Interactive visualisations

The universe’s structure and history

Here are pedagogical visualisations about one part of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics. There is a  3-minute long video to show in the classroom and an interactive visualisation tool with a teacher’s guide. The visualisation tool can be used as a teacher-led lesson, or as an in-depth assignment for individual students. The visualisation tool can be paused and the teacher or the student can add notes in the slideshow with the drawing tool.

 

These visualisations are part of the Nobel Prize Lesson – Physics Prize 2019.

 

The universe’s structure and history

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 are awarded ”for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos”. One half of the prize was awarded to James Peebles for his theories about the universe and its evolution.

Video

Interactive visualisation

Teacher’s guide (PDF 200 Kb)
22 April 2022: The visualisation has stopped working and we hope to be able to fix it later on in May.

Practical information:

The interactive visualisations work in most web browsers except for Internet Explorer. Click ”Full screen” in the upper-right corner to open the visualisations in full screen.

Both teachers and students can use any screen-recording program to create your own digital stories. The interactive visualisation can be paused and you, or your students, can add notes and comments in the slideshow using the drawing tool in the upper-right corner.

In-depth reading about the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019

Press release for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
Popular information for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics

To cite this section
MLA style: Interactive visualisations. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2024. Wed. 27 Mar 2024. <https://www.nobelprize.org/interactive-visualisations-the-universes-structure-and-history/>

Nobel Prizes and laureates

Eleven laureates were awarded a Nobel Prize in 2023, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. Their work and discoveries range from effective mRNA vaccines and attosecond physics to fighting against the oppression of women.

See them all presented here.
Illustration

Nobel Prize Lessons

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

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

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

Battery

© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2018 and 2019

Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media.

The 2019 Peace Prize was awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. Find the lesson about this here.

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media.

The Economic Sciences Prize 2019 is awarded for research that helps us fight global poverty. Find the lesson about this here.

The Economic Sciences Prize 2019

© Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences