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The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...careful of car alarms!) The reason the black car is warmer is because it has a lower albedo than the white car, and so less energy is reflected away from it, so it heats up more. Table 1 shows the albedo of some typical surfaces on the Earth. For example, the surface of the ocean has an albedo of 3%, which means that 100% – 3% = 97% or almost all of the incoming energy...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Diagrams, charts and graphs
Science, Maths & Technology

Diagrams, charts and graphs

...Care must be taken with either method: the ends of a length may fall between the marks on the ruler, or the grid lines may not be equally spaced. Example 1 Below is a scale plan of a bathroom. Answer the questions listed below the plan. You might want to show the ruler and then drag it to make your measurements. The background squares show the length representing 1 m....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)

...Care support and guidance and Leadership and Management. However, it must be remembered that there are cycles of Inspection and there can be as many as six years between school inspections and published reports. Things can, and often do, change significantly in a six-year period! Within Wales, public sector schools will also be subject to scrutiny from a more localised...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits Badge icon
Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...careful self-management to be able to do this. Analysis and problem solving By studying across different subject boundaries and by studying a wider range of subjects, students develop deeper skills of evaluation as they learn a number of different logical and methodical approaches and are able to select the best one to use for particular circumstances. For example,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...careful, however, when we make assertions about English using figures like these. While statements of this sort may seem fairly straightforward in one respect, there are a number of hidden issues in the way they are phrased which can complicate the picture. For example, what do we actually mean when we say that ‘English is spoken by almost two billion people in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...adult size, and need to grow quickly if they are to withstand the rigours of the following winter. Lactation requires a high level of metabolism. Whatever the reason, or combination of reasons, there is much to learn from the grizzly about this type of hibernation. But you'll appreciate that it takes a particularly intrepid biologist to enter the den of a responsive,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...adult by digesting and metabolising food and drink. The parents in each case pass to their progeny, or offspring, the information and specification for building cells from materials around them. This information lies in the genetic material, or DNA, which is found in the chromosomes within the nucleus and which is transmitted from generation to generation. Chromosomes can...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...careful not to impose a Christian conception of life on Earth and life after death (not to mention a modern secular concept of life on Earth and nothing after death) upon Egyptian representations of their beliefs about humans, gods and what happens to the human body (as well as to the more intangible aspects of life) after the individual has died. One thing in particular...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs