It’s Nobel Prize Week!
Learn about the amazing innovations and discoveries that were awarded a Nobel Prize this year and how they can be incorporated into your teaching with JASON Learning!
This week, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the 2018 Nobel Prize Laureates in Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Economic Sciences.
Physiology or Medicine Nobel Laureates
Dr. James P. Allison and Dr. Tasuku Honjo were jointly awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their “discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.”
Physics Nobel Laureates
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded with one half to Arthur Ashkin “for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems”, and the other half jointly to Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland “for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses.”
Chemistry Nobel Laureates
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded with one half to Frances H. Arnold “for the directed evolution of enzymes” and the other half jointy to George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter “for the phage display of peptides and antibodies”.
Economic Sciences Nobel Laureates
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2018 was awarded to William D. Nordhaus “for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis” and Paul M. Romer “for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis.”
How do you connect this to your classroom?
The Nobel Prize Education Network provides lesson packages for each of the topics to bring the Nobel Prize into the classroom.
Here are the lessons provided by The Nobel Prize Education Network:
Physiology or Medicine Lesson
Physics Lesson
Chemistry Lesson
Economics Lesson
How does JASON connect?
As the NPEN says, “Without great teachers, no new Nobel Laureates,” and JASON is here with curriculum to help you connect your students to REAL science and REAL Nobel Prize topics.
JASON’s newest curriculum, Living Well introduces Mission 1 — Molecules to Cells. This is a great tool to introduce students to Biology and Chemistry and ties it in with the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, both on the topic of cancer research.
World of Waves is JASON’s Physical Sciences curriculum that explores how sound, light, and other electromagnetic waves are involved in engaging real-world phenomena. The 2018 Nobel Physics Prizes were awarded for inventions that have revolutionized the use of light, a lesson we learn about in World of Waves.
Seas of Change is JASON’s Climate curriculum that explores earth science through the timely topic of climate change. Introduce your students to the cause and effects of climate change and connect it with 2018 Nobel Economics Laureate, Nordhaus’ findings with interactions between society and nature.
Innovation Sandbox are Design Thinking Challenges that allow students to Draw-on and develop STEM skills, logic, imagination, intuition, knowledge, and reasoning as they explore, prototype and develop implementation and business plans for essential solutions that achieve the best possible outcomes for end users in their community and across the world.
The next Nobel Laureate could be sitting in your classroom today and you could be at the forefront of their inspiration to pursue a career in STEM. Visit www.jason.org to explore our resources and see how they can be implemented into your classroom.
