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Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...determined by the relation between the numerator and the denominator it can be difficult to compare the sizes of the two fractions. The usual method when comparing the size of two fractions is to find equivalences which have the same denominator. Activity 5 Which fraction is larger? Timing: Allow 10 minutes Find the larger of these two fractions: two divided by three or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...determine. We might just note in passing that Owen, who learned to play the clarinet, enjoyed music and dancing. Both ultimately featured strongly in his social and educational thinking and were given a prominent place in the curriculum at New Lanark and later Owenite communities in Britain and the United States...Robert Owen and New Lanark: 4.2 Apprenticeship in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...determined from the data In broad terms, what is the major difference between the SED of the normal galaxy in Figure 9 and the SED of the active galaxy in Figure 10? Compared with the (unquantified) peak emission, the SED of the active galaxy is much flatter than that of the normal spiral galaxy. This indicates that there is relatively much more emission (by several...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Geological processes in the British Isles
Science, Maths & Technology

Geological processes in the British Isles

...determine whether these intrusions are confined to specific geographical regions, to the high-grade metamorphic Caledonides, or to the low-grade to non-metamorphic Caledonides. Answer Examination of the Ten Mile Map (N) shows that large granitic intrusions (34) occur in both high-grade metamorphic and low-grade to non-metamorphic parts of the Caledonides in Scotland and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...determine and implement decisions These parents and carers are ultimately responsible and accountable for the provision of the setting and have the same responsibility and control as governors in the school - although few would take operational control, any more than school governors take on day-to-day management of a school. Section 3 builds on knowledge gained here and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...determine their own development pathways. Interventions often do not produce what is claimed to be the desired result. In the 1980s and 1990s, the structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) of the World Bank and the IMF provided loans to developing countries experiencing an economic crisis. The loan conditions required political and economic reforms supposedly aimed at...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...determined by surveying public opinion. Research using this approach involves two steps. The first step requires asking a broad range of people which things they think of as ‘necessities’, that is, the sort of things everyone should be able to have access to and not do without. The second step is to establish which people do not have access to these necessities. This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...determine but is a very approximately 10 beats per minute. [Figure 8] Figure 8 Changes in body (Tb) temperature and heart rate during a typical spontaneous arousal from hibernation in the European hedgehog Compare the very low heart rate during hibernation with the normal heart rate of 250-300 beats per minute when the hedgehog is active. Breathing rate is also reduced...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs