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Galaxies, stars and planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Galaxies, stars and planets

...account for less than about one-sixth of all matter. The majority is believed to consist of non-luminous 'dark matter', the nature of which is still uncertain...Galaxies, stars and planets: 7 'We are stardust' - How did the atoms in our bodies, the Earth, the Sun and other astronomical objects originate? This question is intimately tied with one of the most fundamental...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...account of the country by explaining that: The island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred broad. There are five languages, English, Brito-Welsh, Scottish, Pictish and Latin. The first inhabitants of this land were the Britons. (The Peterborough Chronicle, c.1150, translated in Freeborn, 2006, p. 13) So in the beginning, English was just one language...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...account of her reasons for working in schools. In response, she wrote: I have always wanted to work with children. I had experience of work relating to children, for example at camps and in clubs. I felt my experience as a mother and childminder was a good foundation from which to start. I was keen to look after my own children during school holidays and during...
Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...account both weight and distance. So, 1 tonne moved 50 kilometres is the same as 50 tonnes moved 1 kilometre in this chart.) The chart shows that 76% of the freight moved in the UK was by road, and that that totalled 152 billion tonne-kilometres. [Described image] Figure 3 Domestic freight: goods moved by mode, 1990–2015 If you link the tonne-kilometres to the...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...accounting system that they were forced to use. This series had a substantial impact despite the fact that the issues the post masters faced had been reported factually for several years in the news. The story portrayed in the series captured the imagination of the viewers to the extent that it raised the profile of the submasters’ plight to one of the most important...
Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)

...account on 15 October? Answer a.The minus sign (−) indicates that the customer is overdrawn, i.e. owes money to the bank. The amount shows how much they owe. So Sonia Cedar was overdrawn on 11 October by £20 and by £50 on 21 October. b.£120 was withdrawn on 11 October. The customer had £100 in the account and must have withdrawn another £20 (i.e. £100 + £20 =...
Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Wales)

...account on 15 October? Answer a.The minus sign (−) indicates that the customer is overdrawn, i.e. owes money to the bank. The amount shows how much they owe. So Sonia Cedar was overdrawn on 11 October by £20 and by £50 on 21 October. b.£120 was withdrawn on 11 October. The customer had £100 in the account and must have withdrawn another £20 (i.e. £100 + £20 =...
Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Digital thinking tools for better decision making Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...account the fact that not all websites are equally reliable or authoritative. For example, the information they present may be inaccurate or out of date. It may be a hoax, or written by someone trying to promote a biased point of view, or even with the deliberate intention of misleading. You might think of setting up a committee of ‘gatekeepers’, a bit like the...