College, K-12, and Outreach Resources
Light: A Lab Manual for Teachers
Photonics Website
Free Books and Materials for
High Schools and Community Colleges as well as more resources for download.
Professional Societies with Educational Outreach
The Optical Society
The Optical Society (OSA) was organized to increase and diffuse the knowledge of optics, pure and applied; to promote the common interests of investigators of optical problems, of designers and of users of optical apparatus of all kinds; and to encourage cooperation among them.
The International Society for Optics and Photonics
SPIE is an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light.
IEEE Photonics
The Photonics Society is concerned with the research, development, design, manufacture, and applications of materials, devices and systems, and with the various scientific and technological activities which contribute to the useful expansion of the field of quantum electronics and applications.