Interview, December 2018 https://www.youtube.com/embed/P8UkNjQGmDA Interview with Chemistry Laureate Sir Gregory P. Winter on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Sir Gregory P. Winter answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): – When did you decide that you wanted to become a scientist? – What is it…

https://youtu.be/kXZdGJCB6HI Announcement of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by Professor Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 3 October 2018. Interview about the awarded work https://youtu.be/6ecpiWFOCvU “What they have done is to really speed up evolution” Immediately following the announcement, Sara Snogerup Linse, member of the Nobel Committee…

Interview, December 2018 https://www.youtube.com/embed/ukdZEweNtfk Interview with Chemistry Laureate Frances H. Arnold on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Frances H. Arnold answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): How did it feel to be awarded the Nobel Prize? What does receiving the Nobel Prize mean? How…

Interview, December 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzlFER3tqHE&feature=youtu.be Interview with Chemistry Laureate George P. Smith on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. George P. Smith answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): Where do you get your passion for science? How did your family influence your decision in science? What do…

Interview, December 2018 https://youtu.be/miBzWBaWbFA Interview with Physics Laureate Gérard Mourou on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Gérard Mourou answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): – What are the benefits of working in an international setting? – Where does your passion for science come from…

Telephone interview, October 2018 https://youtu.be/_atdJmegjXc “When I described catching living things with light people said: ‘Don’t exaggerate Ashkin'” Arthur Ashkin took a break from his current research to talk about the “old research” that led to his breakthrough discovery and earned him a Nobel Prize. Listen to the telephone interview with Arthur Ashkin following the…

Interview, November 2020 Donna Strickland in the laboratory. Courtesy of University of Waterloo “Science is about wondering why” Donna Strickland was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work on ultra-short, high-intensity laser pulses. In this interview she talks about the challenge of learning physics – and why she thinks it’s so important to…

https://youtu.be/sWsXyhuRoXo Announcement of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics by Professor Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 2 October 2018. Interview about the awarded work https://youtu.be/y-zBw-cwxvc “This was science fiction for a long time” Immediately following the announcement, Mats Larsson, member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, was…

Interview, December 2018 https://www.youtube.com/embed/IfAUBRbwlfM Interview with Medicine Laureate James P. Allison on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. James P. Allison answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): What triggered your interest in researching a new cancer therapy? How does it feel to do work that…

This is a step-by-step timetable for the Nobel Prize Lesson Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prize. This lesson package consists of four parts: a slide show with a speaker’s manuscript for the teacher, two short videos, a student worksheet, and this teacher’s guide. The lesson is designed to take 45 minutes. 1. Warm-up (2 minutes)Ask your…