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Diorite
Science, Maths & Technology

Diorite

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications Diorite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock. It contains large interlocking, randomly oriented crystals. It is a dark coloured rock, usually medium to dark grey, containing many mafic crystals. Mostly it looks like dark coloured granite. [Diorite] How was it formed? Diorite formed deep within the Earth’s crust...
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Could you be a code breaker?
Science, Maths & Technology

Could you be a code breaker?

...Open University's Mathematics courses and qualifications Code Break is an interactive Web app consisting of three ciphers: Pigpen, Caesar and simple substitution (solved by frequency analysis). Earn stars for each challenge, and learn about code-breaking through the ages by playing our interactive ‘Could you be a code breaker?’ [Front image capture for the game 'CODE...
Molecular Science: Spectrometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Molecular Science: Spectrometry

...and mass spectrometry. This material is taken from The Open University course S205 The molecular world... Molecular Science: Spectrometry A short introduction to this album. Infra-red Spectrometry Preparing samples for infra-red spectroscopy Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Preparing samples for 1H and 13C nmr spectroscopy Mass Spectrometry Analysis by mass spectrometry...
Getting your Bearings
Science, Maths & Technology

Getting your Bearings

...course MU120 Open mathematics... Getting your Bearings A short introduction to this album. Ordnance survey maps Learn how ordinance survey maps are accurately produced and quality controlled. Contour lines Three walkers begin a field trip navigating a route in the peak district. Taking a bearing Discover how to get your bearings with a compass and a map. A saddle point...
National Storytelling Week
History & The Arts

National Storytelling Week

...course. Taken from an Open University module, you'll gain fantastic skills in order to pen your masterpiece. Want to be the next poet laureate? Fancy crafting a beautiful sonnet or a snappy haiku? Learn more about poetic techniques with these free materials. Don't like writing? Perform your tales Do you prefer the vintage style of performing your stories as opposed to...
Myth in the Greek and Roman Worlds: the Temple of Diana at Nemi
History & The Arts

Myth in the Greek and Roman Worlds: the Temple of Diana at Nemi

...Open University course A330 Myth in the Greek and Roman worlds... Myth in the Greek and Roman Worlds: the Temple of Diana at Nemi A short introduction to this album. The Temple of Diana at Nemi: temple model Examining the mysterious miniature terracotta model of temple, found at Nemi. The Temple of Diana at Nemi: anatomical votive What can we learn about Diana and her...
Veiling: Tradition, Identity and Fashion
History & The Arts

Veiling: Tradition, Identity and Fashion

...Open University course A332 Why is religion controversial?... Veiling in the Southern Indian City of Calicut Exploring the many varieties of religious veil worn by the Muslim women of Calicut (Kozhikode). Why do Muslim women adopt hijab? What are the factors that affect a Muslim womans decision to cover their hair, and even their faces, with the hijab? Attitudes towards...
Fossil evidence for evolution
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Fossil evidence for evolution

...course, organisms that yield robust hard-parts, such as shells, teeth and bones, are more likely to furnish suitable material for preservation in the first place, but even these will in time be destroyed by myriad chemical and physical assaults operating at the Earth's surface - unless protected by sedimentary burial. But you need only think, for example, of the...