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The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...think of? c.What is the last news story you remember about each region? d.Who owns it? Answer The set of answers shown below is from one of the team who asked a family member with no experience of the frozen planet. Here are her answers: a.Images for the Arctic: cold; polar bear; igloo. For the Antarctic: penguin; whale; ice. b.Words for the Arctic: polar bear; the...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Understanding research with children and young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding research with children and young people

...think they are going to be. They see things adults do not, they are experts in their own lives. Adults should be partners with the children and young people; this will lead to better research. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Learning how to learn
Education & Development

Learning how to learn

...Think back to an example of study you have done in the past, or any fairly structured learning opportunity you remember. Focus on a particular activity or task when you were consciously engaged in learning. Jot down a brief description of what you were learning - what was the subject, topic or task? Having reminded yourself of that, write a brief description of how you...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list

...think about the amount of work that would be involved in a study like this. You would have to take a large group of people and measure each of these factors every day of the year. You would then need to assess the relative contributions of each factor in the equation to feeling a bit low. An equation might look good, but any psychologist doing research will tell you that...
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Article 5 mins
Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver
Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

...thinking that even though I was unlikely to be successful it would be good experience for me. At this point, being a woman in the railway didn’t seem to be a problem. My age, however, was a different story. Although I didn’t find the process to be as difficult as I was expecting it to be, it was intense, and in many cases quite stressful. I did a lot of research about...
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Article 5 mins
Sperm counts
Nature & Environment

Sperm counts

...system in this article and video...THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS FRANK DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE This content is associated with The Open University's Science courses and qualifications. [Zeron Gibson and Mike Leahy] Lab Rats Mike Leahy and Zeron Gibson Although I'm a biologist, I rarely think much about what the cloudy white stuff contains, but in fact semen...
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Article 15 mins
Good Mock COP, Bad Mock COP
Education & Development

Good Mock COP, Bad Mock COP

...Systems at the Open University, live from the real COP26 negotiations.] Pupils were thrilled to hear from Dr Leslie Mabon, Lecturer in Environmental Systems at the Open University, live from the real COP26 negotiations. With the stage set, teams then set out their positions in opening statements to the conference. Teams took part in three rounds of negotiations, these...
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Article 10 mins
Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends
Science, Maths & Technology

Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends

...system we can always find a conserved quantity. This means that if, after some transformation, the system looks the same, then there must be some measurable quantity that does not change. Conserved quantities are common in physics, the most famous of which is energy, which cannot be created or destroyed. It is Noether's theorem that relates this conservation law to the...
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Article 5 mins