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DIY Science: Ecosphere
Nature & Environment

DIY Science: Ecosphere

...years ago on Open2.net, and has struggled a little in the last few years as it was created using older web technologies. We think it's worth a bit of an update, and we hope to bring you a new version soon. In the meantime, because it's remained popular, we're offering the two key segments of the original, and an easier-to-follow guide to creating your own ecosphere....
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Activity 10 mins
Food origins
History & The Arts

Food origins

...of the food on your table with our interactive...Worcestershire Sauce has very little to do with Worcestershire – so what is Britain's great culinary gift to the globe? And did Marco Polo really bring pasta to Italy? Drag the food to the country you think it comes from – when you're right, you'll be rewarded with some background information, and the next challenge!...
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Activity 10 mins
Welsh Programming Resources
Education & Development

Welsh Programming Resources

...thinking by solving example problems. There is also a Welsh-medium website which includes resources for developing research software and computer science research methods. [Adnoddau Rhaglennu] View this resource on the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol website. [Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol logo] This resource was provided by Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and is part of the...
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Article 5 mins
What is child-led research and why is it important?
Education & Development

What is child-led research and why is it important?

...think of a topic you want to explore, create a question you want to answer, decide how to get information to help you answer it, get the information, then analyse it and tell other people what you find out. Research led by children and young people is the process of learning about and doing research into something that is relevant to their own lives. There are many...
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Article 10 mins
Ta, cheers, much obliged: A brief history of 'thanks' in English
History & The Arts

Ta, cheers, much obliged: A brief history of 'thanks' in English

...think. Philip Seargeant delves into the fascinating linguistics of expressing gratitude. ...This content is associated with The Open University's BA (Honours) English Language qualification. [Bright pink thank you note with yellow words in an orange envelope.] The practice of saying ‘thank you’ – of expressing gratitude to someone for an act of kindness – is a...
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Article 5 mins
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...system, with working parts. You are here and we are there and we are now here with you, is this clear? – Gawl horrop. Bawr. Abawrhannahanna! Faced with Mercurian truculence, the Earth man moves into pidgin: – I am the yuleeda. You see my hands, we carry no benner, we come in peace. The spaceways are all stretterhawn. – Glawn peacemen all horrahanna tantko! Tan come...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture
Languages

Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture

...think it was more a question of my putting my mind to it and deciding that’s what I wanted to do. I think I’m better at some aspects of language than others. With French, for example, I’m very literary, I love literature, I did English and French at university, and so when I did French, the thing I really loved was the studying of French literature; but also the...
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Audio 5 mins
Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two
Society, Politics & Law

Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two

...think about environmental issues today. Visit the first article in this series here. Press play to hear Joe’s thoughts, or read the transcript below. Transcript Most population specialists now anticipate that human numbers will stabilise in the next couple of decades. They argue that a combination of economic development, and better access to healthcare and education,...
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Article 5 mins