  After the passage of the US National Quantum Initiative Act in December 2018,
the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science and Technology Policy
assembled an interagency working group and conducted a workshop titled "Key
Concepts for Future Quantum Information Science Learners" that focused on
identifying core concepts for future curricular and educator activities to help
pre-college students engage with quantum information science (QIS). Helping
pre-college students learn these key concepts in QIS is an effective approach
to introducing them to the Second Quantum Revolution and inspiring them to
become future contributors in the growing field of quantum information science
and technology as leaders in areas related to quantum computing, communication
and sensing. This paper is a call to pre-college educators to contemplate
including QIS concepts into their existing courses at appropriate levels and
get involved in the development of curricular materials suitable for their
students. Also, research shows that compare and contrast activities can provide
an effective approach to helping students learn. Therefore, we illustrate a
pedagogical approach that contrasts the classical and quantum concepts so that
educators could adapt them for their students in their lesson plans to help
them learn the differences between key concepts in quantum and classical
contexts.
