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Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...thinking skills, will introduce you to a variety of thinking skills. Asking and answering questions is at the heart of high-quality thinking. Questions naturally arise from the desire to know and learn about things and may be the starting point for a journey of understanding...Diagrams, mind-maps, tables, graphs, time lines, flow charts, sequence diagrams, decision trees:...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Sound Systems: Listening to music together
History & The Arts

Sound Systems: Listening to music together

...systems...The technology we use to make and especially to listen to music has been constantly evolving ever since human beings started engaging with music. Putting together larger groups of musicians and singers and making acoustic instruments louder certainly helped to increase the potential numbers of listeners to live music, but major changes took place in the...
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Article 5 mins
Out for the count: the mathematics of voting systems
Science, Maths & Technology

Out for the count: the mathematics of voting systems

...system of all?...Democracy relies on fair and free elections, but how does the voting system affect the outcome? Across the UK and the world, different systems are used: the Additional Member System for the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Senedd, the Single Transferable Vote for the Northern Irish Assembly, the Alternative Vote for Irish presidential elections, and First...
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Activity 1 hr
Cytoskeleton: The cell city's transport system
Nature & Environment

Cytoskeleton: The cell city's transport system

...system?...[Cytoskeleton] Within a cell there is a complex set of structures that define the centre, distinguish one end of the cell from the other and provide routes for transportation. This is the cytoskeleton. It consists of many networks of fibrous proteins - micro-filaments, intermediate filaments and microtubules that help organise, structure and orient the cell....
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Article 5 mins
What makes the legal system just?
Society, Politics & Law

What makes the legal system just?

If a legal system is to dispense justice, it must be just. How do you create that in the courts?.... Transcript Choose another video
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Video 10 mins
Building the first Thames sewer system
Science, Maths & Technology

Building the first Thames sewer system

...system became a pressing need following the clean-up of London streets. But even the stench of the river overpowering the Houses of Parliament couldn't persuade the Board of Works to speed up the building process. This editorial from The Morning Chronicle of 20th July, 1859 explores why the fight against cholera had turned the river putrid, and called for faster...
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Article 10 mins
A brief introduction to the Chinese education system
Education & Development

A brief introduction to the Chinese education system

...system and the study hours expected at a Chinese school. ...This content is associated with The Open University Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. [students working at their desks in a Chinese school] Structure of the Chinese education system In China, education is divided into three categories: basic education, higher education, and adult education. By law, each...
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Article 10 mins
Crowdsourced annotation: what do you think?
History & The Arts

Crowdsourced annotation: what do you think?

...think this is? If you have knowledge of another language, are there occasions when you cannot find an accurate translation, or resort to body language for meaning? We can all think of words that have been ‘adopted’ into English, or English words which have become common usage in other languages. Now take the plunge and explore what How and Wells have to say, by...
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Activity 5 mins