Area Ö - Science Communication and Public Outreach

With this new project area, NOA aims not only to bundle the science communication and dissemination ac-tivities but to bring them to another level: The new project, Ö1|Cartarius/Mappes will tackle the didactical challenge to develop concepts for the presentation of nonlinear optical down to the atomic scale to the public and pupils of different levels. The project will be coordinated by the new PIs Holger Cartarius, with expertise in physics didactics and education, and Timo Mappes, the director of the Deutsches Optisches Museum (D.O.M.). Experiments developed for the pupils' lab will in addition be provided in NOA’s public outreach activities, in particular the "Long Night of Sciences" and the "MINT Festival Jena". Furthermore, stations of the "Showcases of Recent Optics Research in D.O.M." will be dedicated to NOA projects. The showcases will be accompanied by a series of NOA science talks targeting the general audience and pre-sented at the historic lecture hall of D.O.M. This location within the museum will lower the barrier of attend-ance and serve as attraction point and effective method of science communication. Preliminary work of FSU Jena includes the maker’s space Lichtwerkstatt, where experience has been gained on public talks, workshops for pupils and university students, hackathons, innovation camps for young scientists, and digi-tal teaching schemes including digital lab courses. Experienced staff of the Lichtwerkstatt will support the outreach concepts of NOA in these fields. With this new project area, NOA aims to bundle the science communication and dissemination activities and bring them to another level during the second funding period.