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Teaching mathematics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...physical objects such as bricks and tiles. Starting with 8 objects, a child can split these objects into two or more groups(Figure 3). [Using blocks to demonstrate number bonds to 8] Figure 3 Using blocks to demonstrate number bonds to 8 This can also be done pictorially using a part-whole diagram or a bar diagram (Figure 4). Figure 4 Diagrams which illustrate two plus...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...Physical Sciences is involved in many different research projects, one of which is the Gaia satellite. Ross Burgon is one of the scientists working with the Gaia project team. In the following video he talks to Phillipa about the research carried out in the Centre for Electronic Imaging (CEI). PHILLIPA SMITH: I’m here with Dr Ross Burgon at the Centre for Electronic...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...physical potential in both personal and social life.’ – Abhijit Naskar. (Naskar, 2016, p143) ‘The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.’ – Martin Luther King, Jr. (King, 1947) ‘The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables

...physical examination. However, there are very many other reasons as well as HIV infection for an individual to have enlarged lymph nodes. (In countries like the UK, the overwhelming majority of enlarged lymph nodes are caused by infections that have nothing whatever to do with HIV or AIDS.) To investigate whether enlarged lymph nodes could play a role in testing for HIV...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...physical move takes place over the weekend, then the impact on the department will be reduced considerably. I suppose there’s always a problem with people taking holidays, of course, and I do think I’ve actually got someone on maternity leave then as well. MARCUS I think Estates have already got most of this all in hand. What they’ve asked us to look at primarily is...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...physical forces such as pressure, surface tension, resistance and compliance determine the amount of airflow through the respiratory and conduction zones of the respiratory system...Blood and the respiratory system: 1.1 Structure of the respiratory system - Pulmonary ventilation, the movement of air into and out of the lungs, involves the main structures of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...physical, mental or emotional harm or economic loss which was directly caused by a criminal offence a close relative of someone whose death was caused by a criminal offence. Businesses and organisations may also be victims of crime. Some crimes may not have actual victims, but pose a risk to potential victims. Consider the following extract from a newspaper report. Nobody...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis
Money & Business

Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis

...physical things, for example ‘bicycle’, ‘shop’, ‘director’. These are known as concrete nouns. Some nouns are not physical things that you can see or touch; they are more like ideas or processes, for example ‘capacity’, ‘production’ or ‘competition’. These are known as abstract nouns. Abstract nouns are very common in academic business language as...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs