Book 1 · Elementary
Quantum Explorers
Grades 4–5
Stories, games, cards, ripple trays and probability experiments. One central idea per lesson; symbols arrive only after the idea is already understood.
Quantum computing for Grades 4 through 12
A quantum computing curriculum for Grades 4 through 12.
Four student books, four teacher editions, 42 modules and 42 slide decks, adapted from a graduate quantum computing course. Each grade band teaches the same ideas at its own level of mathematics.
Our narrator is Professor Ket, Schrödinger's cat. Schrödinger invented the cat in 1935 to argue that "alive and dead at once" is absurd, and we teach it that way. The cat is not both. Let's find out what really happens.
4
Grade bands, Grades 4–5 through 11–12
42
Classroom modules with lesson plans and assessments
8
Books: a student book and a teacher edition per band
42
Slide decks with speaker notes for teachers
Why MQC
How the curriculum is built.
Four design rules apply to every module.
Scaled, not shortened
Each band is a different learning experience. Grades 4–5 use cards, dice and ripple trays. Grades 11–12 prove that U†U = I. The same ideas, taught four ways.
Scientifically accurate
No book says a qubit is "0 and 1 at the same time," that entanglement sends messages, or that quantum computers are faster at everything. Every myth gets a correction box instead.
Predict before you look
Every lesson follows hook, predict, experiment, observe, explain, check, apply, reflect. Students commit to a prediction out loud before the evidence arrives.
Teacher-ready
Written for teachers without a physics background. Teacher editions carry minute-by-minute plans, answer keys that explain why, misconception scripts, safety notes and source attribution.
The pathway
Four bands.
Students can enter at any band. Each book opens by naming what the previous level gave them and what this level will do with it.
Book 2 · Middle School
Quantum Investigators
Grades 6–8
Binary numbers, vectors as arrows, simple probability and visual circuits. Students meet |0⟩, |1⟩ and 1/√2, and predict circuit outcomes before running simulators.
Book 3 · High School I
Quantum Foundations
Grades 9–10
Complex numbers, vectors and matrices, the Born rule, the Bloch sphere. The state vector written exactly, with every step derived rather than asserted.
Book 4 · High School II
Quantum Computing and Algorithms
Grades 11–12
Tensor products, entanglement, unitarity, circuits, Deutsch–Jozsa, Grover, Shor, QKD, error correction, and a capstone. Reads like a first university text.
A spiral curriculum
The same ideas return, each time with more precision.
The one thing a student carries unchanged from Grade 4 to Grade 12: zero is always blue, one is always amber. Everything else grows.
| Concept | Elementary | Middle school | High school |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bits | switches and cards | binary arithmetic | state vectors |
| Superposition | a possibility game | amplitudes and probability | normalized complex amplitudes |
| Measurement | observe one result | repeated trials | Born-rule calculations |
| Spin | two-way detector story | Stern–Gerlach model | basis states and operators |
| Entanglement | correlated-pair puzzle | Bell-state intuition | separability and Bell states |
| Gates | state-change cards | X, H and CNOT circuits | unitary matrices |
| Quantum key distribution | eavesdropper game | BB84 flow | basis analysis and security assumptions |
How every lesson runs
Prediction, then experiment, then explanation.
The explanation comes after the prediction and the experiment. Eight steps, the same in every module and every band.
Hook
A question students already half-know how to answer.
Predict
Everyone commits to a prediction, out loud or on paper.
Experiment
A hands-on activity or a simulation with ordinary materials.
Observe
Record what actually happened, including the surprises.
Explain
Now the idea gets its real name and its real rule.
Check
A short formative check that tests the objective, not reading ability.
Apply
The same idea in a new scenario.
Reflect
What changed in your thinking, and what still puzzles you.
Accuracy commitment
Statements we do not teach as fact.
Popular shortcuts are recorded in a myth table in every capstone chapter, each with the wording we use instead.
- People often say
A qubit is 0 and 1 at the same time.We say insteadA qubit can be in a superposition. When measured, the outcome is 0 or 1, with probabilities set by the state. - People often say
n qubits store 2n classical bits.We say insteadAn n-qubit state is described by amplitudes over 2n basis states. Measurement does not reveal all of them at once. - People often say
Entanglement sends information faster than light.We say insteadEntangled outcomes are correlated. No usable message travels between them. - People often say
Quantum computers are faster at everything.We say insteadQuantum computers offer advantages for specific problems, such as search and factoring, and none for many others.
The books
Eight books, one pair for every band.
Each band has a student book and a teacher edition that contains the complete student text plus a teacher panel after every chapter. Review copies are available to teachers and schools on request.
Contact
Review copies and questions.
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