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Verbal fluency
Health, Sports & Psychology

Verbal fluency

...tables on them and switch roles. Being able to produce 10-15 words in 30 seconds shows a reasonable level of fluency. It is unlikely that you were able to produce exactly the same number of words for each test. There is some research that shows that different parts of the brain are involved in these two different tasks. Age is clearly a significant factor that affects...
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Build a thunderstorm predictor
Science, Maths & Technology

Build a thunderstorm predictor

...table. [Biro-and-bell ready for the clapper] Glue the bicycle bell tops onto two of the biro barrels. You now need to mount the bells on the base board. When the bells are in place their edges need to be about 2.5cm apart and an equal distance from the central upright. Drill two holes for the biro barrels, part-way through the base, and fit the barrels. You can fix them...
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Activity 10 mins
Float or sink?: Explore your child’s ideas about the physical world
Education & Development

Float or sink?: Explore your child’s ideas about the physical world

...about finding good explanations is also going to be helpful to them when they get involved in science at school. You’re probably used to your child asking you ‘why?’, but it’s also good to turn the tables, like in this activity, to find out how they explain things. If you hear them rush out of the bathroom shouting ‘Eureka!’, change their name to Archimedes!...
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Activity 10 mins
How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?
Nature & Environment

How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?

...de Oliveira Andrade...[Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Brazil.] Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas Ultrafine aerosol particles found in polluted urban air can contribute to more intense storms in the Amazon rainforest, with potential knock-on...
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Bringing up problems at work (without making things worse)
Education & Development

Bringing up problems at work (without making things worse)

...De Felice and Garretson (2021) define a workplace problem as ‘a state of affairs that affects one or more people negatively, and which requires some type of action’. In other words, it is something that can plausibly be solved, as opposed to a general complaint about a state of affairs. For example: For example: ‘This rain is so annoying!’ = a complaint, as there...
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Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...Table 1 Types of assessment INFORMAL ASSESSMENT FORMAL ASSESSMENT Formative assessment: questioning feedback target setting discussing criteria with learners ‘closing the gap’ activities self-assessment, e.g. in relation to performance and composition portfolio assessment Summative assessment: performance examination written examination aural examination end-of-term...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
An introduction to material culture
History & The Arts

An introduction to material culture

...de Compostela is, and supposedly, according to legend, when his body was found it was surrounded by scallop shells, and this is therefore ever since been the symbol of the saint. So you will not just see the scallop as an individual symbol, but if you look at churches, if you look at hospices, if you look at other buildings connected with St James, they all have somewhere...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...de Deletreo en Español] Fifth-grader Mariana Moya-Rubiano from Thomas Harrison Middle School, Harrisburg, Virginia, correctly spells her first word in the competition. 27 students competed %u2014 accents, tildes and all %u2014 in the bee this year. It is sixth grader Jybr Reynoso Hidrogos’ second time competing. He made the top five last year, but fell short of a...
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