Cords, Manfred Euler and Hugo Thienpont

The Photonics Explorer teaching kit is designed to work within the European secondary school curriculum. This approach allows teachers to easily incorporate optics and photonics into their lesson plans and introduces more students to this exciting field.

 

figureUsing a laser and diffraction gratings to study diffraction patterns.

An alarming number of young students are showing a lack of interest in science. If this trend continues, we may have a shortage of skilled scientists and engineers worldwide. The dearth of skilled professionals could become the key limiting factor in rapidly growing high-tech fields—like photonics.

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