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Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...chemistry. You will learn about the types of activities undertaken by students of the earth sciences and ecology, as well as how data is collected and analysed. Radio 4's ‘The Material World’ broadcast three programmes from Open University Residential Schools, including SXR103 Practising Science. If you'd like to listen to this, go to
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Mathematics for science and technology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...chemistry courses, you may come across the ångström (symbol Å), equal to 10−10 metres. This was commonly used for the measurement of distances between atoms in chemical structures, although these distances are now often expressed in either nanometres or picometres. Other metric but non-SI units with which you are probably familiar are the litre (symbol l) and the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Working with young people: roles and responsibilities
Education & Development

Working with young people: roles and responsibilities

...Chemistry, they offered while I was doing my A levels they offered us a position just to go to a uni, they call it taster course, taster course, just to erm follow people around who are actually doing the course…You get actually to sit in their lectures. It’s for a whole day and you get to see a taste of that course. ANDREW [03.40] What about the forms, the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development
Health, Sports & Psychology

Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development

...chemistry, presence of disease, body responses, e.g. heart rate, medications, disability. Psychological elements include emotions, memory, perceptions, beliefs and values, attitudes, coping strategies, mental health conditions. Social elements include family background, social status, financial status, living arrangements, family unit, education, demographics, culture....
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...chemistry, by which monomers could be synthesised and polymerized in a controlled way to give macromolecular materials. Some of today's major polymers were discovered in this period and were commercialised in the 1930s and 1940s. They included materials like polychloroprene (Neoprene rubber), nylon, polyester (Terylene or Dacron) and polyethylene (Polythene – note that...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...chemistry of planet formation’, PhD Thesis, University of Michigan Figure 5: Armitage, P.J. (2017) ‘Lecture notes on the formation and early evolution of planetary systems’, V6, based on lectures given at the University of Colorado Figure 6: Venturini, J., Ronco, M.P., Guilera, O.M. (2020) ‘Setting the stage: planet formation and volatile delivery’, Space...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...chemistry, biology and physics. And finally, what of the vibrating oscillococcus bacterium? We now know that influenza is a viral disease, not a bacterial one, and the oscillococcus bacterium was merely a figment of the French physician’s imagination; it doesn’t actually exist. Unfortunately, preventing and curing the rapidly mutating influenza virus is still...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...chemistry and ADHD - Many neurotransmitters and pathways are thought to be involved in the development of ADHD symptoms. Focusing again on selective attention, acetylcholine is thought to be the most important neurotransmitter for exogenous attention, while dopamine may preferentially contribute to endogenous attention (Mueller et al., 2017). In line with this, changes in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs