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Geometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Geometry

...careful to use the correct scale. In this case the angle extends from the line OY up to the line OX, so use the scale that shows OY as 0° – the outer scale in this instance. In the above example, one of the arms of the angle is horizontal. However, sometimes you may find that you need to position the protractor in an awkward position in order to measure an angle. You...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Revision and examinations
Education & Development

Revision and examinations

...careful and systematic highlighting of study texts and the making of condensed notes on key course elements. Others would say that it is only in the later stages of a course that material comes together in a sufficiently meaningful way to make a revision strategy possible. The time you have available, and your own study style, will probably shape your revision timing and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...cares wins with Lily Cole – Sonia Ramos: walking for Chile’s Indigenous rights (part 2). Indigenous ways of knowing The following two pieces provide accessible and engaging introductions to the importance of thinking about knowledge and evidence outside the Western mindset. A joint project between scientists at the University of Queensland and Indjalandji-Dhidhanu...
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Article 5 hrs
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...careful deep breaths and walked up that hill really slowly.’ However, as the second sequence shows, by engaging in these behaviours the person fails to learn that they would not have died even if they had not done the avoidance/safety behaviours. Avoidance and coping behaviours thus actually work to maintain panic disorder because they stop a person from learning that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...careful. And that can show up in writing as well. I think very often, you know, another one of these little truisms about writing is that a lot of writing is about editing and about what you take out, and I think that’s very true and if you leave a reader with a sense that something’s been too heavily researched I think that’s bound to distance them from their...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to exoplanets Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to exoplanets

...careful about conclusions such as those above. The average density of a planet might not tell you what the planet is made of. It is possible to imagine a planet with an iron core surrounded by hydrogen/helium gas, which averages out to exactly the density of rock. In this case, the conclusion that the planet is composed of rock would be completely wrong. From the average...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...adult mosquito hatches after a period of pupation and can transmit diseases such as malaria. Non-pathogenic bacteria are also part of the aquatic system. One such bacterium, Escherichia coli (E. coli), has various strains, most of which are non-pathogenic and exist in human and animal intestines in a symbiotic relationship, making substances needed by humans and animals....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...adult beetles have laid their eggs on trees killed by fire. It also nests in trees recently killed by fire (Collard, 2015)...Fire ecology: 3.3 Morphological traits for detecting fire - An interesting example of a morphological trait in animals that may be adaptive in fire-prone habitats is the presence of fire detectors in a number of insect species. The pyrophilic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs