2,819 search results
Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...OU student? There are also a wide range of Open University courses from environmental studies to biology, technology and education, that integrate elements of citizen science (such as the iSpot and Treezilla platform) within the scope of teaching and learning. Courses are from undergraduate to postgraduate study: Environment: responding to change The biology of survival...
View course Citizen science and global biodiversity
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
EPQs: designing your research question
Education & Development

EPQs: designing your research question

...become opportunities. Answer... Doing something novel means asking a question that no one has asked before and finding answers that no one else has found. Vague questions are very tricky to answer, especially if your time is limited, so keeping your question focussed helps it to be answerable. Leaving room for development helps ensure you will stay interested through the...
View article EPQs: designing your research question
Article 5 mins
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...become a psychologist, but then in my career to try to do something about situations that lead to Nurse Ratcheds. ZOE WALKINGTON Interesting. So mine is much more from-- drawn from early childhood. And my favourite villain is Rumpelstiltskin. And that is because I can’t understand why he’s so angry. I don’t really get his backstory. He gets involved in spinning...
View course Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...students, and with the textbook example identified in question 3. Looking beyond Fraser as an individual, it is possible to identify a number of what might be termed ‘social and ‘economic’ factors that have had a positive influence on the SuperJam venture. For example, Fraser’s family has provided a supportive environment in which he has been able to experiment...
View course Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...become a regular feature of international meetings on development and/or the environment. The media's love of conflict, and the protestors' gift for creating compelling media images, underlined the sense that a very different way of looking at the world was being presented. The protestors are only the most visible expression of a line of argument that originated...
View course Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher
Education & Development

Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher

...they know they are loved and they are getting to spend this unprecedented time with you. To teachers and support staff turning up every day – whether in person or online – you are all heroes. We’ll need you more than ever when pupils and students return to schools and we step forward into post COVID-19 world. Let’s hope we remember the lessons we’ve learned....
View article Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher
Article 10 mins
Will more money for the NHS deliver for midwife services?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will more money for the NHS deliver for midwife services?

...student debts during a decade of NHS pay restraint is not the way to attract, recruit and retain the new full time staff we need. And let’s not forget, the NHS as a whole is a long way from being out of the woods. The £8bn funding agreed as part of the NHS Five Year Plan was aimed at plugging the spending gap. If the government is genuine about delivering new models of...
View article Will more money for the NHS deliver for midwife services?
Article 5 mins
Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus

...students, to school children from New Zealand to Tarleton just up the road. What are you guys up to? Female speaker We're just getting ready to measure the third contact. Female speaker How are you going to do that? Male speaker We’re going to be using stop watches. Female speaker Well we’re coiled springs here in Much Hoole. Back to you in Greenwich. Adam Thanks very...
View activity Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus
Activity 10 mins