Teachers across content areas will enjoy connecting students to leading figures in a range of disciplines. Use the Lists from the Educational page to identify relevant winners, and use the site’s “speed reads,” interviews, and other resources to help students understand how these successful people reached their Prizes. Have kids write essays, record a VoiceThread, or host an interactive museum for an elementary class. Look for ways to emphasize how often the laureates met with failure and persevered nonetheless.
Middle school and high school science teachers will find a number of usable games. Use the site search engine to find a keyword (like blood), or peruse by Prize on the Educational page. Post finds to your class website; kids can use them as extensions. To make meaningful connections to classroom content, most students will need a teacher-led overview and support. History, economics, and humanities classes will also find info and games that enrich their classrooms.
Continue readingAs its name suggests, NobelPrize.org is the official website of the Nobel Prize. It’s an information-overload of all things Prize-related. The home page highlights the “magic” of the Nobel Festivities. Other major sections include Nobel Prizes and Laureates, Ceremonies, and Alfred Nobel. Icons connect users to the video library (including lectures from laureates) and podcasts of “Nobel Prize Talks,” NPR-style conversations with winners.
It's easy to find lists of laureates in the Educational section. Users can also view Prizes by field (for example, Audiology and Biochemistry are options within the Prize for medicine). Links from each list take users to more detailed information about the recipients, including presentation speeches and even video. Click on All Educational Productions to find games organized by Prize category (physics, medicine, literature, etc.).
Standouts from “Educational Productions”:
- The Blood Typing Game (Medicine) – Identify a patient’s blood type by combining blood with known antibodies, then choose blood safe for transfusion. Tutorials provided.
- Star Stories (Physics) – Graphically appealing, very informative interactive on topics from supernova to cosmic microwaves. Includes an amazing scientific timeline, astronomical images, and some short videos.
- The Split Brain Experiments (Medicine) – Kids act as researchers, gathering experimental results from “Mr. Split Brainy.” Includes a bit about garnering research funding and publishing.
The Nobel Prize, its pomp and ceremony, its recipients, and their amazing work are all covered through this site. It’s a great opportunity to expose kids to probably the most prestigious personal or professional award. Even better, biographical information, speeches, and interviews repeatedly reveal recipients’ challenges, perseverance, and work ethic. These are themes well worth exploring with students.
The site doesn’t dive into content deeply enough to explain Prize-winning projects to most kids. Though this is understandable, teachers would love suggested online or print resources to delve more into topics with kids. Further, worksheets or lesson plans coordinated with educational games would allow for better classroom inclusion.
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