Educational Activities with Photonics Explorer

Dana Seyringer, Paul Schreivogl, Karin Langer, Gerd Christian Krizek, Erich Leitgeb, Arno Grabher-Meyer

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Abstract

In this paper we present various educational activities with Photonics Explorer, an educational kit developed by the photonics research team B - PHOT at VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) for students at secondary schools. The concept is a 'lab-in-a-box' that enables students of the 2nd and 3rd grade to do photonics experiments themselves at school with lasers, LEDs, lenses, optical fibers, and other high-tech components. Even though, the kit was developed for the secondary schools, we use experiments from the kit also for some other teaching activities such as lectures at the university, photonics workshops for teachers and children at primary/secondary schools or for events such as children's/youth's university or the night of sciences. In the frame of Austrian based project Phorsch! we have organized most of these activities which will be presented here.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 International Conference on Broadband Communications for Next Generation Networks and Multimedia Applications, CoBCom 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)9781665485982
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event4th International Conference on Broadband Communications for Next
Generation Networks and Multimedia Applications: CoBCom 2022
- TU Graz, Graz, Austria
Duration: 12 Jul 202214 Jul 2022

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Broadband Communications for Next
Generation Networks and Multimedia Applications
Abbreviated titleCoBCom 2022
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityGraz
Period12/07/2214/07/22

Keywords

  • children university
  • education
  • Phorsch! project
  • photonics
  • Photonics explorer
  • photonics workshop
  • secondary school
  • the night of sciences

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Signal Processing
  • Media Technology

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