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Teaching Languages for long-term memory
Languages

Teaching Languages for long-term memory

...become familiar. [Grace Watkinson - banner] How do we help pupils to memorise a new language in a lesson? Through repetition. We use the phrase, ‘I say you say’ to call on the whole class to repeat chunks of language, building up to the whole sentence e.g. Je vais. à la piscine. Je vais. à la piscine. Je vais à la piscine. Then we check that pupils remember what...
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Victory through resilience: how England Vitality Roses adapted to setbacks
Health, Sports & Psychology

Victory through resilience: how England Vitality Roses adapted to setbacks

...and embrace change. Rather than fearing failure, they used it as fuel, adjusting their approach and building resilience needed to succeed and thrive on the international stage. Their ability to adapt turned past struggles into the foundation of the new team’s greatest victory so far - becoming the Nations Cup Champions! Find out where to watch the Netball Super League....
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A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather
History & The Arts

A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather

...becoming increasingly accessible. In principle, any meteorological service that runs a global model of the atmosphere could offer a forecast for any region of the world. Global models are needed to forecast more than a few days into the future, but models that focus on a smaller area are also required to account for local factors, such as hills and valleys. For UK...
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Mastering our fear of death with the Jack-o’-lantern
History & The Arts

Mastering our fear of death with the Jack-o’-lantern

...become uncertain. Halloween may delight us in this way. Yet our thrills likely depend on how we know the costumes will soon be replaced by everyday clothes. Within this context we might consider the Jack-o’-lantern. The tradition of carving pumpkins for Halloween comes from ancient Celtic practices, particularly the festival of Samhain, which marked the end of the...
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Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists
Nature & Environment

Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists

...becoming a journey into uncharted territory.” The WMO is the United Nations’ main agency responsible for weather, climate and water. Its president, David Grimes, said: “The Arctic is a principal, global driver of the climate system and is undergoing an unprecedented rate of change with consequences far beyond its boundaries. Arctic collaboration “The changes in...
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What is leading to a decline in trust in charities?
Money & Business

What is leading to a decline in trust in charities?

...becomes law this will be expanded so that the public, and vulnerable people in particular, are shielded from aggressive tactics and unreasonable intrusions into their privacy. [The Conversation]Rules and regulations, though, are a double-edged sword. Some oversight is desirable but charities must remain independent from government interference if they are to offer the...
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Electroplating
Science, Maths & Technology

Electroplating

...become filled. Thicker layers of chromium by itself can be applied to components to increase the wear resistance of the part. This is known as hard chrome-plating, with deposit thicknesses of 10–500 μm achieving hardnesses of 950–1000 VPN. Tin is electrodeposited to 5–12 μm thicknesses for steel cans for non-toxic use with foodstuffs. Silver (5–50 μm) is plated...
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Infographic: 12 things to know about Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Infographic: 12 things to know about Einstein's Theory of Relativity

...becomes infinite when it reaches light speed. An infinite mass would require infinite energy to move, so this is impossible. Space and time are part of one continuum, called space-time. In Einstein’s mathematics, space has three dimensions, and the fourth dimension is time. More recent theories presume extra dimensions that we do not perceive. Spacetime can be thought...
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