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Sound Systems: Listening to music together
History & The Arts

Sound Systems: Listening to music together

...communities, with a focus on one individual's story and sound systems...The technology we use to make and especially to listen to music has been constantly evolving ever since human beings started engaging with music. Putting together larger groups of musicians and singers and making acoustic instruments louder certainly helped to increase the potential numbers of...
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Article 5 mins
The Physical World
Science, Maths & Technology

The Physical World

...communications Introducing fisherman and the science of waves. Waves: Sound waves A look at sound waves, how they can be focussed and traditional methods of transferring sound at sea. Waves: Electro magnetic waves How radio waves work and their use at sea. Waves: Make your own radio How to make your own radio and a closer look at electromagnetic waves. Waves: an ocean of...
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Video 1 hr 36 mins
Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...community space, or several hundred hectares, you can make it richer in grasses and wildflowers by following these simple steps: Stop To make a meadow, you could simply stop cutting your grass so regularly and see what grows. Cut once in summer and again in winter, removing all the cut material each time. If the diversity is not improving after some time, consider adding...
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The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade
History & The Arts

The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade

...communities, meant that a continual influx of new slaves from Africa was demanded by the plantation owners. Britain did not create the Atlantic slave trade, but there is no denying that it was heavily involved with the trade at its height during the eighteenth century. In these years, well over one-and-a-half million slaves were carried to the British Caribbean and to...
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Article 10 mins
How to age well while self-isolating
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to age well while self-isolating

...communities. The latest evidence says that our communities, and individuals in them, will suffer less if measures of social distancing and self-isolation are introduced. Following the advice of the World Health Organisation, in March 2020 the UK Government introduced measures designed to delay the transmission of the coronavirus. Self-isolation may lead to increased...
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Riches & misery: the consequences of the Atlantic slave trade
History & The Arts

Riches & misery: the consequences of the Atlantic slave trade

...communities, the consequences of which still haunt American societies now, many years after emancipation. The divide was reinforced by the determination to segregate black and white communities and discourage intermarriage, and by the reluctance to liberate black people from slavery from one generation to the next. This contrasted with the experiences of African slaves...
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Teaching and learning tricky topics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...communicate with their teachers/lecturers and with each other. Both platforms allow for easy integration with social media services so that teachers can push content automatically to Apps like Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. With most people now owning a smart phone, and social media usage accounting for approximately 30% of online smart phone activity, using social media...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...communicates with and relates to other people, and interacts with the world around them. Autism is much more common than was previously thought. About one per cent (or one in a hundred) of people in the UK are thought to be on the autism spectrum. You may know someone with autism, or be on the autism spectrum yourself. The exact causes are still unknown, but there is good...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs