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Nobel Prize Lessons – Physics Prize 2019

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Teacher’s guide

This is a step-by-step timetable for the Nobel Prize Lesson – a ready to use lesson on the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics. The lesson is designed to take 45 minutes.

A Swedish version of the lesson is available at nobelprizemuseum.se

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Teacher’s Guide (PDF 60K)

1. Warm-up (5 min)
Ask your students the following questions.

  • What is the Nobel Prize?
  • Why is it called the Nobel Prize?
  • Are you familiar with any Nobel Laureate?

2. Show the video about Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prize (5 min)

3. Slideshow (15 min)
Show the slides, using the speaker’s manuscript.

Slideshow (PDF 3 MB)

Speaker’s Manuscript (PDF 400 Kb)

4. Show the interview with an expert in the field  (5 min)

5. Student worksheet (10-15 min)
Let your students work individually with the questions and then discuss their answers with a classmate.

Student Worksheet (PDF 150 Kb)

6. Conclusion (5 min)
Summarise what you and the class have understood, and what you have not understood. You can work with the latter on another occasion.

 

Links for further information
Press release for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
Popular information for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
The website of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

To cite this section
MLA style: Nobel Prize Lessons – Physics Prize 2019. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2023. Sat. 23 Dec 2023. <https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-lessons-physics-2019/>

Nobel Prizes and laureates

Eleven laureates were awarded a Nobel Prize in 2023, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. Their work and discoveries range from effective mRNA vaccines and attosecond physics to fighting against the oppression of women.

See them all presented here.
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019

© The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén

The 2019 Physics Prize is about the
universe and its history. Find the lesson about this here.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019

© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The 2019 Chemistry Prize is awarded for developing the world's most powerful battery. Find the lesson about this here.

Battery

© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

In 2019 the Swedish Academy announced the Nobel Prize in Literature for both 2018 and 2019. The 2018 Literature Prize was awarded to Olga Tokarczuk and the 2019 Literature Prize to Peter Handke. Find the lesson here.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2018 and 2019

Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media.

The 2019 Peace Prize was awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. Find the lesson about this here.

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media.

The Economic Sciences Prize 2019 is awarded for research that helps us fight global poverty. Find the lesson about this here.

The Economic Sciences Prize 2019

© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences