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Teaching secondary science
Education & Development

Teaching secondary science

...university. Science is considered by many as a core subject in school curriculum, not only because of the need to produce the scientists of the future but also to empower students to make informed choices in their lives and enable them to take part in key debates confronting society today. If these different goals for science education are to be achieved science teachers...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...University course A113 Revolutionsand is part of a set of four OpenLearn courses, covering Revolutions of the Sixties. Transcript...Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution: Introduction - This free course, Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution, will introduce you to issues around the sexual revolution and how this, alongside other contemporary social revolutions of the...
Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...University course E229 Listening to young children: critical reflections...Listening to young children: supporting transition: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss how listening to children as they prepare for and experience transition can help them to make meaning of their new situation outline the discontinuities that children...
Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
OpenLearn Ireland

Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic

...University. The image below is taken from a series of colour-plates Clarke designed for George G. Harrap & Co to accompany a version of Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination, originally published by Poe in 1839. This illustrated edition, published in 1923, secured Clarke’s place as a respected artist with links to the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts...
The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...University by visiting our online prospectus. If you are new to university study, you may be interested in our Access Courses or Certificates. What’s new from OpenLearn? Sign up to our newsletter or view a sample. For reference, full URLs to pages listed above: OpenLearn – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses Visiting our online prospectus – www.open.ac.uk/ courses...
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...University by visiting our online prospectus. If you are new to university study, you may be interested in our Access Courses or Certificates. What's new from OpenLearn? Sign up to our newsletter or view a sample. For reference, full URLs to pages listed above: OpenLearn – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses Visiting our online prospectus – www.open.ac.uk/ courses...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...University Press © Figure 3: adapted from Young, J. Z. (1962) The Life of Vertebrates, Oxford University Press Figure 3 Side view of the skull of a giant anteater. The total length of the skull (TL) is 35 cm while the mandible (lower jaw bone, ML) is 24 cm long. Discussion The following features are adaptations for eating ants and termites. Claws: Huge claws on the front...
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...University course K102 Introducing health and social care....Innovation in health and social care: social and historical: Introduction - In this free course on digital technologies and innovations in health and social care you will explore the types of innovations that are available and the impact this has on the individuals using them. This will provide you with insight...