1,193 search results
Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...physical, biological and chemical processes and is not easy to predict for different systems. Nitrogen is not stored and released from sediments in the same way, so its turnover time within aquatic systems is quite rapid. Nitrogen concentrations tend to fall off relatively quickly following a reduction in external nitrogen loading, whilst this is not true for phosphorus...
View course Eutrophication
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...Physical Education Review, 24(2), pp. 240–254. Earl, L. M. and Timperley, H. (2009) ‘Understanding how evidence and learning conversations work’ in Earl, L. M. and Timperley, H. (eds.) Professional learning conversations: challenges in using evidence for improvement. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. Edge, J. (2015) ‘Non-judgemental discourse in the development of...
View course A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...physical or chemical conditions. * Dissociate Dissociation is the process in which molecules of a substance separate or split, usually when a solvent. * Ecliptic The plane of the Earth's orbit about the Sun. Also the path of the Sun in the sky (on the celestial sphere) during the course of a year. * Electromagnetic radiation Energy in the form of waves that have both...
View course The search for water on Mars
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...physical and orbital characteristics. This course explores the key astrophysical concepts involved in planet formation and how they can be used to explain the great diversity of configurations observed. Section 1 focuses on the birthplaces of planets: the protoplanetary discs. Section 2 describes the core-accretion scenario for planet formation. This was initially...
View course The formation of exoplanets
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...physical-health conditions and therefore caution is needed when considering worldwide prevalence data for any condition. In children and adolescents, the majority of those diagnosed with ADHD are male, but in adults, both genders are diagnosed with equal frequency (Moffitt et al., 2015). Although the experience of ADHD in adults is extremely interesting, research is in...
View course Understanding ADHD
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...Physics from Edinburgh. I knew I didn’t want to be a physicist when I grew up and one of my professor’s colleagues was setting up a new interdisciplinary group looking at energy down at the Cavendish Labs in Cambridge and offered me the chance to do a PhD there, so I grabbed it. And that’s where my interest started, a little bit on and off, but I’ve been looking...
View audio Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Audio 5 mins
Exploring philosophy: faking nature
History & The Arts

Exploring philosophy: faking nature

...physical fabric of the building, the contents the furnishings, paintings, textiles have been rescued, largely certainly from the ground floor, where most of the historic contents shown to the public were. So when they made the decision to go back to the condition of the house on the day before the fire, they were doing that in order to recreate the right context for those...
View course Exploring philosophy: faking nature
Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...physical barriers are removed, or at least lowered, people are turning towards designing eLearning courses so that students with the widest range of abilities and social circumstances can participate successfully. These are the ideas that we are talking about when we use the term ‘accessibility’. Experience has shown us that it is better to consider accessibility at...
View course Accessibility of eLearning
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs