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Introduction to the Amazon System
Nature & Environment

Introduction to the Amazon System

...System and how have the different components worked together over time?...The Amazon System A system isn’t just a collection of parts - system components work together in order to enhance the overall survival of the system as a whole. The various components of the Amazon System – the trees, the rivers, the wildlife and the traditional communities – ......
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Article 5 mins
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...system: 2.3 Decompression sickness - If you think back to William Trubridge and his free-diving record in the Introduction, you will recall that he swam up from a depth of 102 metres in just over 2 minutes, a rate of 51 m min−1, without suffering any ill effects on his return to the surface. By contrast, scuba divers are advised not to ascend faster than 9 m min−1 to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Moons of the Solar System
Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of the Solar System

...system form? Are we alone in the Universe? What are alien atmospheres made of? These questions can be answered by studying the solar system's vast family of satellites. This collection of videos looks at five of the most intriguing worlds that we've managed to visit over the last fifty years, including The Moon, Europa, Phobos, Deimos and Titan. From the first human...
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Video 31 mins
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...system. And think in two ways about this, first, that you can substitute typical classes for a peer tutor relationship in math, in reading skills, in a number of areas where instead of going and sitting and getting, you can work on these social skills and relationships while kids are getting what they need. The other thing is there may be some kids with Asperger's and...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Critical thinking – A skill and a process
Education & Development

Critical thinking – A skill and a process

...thinking is essential. Anne Wesemann explains the benefits...[angels with a book statue] Learning appears to be a process of information intake and digestion. We read, hear or see something and our brain processes what it was confronted with. Ideally, we’ll remember that piece of information and are able to use it in an appropriate situation in the future. Now, that...
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Sharpening Your Critical Thinking
History & The Arts

Sharpening Your Critical Thinking

...thinking? Mark Pinder and Paul-François Tremlett explain a few things to keep in mind when assessing other people’s arguments, and also when offering your own...Arguments We’ve all encountered that situation in which we think one thing, and someone else thinks another. Perhaps you think that Roger Federer is the greatest tennis player of all time, whereas I think...
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Anne Wesemann on critical thinking
Education & Development

Anne Wesemann on critical thinking

The Open University's Anne Wesemann explains the meaning of critical thinking in this extended interview from 'Go the Distance'.
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Video 10 mins