10 years of Photonics Explorer Kit and the future

Astghik Chalyan; Tine De Pauw; Nathalie Debaes; Hugo Thienpont

doi:10.1117/12.2672540

28 June 2023 10 years of Photonics Explorer Kit and the future

Astghik Chalyan, Tine De Pauw, Nathalie Debaes, Hugo Thienpont

Proceedings Volume 12723, Seventeenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2023; 1272324 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2672540
Event: Seventeenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2023, 2023, Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States

Abstract

More than 10 years ago, the Photonics Explorer Kit (PEK) was developed for secondary schools to inspire the next generation towards photonics in Europe and beyond. It is widely used by physics teachers in their classrooms and during optics outreach activities, such as International Day of Light events by many optics-related organizations, SPIE and Optica student chapters. Nearly 4.000 PEKs, used by 200.000 students annually, have already been distributed worldwide and aim to delegate the impact of light and light technologies in schools, universities, companies and beyond. In this article, we want to demonstrate the multiuse of this educational kit and the positive impact we will make in the future.

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Astghik Chalyan, Tine De Pauw, Nathalie Debaes, and Hugo Thienpont "10 years of Photonics Explorer Kit and the future", Proc. SPIE 12723, Seventeenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2023, 1272324 (28 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2672540

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