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Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...type of problem is usually associated with coal-mining effluents. Activity 1 Select the answer for Activity 1 here Identify which of the following statements concerning the effects of both organic pollution and eutrophication are true. If a statement is false, give the reason why. a. Depletion of oxygen occurs because of an increase in the activities of primary producers...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...types of jeans. The word ‘designer’ was being used to imply that these jeans had more value, possibly because they’d had the singular attention of one individual. In fact the word ‘design’ is used far more often than you might think. Activity 2 ‘Design’ in print Leaf through a newspaper or ‘weekend’ magazine and try to find where the word ‘design’...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Teaching secondary science
Education & Development

Teaching secondary science

...type of knowledge and pedagogy promoted. Schemes of work will inevitably reflect examination specifications, any statutory curricula requirements that happen to be in force, any current political agendas and initiatives, as well as the values and beliefs about the subject held by the teachers developing them. When people speak of ‘knowledge’, what do they mean by the...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...types of time-related trends next...Session 1: ‘A crisis in context’: 1.1 The trends - Media headlines frequently announce the existence of a global mental health crisis and that mental health issues in adolescence are on the rise. Is the mental health of young people really poorer than it was, say 20 years ago? Until the 2017 survey, presented in the first activity,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...types of issues and questions that will be addressed during the face-to-face sessions. Please make notes on the questions asked below and bring these with you to the residential element of the course. (You are not required to submit your answers to these questions prior to the start of the course.) Reading 1 You should now read Chapter 1 – ‘The scientific state we're...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...types of microaggression which go some way in helping to categorise these offences: Shifts in attitude and tolerance may make it hard for some people to understand the intensity of upset associated with this more subtle form of racism. It may be difficult to accept that another person can hurt without (i) a physical wound which can be seen or (ii) an emotional wound which...
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Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...types of decision, there are also different approaches to decision making that are relevant in different circumstances. Some decisions are made rationally and logically, while others are made more instinctively or less consciously, sometimes based on the smooth performance of a practised skill. Yet others appear not to be made intentionally at all, but are dictated by...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Challenge: Make paper and ink
Science, Maths & Technology

Challenge: Make paper and ink

...Forest by Lynn Cherry, pub 2000 Voyager Books; ISBN: 0152026142 El Gran Capoquero: UN Cuento De LA Selva Amazonica by Lynn Cherry, translated by Alma Ada, 1994 Harcourt; ISBN: 0152323201 This page was updated in April 2017 to remove some dead links, include the video tutorials, and to redraft the text to make better sense outside of the context of the original programmes....
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Video 15 mins