The explosive part

Challenge: Make Fireworks Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC

The team of scientists who took the Rough Science trip to Carriacou were asked to create explosions in the sky  Read more : Challenge: Make Fireworks

Explosions: How we shook the world Featuring: Video Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC

Bang Goes The Theory's Jem Stansfield is used to creating explosions, but for this explosions special he explores how we have learned to control them...  Watch now: Explosions: How we shook the world

The history part

Opening The Domesday Book Copyrighted imageCredit: Production team

Perhaps the most famous census ever, the Domesday Inquest was more than just a single book...  Read more : Opening The Domesday Book

Tremors - James VI / I and the Union of Crowns Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements

James Stuart moved two nations closer together through the Union of the Crowns  Read more : Tremors - James VI / I and the Union of Crowns

From our LearningSpace

LearningSpace: History as commemoration Copyrighted imageCredit: Jupiter Images

Try this unit to discover how remembering and marking your past makes an important contribution to our sense of community.  Read more : LearningSpace: History as commemoration

LearningSpace: Studying and arts and humanities Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements

Get an introduction to studying the arts and humanities with the Open University by trying this unit.  Read more : LearningSpace: Studying and arts and humanities