In April 2025, join K-12 educators across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana in a month-long opportunity to engage students of all ages in the rapidly expanding universe of quantum information science and engineering.
The Chicago Quantum Exchange will be celebrating QuanTime and the International Year of Quantum with a kickoff event on March 3, as well as offering resources for teachers to introduce and engage their students with quantum activities.
Who: K-12 educators in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana
What: Quantum Connections: Resources for K-12 Educators highlights opportunities to integrate quantum into the classroom through hands-on activity kits, paid professional development programs, and engaging activities designed to introduce students of all ages to quantum science.
When: Monday, March 3, 4 – 5 pm CT
How: Register to attend.
- Learn more about QuanTime, a program focused on engaging K-12 learners. They provide classroom activities and demo kits that educators can introduce.
- Browse QuanTime kits and activities.
- Share with students the Quantum Quickstart opportunity, a one-week accelerated summer program for high school students in Illinois that teaches participants about quantum science and mechanics at UChicago’s Pritzker School for Molecular Engineering.
- Dig into videos and online training programs hosted by Chicago Quantum Exchange industry and educational partners, including the Quick Quantum an introductory video series sponsored by Boeing and produced by the Chicago Quantum Exchange.
- Sign up to receive a Wonders of Quantum Physics kit to host a hands-on activity with your students designed to introduce quantum physics to people of all-ages.
- Sign up for TeachQuantum, a summer research experience for high school STEM educators in Chicago or Madison, where you will spend 6 weeks in a quantum laboratory at the University of Chicago or University of Wisconsin-Madison doing research and developing quantum-focused classroom activities.
- Sign up for Quantum Academy, which aims to bring quantum sciences to Chicago Public Schools. Quantum Academy provides research experiences for educators, curriculum development sessions, and host information sessions for student opportunities.
- Learn more about IQ-PARC (Innovation in Quantum Pedagogy, Application, and its Relation to Culture), a collaboration between faculty and students from Purdue and Northwestern dedicated to advancing quantum education, outreach and workforce initiatives. They provide learning opportunities for youth and students to understand quantum concepts and applications through in-person and online activities.