The Nobel Prize lessons are published here after the Nobel Prize announcements in October each year. Teachers can easily introduce their students to the Nobel Prize awarded achievements using a slideshow with a speaker’s manuscript. Each lesson also includes videos, a student text, assignments and links to further reading. The new lessons are designed to take 20 minutes and the target group is 14-18 year old students.
The Nobel Prize lessons for 2026 will be published on 15 October
The prize was announced on Monday, 5 October. A lesson will be available here on 15 October.
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The prize was announced on Tuesday, 6 October. A lesson will be available here on 15 October.
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: A. Mahmoud
The prize was announced on Wednesday, 7 October. A lesson will be available here on 15 October.
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The prize was announced on Thursday, 8 October. A lesson will be available here on 15 October.
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The prize was announced on Friday, 9 October. A lesson will be available here on 15 October.
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The prize was announced on Monday, 12 October. A lesson will be available here on 15 October.
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A lesson about all the six Nobel Prizes will be available here later.
Physics lessons
The 2025 physics prize is about quantum mechanical effects in electrical circuits.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2024 physics prize was awarded for methods that lay the foundation for the development of artificial intelligence (AI).
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2023 physics prize was awarded for experiments with short pulses of light that can capture momentary images of the movements of electrons in an atom.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2022 physics prize was awarded for experiments that make it possible to investigate and control particles that are entangled through quantum mechanics.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2021 physics prize is about complex systems such as the Earth's climate.
©Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2020 physics prize was awarded for
discoveries about one of the strangest
phenomena in the universe: black holes.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2019 physics prize was awarded for new understanding of the structure and history of the universe, as well as the first discovery of an exoplanet.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Chemistry lessons
The 2025 chemistry prize was awarded for the creation of molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2024 chemistry prize was awarded for using computers and artificial intelligence (AI) to crack the code for the structures of proteins.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2023 chemistry prize was awarded for the discovery and development of nanotechnology’s smallest components – quantum dots.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2022 chemistry prize was awarded for “click chemistry”, an efficient method for connecting complex molecules.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2021 chemistry prize was awarded for tools that have revolutionised the construction of
molecules.
©Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2020 chemistry prize was awarded for the discovery of one of gene technology’s sharpest tools – the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2019 chemistry prize was awarded for the development of lithium-ion batteries that enabled the creation of portable electronic devices.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Medicine lessons
The 2025 medicine prize was awarded for discoveries that have increased our understanding of how the immune system works.
© The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Illustration: Mattias Karlén
The 2024 medicine prize was awarded for the discovery of microRNA and its function in gene regulation.
© The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén
The 2023 medicine prize was awarded for discoveries that were decisive in the development of effective mRNA vaccines for COVID-19.
© The Nobel Committe for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén
The 2022 medicine prize was awarded for discoveries concerning human evolution and migration.
© The Nobel Committe for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén
The 2021 medicine prize is about how our bodies translate temperature and pressure into nerve signals that allow us to interpret and perceive the surrounding world.
© The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén
The 2020 medicine prize was awarded for the discovery of a completely new virus that causes the disease hepatitis.
© The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén
The 2019 medicine prize is about what happens in cells if they receive too much or too little oxygen.
© The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén
Literature lessons
The 2025 literature prize was awarded to László Krasznahorkai, one of the most important authors in Hungary.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
The 2024 literature prize was awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
The 2023 literature prize was awarded to the Norwegian author Jon Fosse.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
The 2022 literature prize was awarded to the French author Annie Ernaux.
Annie Ernaux Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
The literature prize 2021 was awarded to the Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach.
The 2020 literature prize was awarded to the American poet Louise Glück.
© Nobel Media. Ill. Niklas Elmehed.
The 2018 literature prize was awarded to Olga Tokarczuk and the 2019 literature prize to Peter Handke.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media.
Peace lessons
The 2025 peace prize was awarded to Maria Corina Machado for her work to promote democracy in Venezuela.
Illustration: Niklas Elmehed.
The 2024 peace prize was awarded to an organisation for their fight against nuclear weapons.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
The 2023 peace prize was awarded for the fight for women’s rights in Iran and the right to freedom for everyone.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
The 2022 peace prize was awarded for work to promote human rights, democracy and peaceful coexistence in the neighbouring countries of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
The peace prize 2021 was awarded for courageous efforts on behalf of freedom of expression.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach.
The 2020 peace prize was awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its efforts to eradicate hunger.
© Nobel Media. Ill. Niklas Elmehed.
The 2019 peace prize was awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.
Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media.
Economic sciences lessons
The 2025 economic sciences prize is about the cause behind the sustained economic growth of the last 200 years.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2024 economic sciences prize was awarded for explaining why certain countries are rich and others are poor.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2023 economic sciences prize was awarded for research that explains why there are differences in earnings between men and women.
Figure 4. Depiction of Claudia Goldin as a detective with her dog Pika.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2022 economic sciences prize is about banks, bank regulations and how financial crises should be managed.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2021 economic sciences prize is about is about the labor market, and how natural experiments can provide answers to important societal questions.
©Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2020 economic sciences prize is about how auctions work, and how new auction formats can be used for the sale of modern goods and services.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2019 economic sciences prize was awarded for research that help us understand how we can effectively fight global poverty.
© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Year by year
A Nobel Prize lesson about everything from new materials known as MOFs to the writing of László Krasznahorkai.
A Nobel Prize lesson about everything from the inventions behind artificial intelligence (AI) to the fight against nuclear weapons.
A Nobel Prize lesson about everything from quantum dots to the fight against the oppression of women in Iran.
A Nobel Prize lesson about about everything from click chemistry to human evolution.
A Nobel Prize lesson about everything from a compassionate voice of the effects of colonialism to efforts to safeguard freedom of expression.
A Nobel Prize lesson about everything from genetic editing to the quest for the perfect auction.
Theme lessons
Alfred Nobel was an inventor, entrepreneur, scientist and businessman who left almost his entire fortune to create a Nobel Prize.
First awarded in 1901, the Nobel Prize medals depict Alfred Nobel (1833-1896).
© Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
Martin Luther King was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population. Six short videos are included in this lesson.
Martin Luther King Jr. marching past Browns Chapel in Selma, Alabama.
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