@inproceedings{01ca867d73254c06ac1df6c04dedbd69,
title = "Engaging Montana high school students in optical sciences with a polarization photo contest",
abstract = "Getting students interested in science, specifically in optics and photonics, is a worthwhile challenge. We developed and implemented an outreach campaign that sought to engage high school students in the science of polarized light. We traveled to Montana high schools and presented on the physics of light, the ways that it becomes polarized, how polarization is useful, and how to take pictures with linear polarizers to see polarization. Students took pictures that showed polarization in either a natural setting or a contrived scene. We visited 13 high schools, and presented live to approximately 450 students.",
keywords = "High school, Montana, Outreach, Photo contest, Polarimetry, Polarization",
author = "Tauc, {Martin Jan} and Boger, {James K.} and Andrew Hohne and Dahl, {Laura M.} and Nugent, {Paul W.} and Riesland, {David W.} and Benjamin Moon and Baumbauer, {Carol L.} and Orrin Boese and Wataru Nakagawa",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 SPIE.; Polarization Science and Remote Sensing VIII 2017 ; Conference date: 08-08-2017 Through 09-08-2017",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1117/12.2274485",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
editor = "Shaw, {Joseph A.} and Frans Snik",
booktitle = "Polarization Science and Remote Sensing VIII",
}