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Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...division is always a good one for mental imagery (and division stands in a good relationship to number). Fractions, decimals, percentages and percentage change. Four operations. Ratio; sharing and mixing. Adding – climbing up; subtraction – falling down. Fractions – imagine an object divided up. Imagine a number line. Fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio, four...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring how migration changes the places where we live

...divisions in opinion are clearly evident, recent research to segment public opinion points to a more nuanced picture, where between the two extreme polarised opinion, there may be an ‘anxious middle’ who make up roughly half of the population. Research by IMIX in the UK and More in Common in Europe has reinforced this view, with More in Common identifying that, ‘a...
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Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...division first gives: cooking time in minutes = 15 + 110 = 125. So the cooking time would be about 125 minutes or 2 hours and 5 minutes. If you prefer, you can use your calculator, but remember to make an estimate first so that you can check that your answer is reasonable. [Figure 9] Figure 9 Activity 4: A smaller bird How long would it take to cook a chicken with a mass...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Green Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Green Brexit?

...divisions, despite the other Green Party representative in Parliament, Baroness Jones of Moulescomb, being a steadfast leave voter. With an emphasis on the need to change UK politics at local level, and simplify structures for accountability and penalties, Jones sets out why she feels the UK environment could fare better outside of the Union. Julian Sayarer (JS): In terms...
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Article 10 mins
The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982

...division of labour; men worked in managerial and ‘skilled’ engineering, with women based in production assembly (for more, see McIvor, 2014). At the factory’s peak, 75 per cent of all workers were women working in assembly. [For Let / May Sell: An uncared-for building that was part of the Plessey Complex – now the Whiteside Industrial Estate. ] For Let / May Sell:...
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Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...division my weekly wage was £21.50. Then after six weeks, it went up to £47.50, so you thought you were a millionaire! Then you moved on from the training department and were put on the assembly line. I'm still friends with some of the girls I started with more than 40 years later and we’ve got a really close friendship. “Timex was such a big place, but you always...
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Article 5 mins
The working-class garden
Society, Politics & Law

The working-class garden

...divisions between men and women; Largely throughout history the – women are pretty silent as gardeners aren’t they? Lisa Taylor: Well that’s right, and one of the things that I really liked about Margaret’s book is that she takes a layered approach through the book and one of the things that she does is that she gives voice to ordinary gardeners by selecting...
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Article 15 mins
Cloning
Nature & Environment

Cloning

...divisions and that nuclei from differentiated animal cells could not be used to clone entire organisms. However, as knowledge of the cell cycle advanced, it became apparent that cells don't divide until conditions are appropriate. Keith Campbell, a geneticist in Scotland reasoned that the egg and the donated nucleus might need to be at the same stage in the cell cycle. In...
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Article 30 mins