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Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...respiration as you carry out a range of activities. By the end of this week, you should be able to: explain the types of scientific research that can benefit from microgravity environments, focusing on ageing carry out a home practical experiment to measure your heart rate and respiration calculate speed using distance and time data interpret data from a pie chart and a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Fast, fun, free: Try some of our Spanish language items
Languages

Fast, fun, free: Try some of our Spanish language items

OpenLearn is full of short items where you can learn something fast, for free - and have some fun doing so. Here's a selection of easy ways to start with Spanish...[Espana Cani restaurant, Madrid] [The Bilbao Guggenheim] [Bread in the Mercardo Medieval market] [Tacos De Luz taco truck]
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Why is Enceladus a possible home for life - and should we visit to find out?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is Enceladus a possible home for life - and should we visit to find out?

...mode. It admitted plume material directly into the instrument’s detection chamber to avoid the possibility of hydrogen being generated by plume-water reacting with the metallic components of the instrument itself. The astrobiology Hydrogen is of immense significance, because its presence along with hot water and rock would enable simple microbes to make a living. When...
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Interdisciplinary study: disciples of disciplines?
Education & Development

Interdisciplinary study: disciples of disciplines?

...Mode 2 knowledge which ‘encourages cooperative interaction between scholars and practitioners’. (Holley, op cit) References Bridges, D. (2004) The disciplines and discipline of educational research, Paper presented to British Educational Research Association Annual Conference Manchester Metropolitan University Comte, A. (1853) The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte...
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Calculating your carbon footprint
Nature & Environment

Calculating your carbon footprint

...modes of transport or household energy use. To reach net zero requires big and rapid changes in national and international energy, industrial, transport, built environment, and food systems. Nevertheless, individuals can contribute by reducing their personal carbon footprints. The UK’s Committee on Climate Change said in its 2021 Report to Parliament that individual...
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The Switch tells us a lot about Nintendo
Science, Maths & Technology

The Switch tells us a lot about Nintendo

...mode. The way the game uses motion control also counters one of its previous issues in that it doesn’t require players to expend too much energy while relaxing with their video games. Nintendo first attempted to directly map what we do with our hands on screen nearly 30 years ago with the 1989 release of Mattel’s Power Glove for the Nintendo Entertainment System...
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Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London

...modes through which I got access to the participants of the Hong Kong Occupy camp were linked to their very different conceptions of politics: Left 21 is a conventional political pressure group that seeks to represent specific political demands as a means of securing policy-level political change. By contrast, FM 101 activists saw the protest as an opportunity to...
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Transitioning from home education to employment
Education & Development

Transitioning from home education to employment

...mode of education adequately prepares young people for participating in society, with the notable example of employment. It is often the case that due to this community and their voices being underrepresented that the media, and society, comes to be proliferated by misconceptions, assumptions and stereotypes on the role of home education preparing (or not) children for...
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