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Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...write about what systems thinking might mean in practice, when he said ‘there are no experts in a systems approach’. When I look at the people whom I believe to be experts in this area, I realise there are many ways of being good at systems thinking and many ways of being good at systems practice. Each systems thinker seems to be good in their own way. I believe this...
Using a scientific calculator
Science, Maths & Technology

Using a scientific calculator

...write it on paper. [The figure shows the display on a calculator screen.] Figure 4 ‘Math’ mode...Using a scientific calculator: 1.1 Basic calculations - Basic calculations are entered into the calculator in exactly the same order as they are written on paper, as demonstrated in the following activity. The calculator displays the calculation that you enter. When you...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Evolution through natural selection
Nature & Environment

Evolution through natural selection

...write a great deal about adaptation. It is important to note that, at the time when Darwin was writing, there was no knowledge of the mechanism for a crucial aspect of his theory, the passing of characters from parents to offspring. Darwin was aware that inheritance is a fundamental feature of living things, but he had no knowledge of DNA or chromosomes. In this , we will...
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...write down what you understand by the term 'adaptation'. An adaptation is a morphological, physiological, biochemical, developmental or behavioural trait that gives an organism a greater ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment. For selection to occur there must be variation within a population, because if every individual is identical, there is...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...write numbers in a specific way - using scientific notation. In scientific notation, 92.3 billion litres is written as 9.23 × 1010 litres. (One billion is 1 × 109, so 92.3 billion becomes 92.3 × 109, which is written in formal scientific notation as 9.23 × 1010.) The UK population in 2010 was approximately 62 million. Express the UK population in scientific notation....
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law
Science, Maths & Technology

Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law

...Writing multiline equation line 1 bold cap f equals cap f times cap f hat comma Equation label: (3) neatly splits a vector into a product of two terms: cap f gives the magnitude of the vector cap f hat gives its direction in space. The units of bold cap f are contained in the magnitude, cap f . Any unit vector is dimensionless and has magnitude 1; not 1 newton or 1 of...
History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe

...writing down the number of results, and then ‘Crusoe’ and writing down the number of results. You should then use the ‘Advanced search’ facility, in which you can go to the ‘Author being read’ box and put in ‘Defoe’, and then go to the ‘Text being read’ box, and put in ‘Robinson Crusoe’. In each case you then scroll down to the bottom of the page...
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...Write a short paragraph (50–150 words) describing the appearance of your chosen Messier object, what type of astronomical object it is, and any facts you found interesting...Astronomy: images of the Universe: 2.3 Types of extended objects - In your research for Activity 1, you will have probably come across several different types of extended objects. Optical...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs