Quantum Science Across Disciplines

Teaching Quantum Science in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.

The Quantum Science Across Disciplines (QSAD) Project is funded by the National Science Foundation through the Science and Mathematics Education Center at Boston University. The collaborating researchers are drawn from the School of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University, and the Concord Consortium. (The QSAD team.) (Details about the grant.)

The QSAD project was born from a perceived need to better introduce high school students and undergraduates to the concepts of quantum science. Three years into our project our objectives and expectations have matured, however our goals remain the same. These goals are:

to create a suite of computer software intended to offer students a graphical and interactive introduction to quantum concepts;
conduct research on the impact of our software on student understanding of quantum concepts; and,
investigate changes in instructional methods of teachers when interactive graphical computer software is introduced into their classrooms.

Use the links which follow to download our software or inspect our other materials.

Software	We are developing computer programs for teaching quantum science concepts at the high school and undergraduate level. The software is to be used by teachers and students of biology, chemistry, and physics. Visit our applets page to view current versions of the software.
Curriculum	We have developed pilot curriculum modules to be used with the Quantum Explorer. Use this link to see text copies of these modules, to link to our three-dimensional renderings of the electronic densities of selected molecules, and to look at associated laboratory experiments.
Education Research	We are conducting research to determine the effectiveness of the software and the curriculae being developed, and also to inform our development efforts. Research documents, teachers' feedback log, and other items can be found here.
Utilities	Our software depends on several web based technologies. Visit our utilities page to learn how to set up your computer for running the programs.
Developers	We are using existing and developing new sets of software libraries for modeling and computing aspects of quantum science. We are using Java as the platform for distributing our programs over the internet. Use this section to learn more about the APIs we are using and also about java programming in general.

Principal Investigator: Peter Garik.

Project Programmer: Peter Carr.

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