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Primary science: supporting children’s learning
Education & Development

Primary science: supporting children’s learning

...health, diet and environmental issues) work (for example, in roles in education, medicine or in industry) hobbies (finding out about weather for holiday plans, the soil if you are a keen gardener, habitats and migration if you are a birdwatcher). Some people associate science with high-level specialists and feel that science does not actively influence their lives...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...mental impairments will respond to these things in different ways, at their own pace. Different families will have different ways of promoting babies’ development according to what they know and can manage. You will see that the extract makes certain class and cultural assumptions – for example, that eye contact is a good thing to encourage, that families will have...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...health of a river and the fact that the big predatory fish are the canaries in the coal mine, when those big fish have gone you know there’s a problem. And because rivers are also the life blood of the planet, I mean the .01% of freshwater that exists on the planet carried in rivers and lakes is absolutely critical to all life and not just the life of animals, it’s...
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Video 30 mins
Looking at population data
Society, Politics & Law

Looking at population data

...health care system, what shape would you expect if the fertility rate was running at or around the replacement rate (2 children per woman)? What shape might you expect for a declining population (that is, one that is getting smaller over time?) Have a look at the population pyramids from different countries listed on the UN Demographic Profiles page to see if your...
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Video 30 mins
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...Journal of Sports Medicine, vol. 48, no. 18, pp. 1340–46. Kreher, J. B. and Schwartz, J. B. (2012) ‘Overtraining syndrome: a practical guide’, Sports Health, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 128–38. Lambert, M. I. and Mujika, I. (2013) ‘Physiology of exercise training’ in Hausswirth, C. and Mujika, I. (eds) Recovery for Performance Sport, Leeds, Human Kinetics, pp. 3–8....
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...health shopping school transport holidays. Imagine that you need to put together some information for a presentation on useful vocabulary in the topic you've chosen. Use language books, dictionaries or online information to gather your information. Put your ideas together for your chosen topic in a mind map. This will help you to learn how to structure the information you...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts

...mentales (3) ¿Qué tendencias hay en el arte conceptual? (a) Art and Language (b) Body Language (c) Body Art (d) Land Art (4) ¿Cuáles son algunos de los artistas más representativos de esta corriente? (a) Joan Miró (b) Joseph Kosuth (c) Gina Pane (d) Tim Ulrichs Atando cabos Definiciones académicas de corrientes artísticas Las definiciones académicas de corrientes...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...health, property or environment. A biohazard is a biological substance that could pose a threat to human health or the environment. Hazards are components of risk, along with the probability of an event coming to pass. Risk also depends on the nature of the consequences arising from the event. The simplest form of risk assessment is to rate the risk as high, medium or...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs