Photonics Explorer - An European program to foster science education with hands-on experiments

TL;DR

Photonics Explorer is a European initiative providing free educational materials to secondary school teachers to enhance student engagement and understanding of light through hands-on experiments.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive, free-of-charge program to improve science education on photonics across Europe.

Findings

Increased student interest in photonics topics.

Enhanced teacher engagement with hands-on experiments.

Positive feedback from participating schools.

Abstract

The Photonics Explorer program aims to equip science teachers at Europe's secondary schools free-of-charge with up-to-date educational material to really engage, excite and educate students about the fascination of working with light.