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Galaxies, stars and planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Galaxies, stars and planets

...Système International. This is based on seven carefully defined units that include the metre (for length), the second (for time) and the kilogram (for mass). The other four base units relate to luminous intensity (i.e. brightness), quantity of matter, electric current and temperature. The SI unit of temperature is called the kelvin (signified by the abbreviation K and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Getting started with French 3
Languages

Getting started with French 3

...humaine. Select the answer for Question 1c here C’est un musée national. True False a. True b. False The correct answer is b. Discussion C’est un musée régional. Select the answer for Question 1d here Le musée est près de l’église Saint-Jacques. True False a. True b. False The correct answer is a. Discussion True Part 2 Read the text again and identify all the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...Système International d’Unités. Beam of light in vacuum. 1/299,792,458 of a second. Metal rod. 1 metre.’] Figure 5 How does a metre relate to the speed of light? SI units (from the French, Système International d’Unités) are the internationally agreed units of measurement used in most countries, and in the different branches of science. The system arose during...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to electronics
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to electronics

...Système international d'unités (SI units), that are commonly used for electrical quantities include coulombs, amperes, volts, ohms, watts and joules. The fundamental unit of electricity is the negative charge of the electron or the positive charge of an ionised atom that has lost a single electron (resulting from the positive charge on the protons in the nucleus...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...redox potentials and pH. The methods used to maintain body temperature can be divided broadly into two types. Animals that rely predominantly on internal metabolic processes as a source of heat energy generally maintain a stable body temperature that is precisely regulated. They are known as endotherms or homeotherms. Those animals that rely on external sources of heat...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...Système International d'Unités (International System of Units). Examples of SI units are the kilogram or tonne for mass and the litre for volume. This course uses SI units wherever possible, but on occasions it will be necessary (or just more convenient) to go along with the oil industry and quote values in barrels. In order to translate the units used in oil industry...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...redox conditions that result, are critical in determining rates of nitrate removal in buffer strips (Figure 4.4). [Figure 4.4] Figure 4.4 (a) A field experiment investigating the effectiveness with which a grass buffer strip prevents nutrients applied to the arable field beyond from reaching the stream. In the foreground the V-notch weir is being used to monitor flow, and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...1976) Les Mendzaŋ des Chanteurs de Yaoundé: Histoire--Organologie--Fabrication--Système de transcription. Acta Ethnologica et Linguistica 34, Series Musicologica 2. Vienna: Elisabeth Stiglmayr. Ngumu, P-C. (1980) ‘Modèle standard de rangées de carreaux pour transcrire les traditions musicales africaines du Cameroun’, Journal of the International Library of African Music, 6(1), pp. 52–58. Palisca, C. V. and Pesce, D. ......
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs