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The Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

The Moon

...System and at all scales. In fact, very few recognisable craters on the Moon are volcanic. Section 2.6 describes long, winding valleys interpreted as collapsed lava tubes that indicate the paths along which lava flowed to fill the mare basins, but only one example (Hadley Rille) is illustrated (Figure 6.6). This photograph is part of the panorama of Moon41. It is unlikely...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...system of proportions, and the measures of proportions, treated at considerable length in a number of propositions, which are fully and chastely demonstrated by genuine mathematical reasoning, and illustrated by examples in numbers. This part contains and demonstrates both the nature and the principles of the structure of logarithms. And in the second part he applies...
Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...system? Can you teach the ‘content’ of the curriculum in your country using John Mason’s ‘essentials of thinking mathematically’? These include: specialising – trying special cases, looking at examples generalising – looking for patterns and relationships conjecturing – predicting relationships and results convincing – finding and communicating reasons...
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...system http://www.bbc.co.uk/ news/ uk-18198380 (Accessed 09 January 2013). Beaumont, J. (2011) Households and Families, Office for National Statistics. Barnardo’s (2012) ‘Young carers’ [Online]. Available at http://www.barnardos.org.uk/ what_we_do/ our_projects/ young_carers.htm (Accessed 12 April 2012). Becker, S. (2000) ‘Young carers’, in Davies, M. (ed) The...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Wales)

...system for decimals, can you use your rounding skills to estimate calculations using decimals? This skill would be needed in everyday life to approximate the cost of your shopping. Example: Approximations with decimals Give approximate answers to these. Round each decimal number to the nearest whole number before you calculate. 2.7 + 9.1 9.6 cm – 2.3 cm 2.8 g × 2.6 g...
Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...system was designed to teach. (Prensky, 2001, p. 1) Activity 3 What is your opinion? Should parents, education and other services adapt to children’s eagerness to embrace new technologies? Think about your answer and make notes of your views...Week 1: How different is a digital childhood?: 2.3 Digital natives: fact or fiction? - [Described image] Figure 6 If the idea of...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...systems – Polaris, and then Trident – which were deployed on submarines based at Clyde Naval Base, near Glasgow. These issues resonated differently in different parts of the UK, leading to more targeted local campaigns. The late 1970s and early 1980s saw the emergence of new forms of anti-nuclear activism. Especially striking were ‘die-ins’, in which groups of...
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...system’. It is a combination of conscious and unconscious values and the actions of your organisation. Mix them together and you get a certain feel and a culture. To others, culture is a feeling (Dyer and Shepherd ,2021, p. 21). The takeaway here is that there is no right or wrong answer as to what culture is or isn’t, or should and shouldn’t be. In the following...