Celebrate Rutherford's 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Come and explore the Den to find out more about Ernest’s discovery, create your very own Nobel Prize medal to take home, and use the worksheet to make a rubbing of a replica Nobel Prize medal!

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is a very esteemed honour and in 1908 was awarded to Ernest Rutherford "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances". He was the first Oceanian Nobel laureate.

The Nobel Prize is five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to ”those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.”

Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. See nobelprize.org for details.