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Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...de Coriolis (1792–1843) who pioneered the study of rotating frames of reference. The Coriolis acceleration The Coriolis acceleration arises in any situations when an object or body travels towards or away from the axis of a rotating frame of reference. The combination of rotation and distance from the axis results in a linear velocity, so if the distance changes the...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...class-consciousness, of consciousness-raising activities and consciousness-enhancing drugs. Freudians contrast the conscious mind with the unconscious, gurus seek to promote world consciousness and mystics cultivate pure consciousness. These various uses reflect the history of the words. The original meaning of ‘consciousness’ was awareness or knowledge, either shared...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Lying and politics: a brief primer
Society, Politics & Law

Lying and politics: a brief primer

...class but also of establishment figures officials. And so this is why you see the BBC has been widely distrusted by some you know even I as part of Telegraph will be distrusted by some people on Twitter and social media. This is why you have people going to alternative media outlets, they describe and decry the MSM the mainstream media for peddling what they say is fake...
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Jack Perks - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Jack Perks - Earth in Vision

...class myself as that, to be able to use. BBC archive: How would you use it? So, if I had access to that amount of footage I would basically look at the things that perhaps I can’t do myself or maybe I don’t have the budget to do myself, so maybe it’s far flung places that I can’t necessarily get to, maybe it’s footage that was done a long time ago that obviously...
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James Smith - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Smith - Earth in Vision

...no other wild… well, I wouldn’t even class it as wildernesses in the UK, they’re very highly managed and so I’m pessimistic in a sense that I think in a lot of parts of the world that’s the only place where wildlife’s going to be able to survive. Unless we do something radically … make some kind of radical change, but that strikes me as the reality....
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The impact of technology on children's physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of technology on children's physical activity

...classes increased physical activity, motivation and goal-setting performance (Barbee and Bennett, 2016). Activity 6 looks at a more personal account of the use of fitness trackers in a family. Activity 6 A family account of fitness trackers Timing: Allow 25 minutes Read the short article Electronic activity trackers encourage family fun and fitness. This is a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Electronic applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Electronic applications

...classes of LTI (linear time-invariant) digital filter: the finite impulse response (FIR) filter and the infinite impulse response (IIR) filter. An IIR filter requires fewer computations to achieve the same performance as an FIR filter, so has a speed advantage. However, an IIR can have stability issues and also non-linear phase issues (where signals of different...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...de Sablé), and attempting solo challenges where isolation can play a significant role (Leach, 2016). MacIntyre et al. (2019, p. 3) argue that the interaction with nature that occurs in extreme sports ‘offers an opportunity to explore how stress, psychological resources, coping and psychological growth interact’. To explore this further, in the next activity you will...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs