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Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...trees – with insects crawling through the undergrowth and birds feeding in the branches.) Darwin notes that this ecosystem consists of different populations of organisms that live together in a particular location or habitat – plants, worms, insects and birds. He also suggests that these organisms are dependent on each other in a number of complicated ways, that is,...
Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages

...family tree Unit test: writing Unit test: listening Speaking test: out of 28 Classwork: reading Unit 3, page 6 Vocabulary test: schoolbag items, out of 12 Student 1 ✔ Level 2 Level 2 25 B 11 Student 2 ✔ Level 1 Level 2 24 B 11 Student 3 ✔ Level 1 Level 1 24 C 8 Student 4 ✔ Level 2 Level 2 27 A 12 Student 5 ✔ Level 3 Level 3 26 A 12 Student 6 ✔ Level 2 Level 3...
Assessment in secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary mathematics

...family may be locked into a cycle of underachievement. Reflection point Are tests fair?...Assessment in secondary mathematics: 2.1 Marking students’ work - [Described image] Figure 3 What should you be marking? If making progress in mathematics is about getting lots of questions correct, remembering procedures and being able to reproduce them, then marking and giving so...
London's 1818 public health crisis
History & The Arts

London's 1818 public health crisis

...family were attacked with it three different times; and it was only arrested by the destruction of all the furniture in the apartment. Thus it may be said, the sufferers became diseased through their own contagion and your committee cannot contemplate without serious apprehension, what might have been the result of this epidemic daily gaining strength, if it had not been...
What LGBTQ+ Relationships Can Teach Us About Love
Health, Sports & Psychology

What LGBTQ+ Relationships Can Teach Us About Love

...family and work colleagues. Yet, the fight for equality has pushed LGBTQ+ communities to truly celebrate their sexuality and gender, take pride in it and explore what it really means – something heterosexual or cisgender couples may take for granted. One caveat here is that this celebration of sexuality doesn't always apply to the public arena. The Open University study...
Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...family has a small vineyard, wine is a way you can travel without leaving your seat. You can experience different parts of the world and get a sense of what they’re like as a place, and it’s a really important part of the character of a lot of beautiful, special places around the world, and that’s something that we’re changing with climate change. RH: Presumably...
The UK votes out: Instant reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out: Instant reaction

...family rights and the benefits of diversity get very little mention. The debate hasn’t changed UK politics but it’s brought out some of the nastiness in our political life – something that potential immigrants might want to consider. Paul Cairney, professor of politics and public policy, University of Stirling The truth is we don’t know what will happen in...
The Lee Jeans Occupation, Greenock, 1981
Society, Politics & Law

The Lee Jeans Occupation, Greenock, 1981

...family members that they would not be home that night, which ultimately led to the payphone being jammed due to overuse. There were no provisions for food, and the factory canteen was closed. This resulted in a group of workers, led by Maggie Wallace, scaling down from a roof window to head off and source 240 fish suppers. There were no sleeping arrangements, with those...