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Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...work that way.” Nash and Haelle are in good company: more than two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese. For many of them, the cure is diet: one in three are attempting to lose weight in this way at any given moment. Yet there is ample evidence that diets rarely lead to sustained weight loss. These are expensive failures. This inability to curb the...
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How Do Batteries Work?
Science, Maths & Technology

How Do Batteries Work?

...works...What is an electric current? Within every atom there’s a tiny, positively charged nucleus surrounded by a number of even smaller, negatively charged particles called electrons. The electrons each carry the same amount of negative charge. The charge on the nucleus is equal in size to the total charge of all the electrons in an atom, which is why atoms are...
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How lenses and mirrors work
Health, Sports & Psychology

How lenses and mirrors work

How do lenses and mirrors change the path of light - and what effect do their shapes have?...A surface which is the same shape as a small portion of a sphere is called a spherical (or more correctly spheroidal) surface. Surfaces with this shape have a special optical property which makes them highly valuable: their ability to bring light to a focus. Actually, the...
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The Good Hair Working Group
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The Good Hair Working Group

This interactive was produced and edited by Sas Amoah, Rehana Awan, Georgia Axtell-Powell, Roberta Davies, Lurraine Jones, Hannah Parish, Ayesha Peeran, Claudia Torres, Marcia Wilson and Marcus Young at The Open University. The film was directed by Haider Zafar, written by Sas Amoah, stars Effie Ansah and Tonia Daley Campbell, edited by William Long, production design by Catherine Zafar, sound by Jamie Isherwood, and hair and makeup by Serena ...
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How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...work. The Social Security System does not distinguish between these people and people genuinely in need. Miles Harris is a London GP who sees welfare recipients in his surgery. He knows the difference between those who deserve and those who don’t deserve help. Miles Harris You get people for instance who do things like thieving, mugging, not working, lying around in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923
Society, Politics & Law

The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923

...social cause regarding the case of a young woman sentenced to imprisonment for life for murder?...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses Background In Leeds in 1918, a young munitions worker, Lily, “in a fit of despair” took the life of the son she loved, by drowning him in the bath. She was sentenced “to be hanged” for murder (The...
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Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences

...working through Social Science texts and extracts...Have you ever wondered what skills are needed to get the most out of reading Social Science materials? This free course, Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences, looks at how reading skills are developed and provides three questions that should be kept in mind when working through ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
You and your world: Introducing the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

You and your world: Introducing the social sciences

...social scientists have developed a wide range of practices, ideas, methods and tools to aid them in their work. Video 1 provides some quick snapshots of some of the varied topics, issues and social situations that the social sciences explore. It’s intention is to stimulate your curiosity. [Music playing] [Text on screen]: The social world [Text on screen]: How is it...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs