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In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...et al Audio and video Intoduction: Video: courtesy of NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) 2.1.6 Birth of a star: Video: courtesy of Institute of Physics 2.3 The death of a star: Video: courtesy of Institute of Physics http://www.iop.org/ 2.3.3 Beautiful Supernovae: Video: © The Open University 2.3.5 Supergiant stars: Video: courtesy of Institute of Physics...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' – a professional association based in the USA. Activity 1: exploratory Click on the link below to open the document in Networked microsensors and the end of the world as we know it. Read the abstract and keywords (labelled 'index terms'). What do you expect the article to be about? Click on the 'View document' link...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...institutional) industry transport. As Figure 5 shows, almost one third of UK primary energy is lost in the process of conversion and delivery – most of it in the form of ‘waste’ heat from power stations. And even when energy has been delivered to customers in the various sectors, it is often used very wastefully. [UK primary and delivered energy use in 2009...
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Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...et al., 2015). Children who did not conform to the expected norms of behaviour were often marginalised from society, punished harshly and labelled in pejorative ways. The next section includes a timeline of some of the key events relating to societal views and developments in relation to children’s mental health. The sources used for this timeline include historical...
Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...institute, the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, and her fourth-year students are here for a session on geriatrics. And she is teaching in English, her third language after Mongolian and Russian. I feel some pity for the students because the class lasts over three hours, and it is well past the halfway point before Odontuya remembers to give them a short...
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...et al., 2001) used brain imaging techniques to visualize dopamine receptor availability in the brains of both normal weight and morbidly obese individuals (Figure 9a). They found significantly lowered dopamine receptor availability in the ventral striatum of the obese individuals. Activity 24a If dopamine receptor availability is lowered, what might be the effect on the...
Starting with psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Starting with psychology

...et al, devised a number of split brain experiments using people who had had split brain surgery as participants and comparing their responses to people who had not had this surgery. In one experiment the split brain participant was blindfolded and given objects to explore with their left hand. Information from the left hand goes to the right hemisphere but speech is...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
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History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...institution. At the same time, the use of imprisonment as a punishment expanded, replacing bodily punishments such as whipping and branding, and eventually, transportation. Early historians of the prison describe this transformation of the prison as an institution and as a punishment as progress, driven by humanitarian concerns for the welfare of prisoners. In the 1970s,...