Education

 

Below you can find a list of online educational resources to help enhance your quantum knowledge.

 

 

Global Quantum Education initiatives

Defining the quantum workforce landscape: a review of global quantum education initiatives (SPIE Optical Engineering)

Our online courses

https://qureca.com/online-courses/

 

Full-Stack Quantum Computation 

https://fullstackquantumcomputation.tech

Community-driven, open source education resources.

 

IEEE Quantum

https://quantum.ieee.org/education 

Quantum Computing Education – Workforce Development

 

QTEdu

https://qt.eu/about-quantum-flagship/projects/education-coordination-support-actions/

Quantum professionals from different walks of quantum education, research, and industry are being brought together to help define the future of Europe’s quantum workforce as the second quantum revolution unfolds.

 
Emanim

https://emanim.szialab.org/index.html

Interactive animation of electromagnetic waves.

 

The EdQuantum Project

https://edquantum.org 

Hybrid curriculum for upskilling photonics technicians.

 

oPhysics

http://ophysics.com/l3.html 

Interactive physics simulations.

 

AAPT

https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.3657800?cookieSet=1

A collection of interactive animations and visualizations for teaching quantum mechanics.

 

AdvanceHE

https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/quantum-mechanics-teaching-resources-institute-physics

Quantum mechanics teaching resources from the Institute of Physics.

 

IOP

https://spark.iop.org/collections/home-based-resources-support-remote-teaching-quantum-and-nuclear-physics#gref

Home-based resources to support remote teaching of Quantum and Nuclear Physics.

 

Chemedx

https://www.chemedx.org/JCEDLib/ConfChem/200804/P06/P06.pdf

Open Source and Open Access Resources for Quantum Physics Education.

 

STEM Learning

https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/community/collection/21814/quantum-physics

Describing the behaviour of photons and the interactions with and between subatomic particles, using the photon model to explain observable phenomena.

 

University of St Andrews

https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/physics/quvis/

The quantum mechanics visualisation project featuring flash simulations.

 

Toutestquantique

http://toutestquantique.fr/en/

Quantum made simple.

 

Compadre.org

https://www.compadre.org/osp/items/detail.cfm?ID=12308

The Quantum Magnetism Analysis Model was created to help students as well as researchers who are studying magnetism.  It provides a very simple interface for defining (theoretical) quantum spin models; sliders are automatically created to vary the parameters in the models; and several plots are automatically created to visualize the results.

https://www.compadre.org/pqp/?

The third edition to Physlet Quantum Physics represents a major technological advancement in how the 200 Physlet-based interactive materials are delivered to teachers and students alike.

 

Concord.org

https://learn.concord.org/resources/125/excited-states-and-photons

Investigate how atoms can be excited to give off radiation (photons) with models of electron energy diagrams. Explore the effects of energy levels in atoms through interactive computer models. Learn about the different electron orbitals of an atom, and explore three-dimensional models of the atoms. Learn about photons and why they are emitted, and gain an understanding of the link between energy levels and photons as you discover how an atom’s electron configuration affects which wavelengths of light it will admit or absorb.

 

Embd.be

http://www.embd.be/quantummechanics/default.html

An explanation of basic quantum mechanics.

 

Falstad.com

http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html

These are some educational applets to help visualise various concepts in math, physics, and engineering. They were originally written in Java, but they’ve mostly been converted to Javascript, so you should be able to view them without a Java-capable browser.

 

Oregon State

http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/~mcintyre/ph425/spins/index_SPINS_OSP.html

SPINS is an interactive computer program that simulates Stern-Gerlach measurements on spin-1/2 and spin-1 particles.

 

University of Colorado Boulder

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=quantum-phenomena&sort=alpha&view=grid

Interactive quantum simulations.

 

iwant2study.org

https://www.iwant2study.org/ospsg/index.php/interactive-resources/physics/06-quantum-physics/747-superpositioniswshofrem

Bound Eigenstate Superposition JavaScript Simulation Applet HTML5.

 

Qiskit

https://qiskit.org/textbook/preface.html

This textbook is a university quantum algorithms/computation course supplement based on Qiskit to help learn: the mathematics behind quantum algorithms, The details about today’s non-fault-tolerant quantum devices and writing code in Qiskit to implement quantum algorithms on IBM’s cloud quantum systems.

 

Weizmann

http://www.weizmann.ac.il/sci-tea/physics/phy_edu.html

Physics educational online resources.

 

University of Oxford

https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/research/quantum-materials/group-activities/outreach/online-resources

A selection of resources to learn more about what quantum materials are, how we do research into them and what quantum materials might mean for you. 

 

QOSF

https://qosf.org/learn_quantum/

A curated selection of the best free learning resources on quantum computing for all skill levels.

 

LibreTexts

https://phys.libretexts.org/Special:Search?qid=&fpid=230&fpth=&query=quantum&type=wiki

A list of quantum physics texts.

 

Study.com

https://study.com/articles/List_of_Free_Online_Quantum_Physics_Courses_and_Learning_Materials.html

List of Free Online Quantum Physics Courses and Learning Materials.

 

ACS Publications

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ed086p125

This article describes open source and access resources for quantum physics education, examples of dynamic quantum simulations, and demonstrates how students can use these tools to explore previously inaccessible topics.

 

ResearchGate

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264825604_Quantum_Machine_Learning_What_Quantum_Computing_Means_to_Data_Mining

Quantum Machine Learning: What Quantum Computing Means to Data Mining.

 

Caltech Lecture Notes

http://www.theory.caltech.edu/~preskill/ph219/index.html?ref=hackernoon.com#lecture

Course Information for Physics, Computer Science, Quantum Computation.

 

Qworld

https://qworld.lu.lv/e

Open access community for quantum software.

 

 

Quantum Odyssey

https://www.quarksinteractive.com

Explore and understand the vastness of quantum computation in a fun and visual experience.

 
Quantum Algorithm Zoo

https://quantumalgorithmzoo.org

This is a comprehensive catalog of quantum algorithms.

 

CERN Quantum Computing Lectures 

https://home.cern/news/announcement/computing/online-introductory-lectures-quantum-computing-6-november 

Elias Fernandez-Combarro Alvarez, an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Oviedo in Spain and associate at CERN, hosted a 7 part series of lectures on an introduction to quantum computing. The lecture recordings are available to watch anytime.

 

Quantum Mechanics For Everyone MOOC

https://www.edx.org/course/quantum-mechanics-for-everyone

Learn the fundamental notions of quantum mechanics at a level that is accessible to everyone.

 

Games

 

Your Quantum Lab

https://quantumflytrap.com/

Quantum “LEGO Bricks”. An in-browser simulation and visualisation of quantum mechanics.

 

Albert: Quantum Matter on the Cloud

https://www.coldquanta.com/albertcloud/

Albert, the cloud system that lets users explore fundamental quantum phenomena such as tunneling and superposition by generating, manipulating, and experimenting with ultracold matter.

 

MeQuanics

http://www.mequanics.com.au/

A collection of 3D puzzles that represents real quantum algorithms. The player needs to optimize the resources to build an effective quantum computer.

 

Quantum Chess

https://quantumchess.net

 A chess game with new quantum rules, including superposition, entanglement, and interference effects. One of the goals of this game is to make some counter-intuitive quantum move into intuitive ones. 

 

Science at Home

https://www.scienceathome.org/quantum/games/

An extensive collection of educational and research oriented quantum games where the players con tribute and support quantum research.

 

Quantum Game with Photons 2

https://quantumgame.io/

A drag-and-drop game to explore quantum mechanics that challenges the player to reproduce classical quantum experiments such as building its own interferometer. 

 

The history of games for quantum computers

https://decodoku.medium.com/the-history-of-games-for-quantum-computers-a1de98859b5a

A blog by a Qiskit team member. Several types of games are described in the blog which are being created since 2017.

 

Science-based games

https://github.com/stared/science-based-games-list 

The list is essentially about educational based games that nailed entertainment (with a focus on scientific phenomenon).

 

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