Colorado’s quantum industry continued to move forward this week with big plans to support the commercial potential of quantum computing — a niche the federal government awarded a $40.5 million grant to last year.

On Monday, the state Department of Education shared quantum lesson plans for K-12 students, encouraged teachers to try out quantum-industry externships and provided a blueprint to help education leaders and lawmakers to shape how to build a future quantum workforce. Gov. Jared Polis proclaimed April 14 as Colorado’s World Quantum Day. The date, celebrated elsewhere since 2022, was picked to honor German theoretical physicist Max Planck and Planck’s constant, or 4.1356677×10−15, a number that shows light isn’t a stream but little chunks — the basis for quantum physics. It was picked by rounding up the constant to 4.14.

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