Do you know a high school teacher who teaches science in a very special, vibrant and inspiring way?

Can the teacher pique students' curiosity about science and raise their professional level? Is the teacher actually the reason why students are applying for higher education in science?

Then you have a great opportunity to help pay tribute to them. Now there is a call for nominations for the H.C. Ørsted Bronze Medal, which is awarded to an inspiring high school teacher with a very special ability to teach science. The awards aim at honoring and promoting the good dissemination of science.

Both pupils, teachers and principals can, preferably jointly, nominate secondary school teachers for the medal of the year. The medal is awarded by the Society for the Dissemination of Natural Science, and it is sponsored by the energy company Ørsted.

Win $50,000 for high school

In addition to the medal and the honor, the winner will also receive a travel grant of 25,000 kroner and 50,000 kroner for a project at the high school.
The criteria for receiving the medal are that the teacher:

• is committed, imaginative and professionally skilled
• delivers diverse and inspiring teaching
• manage to extraordinaryly raise the students' academic level and
• gives them an interest in studying science and engineering subjects;

The teacher's teaching may also be:

• visible locally, regionally or nationally and
• as 'best practice' for general dissemination in education

Send your recommendation with justification and preferably with concrete examples of how the candidate meets the criteria, no later than 29 October 2020 to snu@naturvidenskab.net. The nomination form can be downloaded here.

We look forward to receiving all nominations of talented candidates.