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Astronomy with an online telescope Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...concept of a celestial sphere which is attached to the sky rather than to the surface of the Earth. This equatorial system has coordinates known as Right ascension and Declination and is used for controlling advanced telescopes such as COAST and for specifying an object’s position uniquely. We will also briefly consider a second system: the Altitude–Azimuth (Alt-Az)...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...concept of ‘total war’, a term used to describe a conflict that permeates every aspect of society, engaging both the military and civilians. In ‘total wars’, which depend on the support of entire populations, propaganda is especially important. We’ve already seen how this held true at the start of the war in Germany, where the government needed its people to...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Succeed with learning Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...concept of a community of practice refers to the learning that occurs when people, who have a common interest, work together to share ideas and find solutions. Because people are working together, a community of practice can provide opportunities to learn how to do something or to improve and do it better. Communities of practice can also act as a kind of collective store...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
White dwarfs and neutron stars
Science, Maths & Technology

White dwarfs and neutron stars

...concept of degeneracy. In this context, degeneracy means that there is more than one quantum state with the same energy. In quantum mechanics, all particles display wave-like behaviour. In particular, any particle has a characteristic wavelength, known as the de Broglie wavelength, defined by lamda sub dB equals h divided by p Equation label: (1) where h is Planck’s...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...concepts of response specificity, signal amplitude and duration, signal integration and intracellular location give examples of different types of extracellular signals and receptors, and explain their functional significance describe the mechanisms by which different receptors may be activated by their respective ligands describe and give examples of the structure and...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...concept, it might only be something like countershading or camouflage or use of venom, it might be some small thing but I would try to get a scientific idea secreted into one of these programmes, which of course were meant to be just popular programmes. I had an evangelical zeal to get rid of things like anthropomorphism and teleology, which infested a lot of… and...
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Video 1 hr 40 mins
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...conceptions of the boundaries of early modern Europe. Many focus on western Europe, while others include Russia and eastern Europe, where people followed the Christian Orthodox faith. Activity 1 The map of early modern Europe Timing: This should take around 20 minutes Early modern Europe was divided into very different states. The best way to get a grasp of these is to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...concepts of the influence of predators, sensory communication, coevolution and niche separation. Answer Tree-dwelling mammals may escape terrestrial predators but they are exposed to others, notably birds of prey. Many tree dwellers are nocturnal and there are advantages for some (e.g. flying foxes) in congregating in large numbers, which may have the advantage of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs