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Wild Weather Kitchen Experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Wild Weather Kitchen Experiments

...events which you will be able to investigate with simple home experiments to understand the science behind them. We hope that you will investigate further and you can share and discuss your results with us on the OpenLearn social media channels. Just tag us or @ us in your posts on Facebook or X. Watch these instructional videos and recreate your own wild weather...
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Video 30 mins
Rocks in the field
Science, Maths & Technology

Rocks in the field

...simple experiment explains all Metamorphism of rocks Explore the variety of rock types in this geological excursion along the Causeway Coast. The Antrim Coast There are many types of rock on the Antrim Coast. Chalk is one of the most interesting. Discover its secrets: microfossils, flints and much more. Two more igneous rocks Glynda Easterbrook of The Open University...
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Audio 36 mins
TESSA: Active Learning
Education & Development

TESSA: Active Learning

...The Maths Game Titus, the teacher, is multiplication tables. Some children are not paying attention and fail his test. Later he sees them playing a game using multiplication and asks them to teach it to the other children. TESSA - Seven Rivers in Africa Kevwe finds geography difficult but is taught a simple song to help her remember the names of seven rivers in Africa....
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Audio 24 mins
Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...code is designed from scratch, making no allowance for the reuse of existing software. Because the development is carried out as a linear process, the waterfall process does not allow previous phases of the development to be repeated without repeating the whole sequence of steps. [Figure 1] Figure 1 The waterfall development process Exercise 2 What are the disadvantages...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The Bletchley Park connection
History & The Arts

The Bletchley Park connection

...codes. The process – given the codename ‘ULTRA’ – played a key role in the Allied victory. To make it work, the British government’s foreign intelligence service, MI6, recruited some of the cleverest people they could find. Because so much of the recruitment was through personal connections or Oxford and Cambridge universities, they tended to be more upper class...
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Article 5 mins
Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...simple instructions in order to achieve these tasks. All of this activity takes place in a simulated desktop tutorial below. No software is loaded onto your computer. To proceed with the activity follow these instructions: click once anywhere on the tutorial image below follow the instructions that appear in the tutorial. Warning – these tutorials sometimes don’t...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Pressureless sintering
Science, Maths & Technology

Pressureless sintering

...Simple shapes for ease of fill and to prevent mould restraint on shrinkage. Typical applications include filters and porous bearings. Filters require a high permeability, large percentage of controllable porosity and pore sizes. Depending on application, filters also require interconnected porosity, which is maximised by use of spherical powders. See Also: Slip-casting,...
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Article 5 mins
Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers
Education & Development

Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers

...simple audits, book blanket discussions, drawing and talking about their previous and current reading interests. They went on to review and add to a padlet of resources which offers suggestions for supporting early career teachers’ knowledge of children’s texts, reader identities and understanding of reading for pleasure pedagogy. [Developing Reading For Pleasure]...
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Video 20 mins