All Nobel Prizes 2019

Teacher’s guide

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

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

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 (20 min)
Show the slides, using the speaker’s manuscript.

Slideshow (PDF 6 MB)

Speaker’s Manuscript (PDF 900 Kb)

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

Quiz (PDF 50 Kb)
Quiz answers (PDF 50 Kb)
Online quiz

5. 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
Links to further reading about the 2019 Nobel Prizes
The website of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Nobel Prize Lessons

Medicine Prize 2019

The 2019 Medicine Prize is about how cells adapt to oxygen availability. Find the lesson about this here.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019 — © The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén

Physics Prize 2019

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

Chemistry Prize 2019

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

Literature Prize 2018 and 2019

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.