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Education Outreach
Explore optics with your family and community with a variety of resources.
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Optics for Kids
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- Optica on Ukraine
- Awards & Honors
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Early Career Professionals
- Education Outreach
- Global Policy & Affairs
- Local Section
- Virtual Engagement
- Students
-
Technical Groups
- Bio-Medical Optics
- Fabrication, Design and Instrumentation
- Information Acquisition, Processing, Display and Perception
- Optical Interaction Science
- Photonics and Opto-Electronics
- Quantum
- Sensing
- Technical Group Leadership Volunteers
- Technical Group Webinars
- Technical Group Search
- Technical Group Prizes
- Simulight Optics Challenge
- Volunteer
Optics for Kids
Looking for engaging hands on science? Check out our optical experiments to bring educational entertainment to the family while teaching them some physics!
Learn MoreOptics at Home
Exploring the science of light can be an adventure for kids of every age. Working with volunteers, we created video tutorials along with educational materials that can help families explore light together.
Learn MoreOptics Suitcase
Each case includes a teaching guide and materials for demonstrations and experiments that teach about optics in a fun, hands-on atmosphere.
Learn MoreProblem-based Learning
The PBL Projects are a series of STEM problem-based learning curriculum and professional development projects funded by the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Learn MoreETOP
The bi-annual Education and Training in Optics & Photonics (ETOP) conference, first held in 1988, is an international forum dedicated to the dissemination of information related to the teaching of optics and photonics.
Learn MoreWomen in STEM Challenge
This game helps teach grade school children about amazing women in STEM and their discoveries and inventions. Highlighting women from all over the world, and across different scientific disciplines this game can educate and inspire.
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