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Hadrian: The Roamin' Emperor
History & The Arts

Hadrian: The Roamin' Emperor

...work out what motivated the Roman Emperor, Hadrian, to travel so extensively?...Let's go! Go on a journey around the globe with Hadrian and gain fascinating insights into the life and mind of this intriguing historical figure. Can you debunk some of the many classical myths around him, or will you fall into the same trap as others? [Image taken from the Hadrian: The...
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Activity 5 mins
Earth's physical resources: rocks for roads
Science, Maths & Technology

Earth's physical resources: rocks for roads

...Roads An an introduction to this album How a quarry works Quarry managers explain how rock is formed and how they extract different layers of stone. Once blasted and processed, it is used to build roads. Longterm sustainability of quarries A look at the road laying process. The need to supply locally, use natural road products and protect the environment around quarries....
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Audio 14 mins
Biodiversity
Nature & Environment

Biodiversity

...work in South Africa, protecting the delicate ecosystem of a unique heath-land habitat called 'fynbos'... Biodiversity An introduction to this album iSpot A guided tour of the key features of iSpot.org.uk, showing how people of all ages can contribute to this database of biodiversity. Fynbos, a floral kingdom Silvertown introduces some of his latest projects, in...
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Audio 12 mins
Children and the Internet
Health, Sports & Psychology

Children and the Internet

...the risks of unregulated access to information from net Regulation and benefits Professor Sonia Livingstone feels the benefits outweigh the risks Working with children methods and challenges The challenges psychologists face with this type of research. Which children are most vulnerable Professor Sonia Livingstone discuss what other factors contribute to child safety...
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Video 36 mins
Sensory augmentation devices
History & The Arts

Sensory augmentation devices

...work of Paul Bach-Y-Rita's minimal tactile vision sensory substitution (TVSS) systems, are now helping progress research in other very practical applications... Sensory augmentation devices How can new technology help you to play a new musical instrument? The E-Sense research programme, which is building novel augmentation devices to explore sensory, bodily and cognitive...
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Video 8 mins
Build your personal brand
Education & Development

Build your personal brand

...of yourself. You’ll also learn quick, practical ways to talk about your brand, including a simple introduction technique you can use anytime. With a few tools, some honest reflection, and the support of others, you’ll build a brand that feels real, works for you, and grows with you. Start interactive [laptop with Build your personal brand interactive on the screen]...
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Activity 5 mins
Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships

...Working for Water Programme (WWP) case study, introduced as a programme that actively addresses the impoverishment of black South Africans. 14 million South Africans currently have no or inadequate water supplies. In 1997, unemployment stood at 37%, and 50% of the population was classified as ‘poor’. With 240 projects since its inception, the WWP has generated 42,000...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...work through each of the case studies, you should first consider some of the main ways music is transmitted, and the issues you should bear in mind when examining instances of these. Below is a brief chronology of the main developments in the transmission of western music. Oral/aural transmission. To begin with, pieces of music could only be passed orally from one person...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs