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Be a Lab Rat
Science, Maths & Technology

Be a Lab Rat

...download)] Try out test for a new perspective on fear. [Instructions to test your frisky factor (as Microsoft Word download).] pdf format Word format If you don't have Acrobat Reader you can download it for here.(Windows or Mac) If you can't open Word documents, you can download a viewer for Windows XP or a viewer for older versions of Windows (these only work on PC)....
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Activity 10 mins
The stories behind our streets
Society, Politics & Law

The stories behind our streets

...Open University has been working with the BBC on two series, The Secret History of Our Streets: London first broadcast on BBC Two, 6th June 2012 and The Secret History of Our Streets: Scotland first broadcast on BBC Two, 25th July 2014. To coincide with the final programme of the first series, Arnold Circus, London, we published some stories behind the streets in Dublin,...
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Activity 5 mins
How data is making our cities smarter
Society, Politics & Law

How data is making our cities smarter

...Open University for BBC Radio 4's sociological discussion programme, Thinking Allowed. Transcript Data is a significant part of technological life and has made the news recently due to breaches, misuse and new legislative regulations. For smart city planners, an individual's data is often not very useful - big data which amalgamates individual activities looking for...
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Adventure in the Amazon
Nature & Environment

Adventure in the Amazon

...Open University is currently participating in Project COBRA, a research project which empowers local indigenous communities in the North Rupununi to promote their own community solutions to current and emerging challenges. Our aim is to promote local indigenous solutions to current and emerging challenges through the use of accessible information and communication...
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Activity 10 mins
The Science Behind the Bike
Science, Maths & Technology

The Science Behind the Bike

...Open University module S172 Sport: the science behind the medals... The History of the Hour Record A look at how science has impacted the development of The world Hour Record. Technology Have you ever wondered how technology has changed the bike and bike design from a simple steel tubed design to the state of the art aerodynamic machines today? Physiology A scientific...
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Video 34 mins
The Large Hadron Collider
Science, Maths & Technology

The Large Hadron Collider

...Open University and Dr Dan Faircloth and Dr Bruce Kennedy from the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. They share their passion for this immense machine that will recreate, on a tiny scale, conditions that existed just after the Big Bang. It is hoped the LHC will provide a glimpse of the theoretical Higgs boson and explain the...
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Design for dementia care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Design for dementia care

...open-door policy promote activity, interaction and quality of life for residents of The Lodge. The Lodge: evaluating the success of the design. How the various elements of dementia-friendly design contribute to good dementia care at The Lodge. Elmhurst: refurbishing an existing home How dementia friendly design features have been incorporated into an existing care home....
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Video 43 mins
Darwin and Inheritance
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and Inheritance

...Open University programme first broadcast in 1998, explore the discoveries of scientists such as the botanist Mendel, and the chemist Friedrich Miescher who first identified DNA, and see how they come together with Darwin's theory of evolution to form the concepts which lie at the heart of modern genetics. Contributors include Richard Dawkins, Colin Tudge, John Maynard...
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