2026 Teacher Quantum Days at OU

When:

Wednesday, May 27, and Thursday, May 28, 2026. 10am-4.30pm (registration is open — please follow the link provided below).

Where:

OU (University of Oklahoma), Norman Campus, Lin Hall.

Who:

STEM high school teachers from the State of Oklahoma.

The workshop is designed to encourage and support high school teachers interested in bringing quantum concepts into the high school classroom. A key goal is to equip high school teachers with practical ideas and ready-to-use materials that can be taken back to the high school students.

We will provide visitor parking passes for the two-day workshop as well as a $400 stipend. Snacks and lunches will be provided.

What participants will experience:

Take-back lesson plan and take-back-to-school kit: Develop classroom-ready exercises and usable lesson plans.

Hands-on concepts: Explore foundational quantum ideas with guided activities.

Real experiments: See quantum experiments and connect quantum ideas to practical settings.

Lab tours: Visit modern state-of-the-art research spaces dedicated to precision measurements and quantum sensing.

Learn about quantum workforce needs and opportunities as well as the quantum economy.

Registration link:

Please follow this link to go to the registration form (the form is short and it should only take a few minutes to fill it out). In case of questions, please reach out to Grant Biedermann (biedermann@ou.edu) or Doerte Blume (doerte.blume-1@ou.edu). To allow for an engaging hands-on workshop, the number of participants will be capped at 24. The registration will close once the workshop capacity has been reached.

Workshop program and materials:

The detailed workshop program and links to websites and Google Sheets will be posted here closer to the start of the workshop.

Funding provided by Dean’s Student Recruitment and Bridge Fund, Dodge Endowment, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Oklahoma.