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Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...interact with those of neighbouring atoms. The model of solids I am describing is not quite one with hard spheres glued together – it's a bit more subtle. For a start, the atoms are not stationary but vibrating around their mean position. The vibration is a consequence of their thermal energy. So the thermal energy of the atoms interacts with the binding energy of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...interactions of the electrons of the atom, not the nuclei. The number of electrons in a neutral atom is always the same as the number of protons in its nucleus. You may be wondering what role neutrons play and you’ll find that out in the next section...Week 1: Into the atom: 1.1.1 Isotopes - So, the properties of a given element are determined by the number of electrons...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Mathematics for science and technology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...interactive version’ to access the activity’. Open the interactive in a new tab or window (by holding down Ctrl [or Cmd on a Mac]. Select each tab in the interactive to compare the histograms. What happens when the number of measurements is increased? The distributions in these examples all give some impression of the spread of the measurements, and the way the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...social behaviour Case study: Repeat attendances at A&E In November 2021 the BBC reported new analysis by the British Red Cross of NHS data on regular Attendance at A&E departments. They discovered that less than 1% of the population account for 16% of all A&E attendances, with just 0.7% of the population accounting for 29% of ambulance journeys and 26% of unplanned...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Creative writing and critical reading
History & The Arts

Creative writing and critical reading

...socially? Activity 4 Poetry Now read the following poem: Fleur Adcock, ‘A Surprise in the Peninsula’ (2000 [1971]) What do you consider its key qualities or elements? What effect do they have on you as a reader? Jot down your thoughts in the box below. Discussion The following excerpt from an essay written by the critic and poet Ruth Padel provides answers to these...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...interacting in various ways with the adults. Figure 8 is a small boy wearing an imperial toga. Figure 9 is a slightly older boy wearing an imperial toga. Figure 10 is a girl of around 10-14 wearing a toga.] Figure 21 Relief showing a religious procession on the south side of the Ara Pacis (‘Altar to Peace’ or ‘Altar to the Pax Augusta’), a large monument built for...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...interaction between pupil and teacher to explain the task’ (in Spruce, 2002, p. 127) and the basis for what the teacher counts as success either in their own terms or in terms of an externally imposed set of criteria such as examination criteria. Young people are then in a position to apply such criteria in an informed way to their own and others’ work. Young people...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Training for speed and power in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

...interact on the ground, as the spikes touch the track surface, to try and propel forwards. When we multiply force by the amount of time that we spend applying that force, we get something that's called impulse. The greater impulse that we can then generate will mean that we can help to propel our centre of gravity forwards out the blocks as quickly as we possibly can....
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs