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Getting your Bearings
Science, Maths & Technology

Getting your Bearings

...course MU120 Open mathematics... Getting your Bearings A short introduction to this album. Ordnance survey maps Learn how ordinance survey maps are accurately produced and quality controlled. Contour lines Three walkers begin a field trip navigating a route in the peak district. Taking a bearing Discover how to get your bearings with a compass and a map. A saddle point...
Molecular Science: Spectrometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Molecular Science: Spectrometry

...and mass spectrometry. This material is taken from The Open University course S205 The molecular world... Molecular Science: Spectrometry A short introduction to this album. Infra-red Spectrometry Preparing samples for infra-red spectroscopy Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Preparing samples for 1H and 13C nmr spectroscopy Mass Spectrometry Analysis by mass spectrometry...
The Fourier Series
Science, Maths & Technology

The Fourier Series

...course MST209, Mathematical methods and models... The Fourier Series A short introduction to this album. Introduction to the Fourier Series A comparison between the waveforms produced from a single note on both the flute and violin. Fourier Analysis Demonstrating why someone sounds different on the phone, rather than in person, using the Fourier series. Stocking the...
Pumice
Science, Maths & Technology

Pumice

...courses and qualifications Pumice is a fine-grained volcanic rock. It is very light grey to medium grey in colour. It contains a lot of empty gas bubbles, so it is very light and looks rather like a sponge. Sometimes pumice is so light that it will float on water. [Pummice] Pummice How is it formed? Pumice is formed when volcanoes erupt explosively. It comes from the same...
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Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: The Power of Plants
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Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: The Power of Plants

...courses and qualifications. Plants are crucial to the existence of life on earth. From influencing the weather to creating the building blocks to life itself, the vast powers of plants mean that we are utterly dependent on them. This Open University virtual event, shot in the immersive atmosphere of Belfast’s Tropical Ravine, brought together the University’s Ecology...
Pay attention to equal pay: the EIS and Equal Pay Day 2022
Society, Politics & Law

Pay attention to equal pay: the EIS and Equal Pay Day 2022

...courses. 20th November 2022 marked UK Equal Pay Day. The EIS film highlights the prevalent undervaluing of professions where women represent the majority of the workforce. This includes teaching (compared to other graduate professions) and the disproportionate impact of the cost-of-living crisis on women across key areas of the public sector (Engender, 2022; Living Wage...
Weather derivatives - the financialization of weather
Society, Politics & Law

Weather derivatives - the financialization of weather

...course - DD213, which studies the entanglements between society and the environment. And explores how financial markets are being a solution to some of the risks to firms and their profitability presented by nature. It broadly looks at how weather such as severe drought, too much rainfall, unusually warm winters and so on, can be quantified and turned into financial...
OpenLearn Live: 2018 World Cup Special
Health, Sports & Psychology

OpenLearn Live: 2018 World Cup Special

...to the winner of the FIFA World Cup New for 2018 A line-up of articles fresh for this year's tournament - including, erm, the very first International match report, which is new in the way the fresh pies at the ground are fresh. Try a sporty course From the bench Some of our classic football coverage - all firmly from this side of England's last World Cup win, though....