K-12
RQS investigator William Phillips (Nobel Laureate '97) uses liquid nitrogen to introduce the freezing cold world of quantum science to 600 middle school students at an education partner event
Quantum Activity Kit for Middle and High School Students
RQS is leading the design and distribution of hands-on activity kits, which will be distributed to middle and high school classrooms around our five universities. Students will learn about the polarization of light through creative challenges and connect those classical physics concepts to quantum effects. These kits are developed in collaboration with the GOAL Kit program founded by the University of Maryland’s Women in Engineering group.
Summer Programs
We facilitate a quantum key distribution activity for middle and high school students attending STEM summer camps at the University of Maryland (Advanced Physics Camp, Cyber Defense Camp). Campers also tour our quantum research labs and meet RQS graduate students.
Seed Grant Awards for K-12 Programs
RQS offers seed funding to support projects that advance the research and education mission of the Institute and the careers of its junior researchers. The institute has awarded two seed grants to support the development of high school quantum computing summer programs at Morgan State University and North Carolina Central University.