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The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...become more familiar with looking at the findings from research studies in order to understand complex ideas – in this instance, the influence of culture on children’s learning. Finally, the course closes by looking specifically at ‘stay and play’ or ‘parent and toddler’ sessions, so that you can consider whether family learning changes as children begin to...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...become the central tenet of the interdisciplinary science of astrobiology. Although there are programmes searching for advanced, intelligent life, for example SETI – the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence – this is largely focused outside our own Solar System. In this section, and this wider course, we are considering the search for life as investigated by...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Oxygen, blood and the body
Science, Maths & Technology

Oxygen, blood and the body

...OU References Flexman, A.M., Del Vicario, G. and Schwarz, S.K.W. (2007) ‘Dark Green Blood in the Operating Theatre’, The Lancet, vol. 369, p. 1972. Hazes B., Kalk K. H., Hol W. G. J., Magnus K. A., Bonaventura C., Bonaventura J. and Daute Z., (1993) ‘Crystal structure of deoxygenated Limulus polyphemus subunit II hemocyanin at 2.18 A resolution: clues for a...
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Activity 10 mins
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...becomes surface water or groundwater. The relative proportions of the dissolved substances change and the TDS value increases as a result of these processes. In general, groundwater takes on the chemical properties of the rocks through which it passes. Activity 1 What are the three principal dissolved constituents of river water and both groundwaters in Figures 2c and 3?...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...become the subject of thought, and human beings could reason about it. Example 1 Temperature If you touch a surface, one of the things you will sense is its temperature, i.e. whether it is hot, cold or neither. This is a survival mechanism: if a surface is so hot, or so cold, that it will damage your hand, you need to remove it immediately. But between the extremes of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...becomes clear that the relationship between children’s books and childhood is far from simple; even the bright world of Winnie-the-Pooh carries within it echoes of Milne’s traumatic experiences in the First World War – the need to create a retreatist, idyllic world – and his ambivalence towards real childhood, shown in the oversentimentalised image of Christopher...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...become more familiar with how sinusoids can be created and what happens when the different properties of sinusoids are altered. The activity has been pre-loaded with the required settings to create a basic sine wave. When you click on ‘Generate’, you will see how a sine wave can be created by rotating a line of length a at a constant speed about a fixed point O. As...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...Sex beyond the genitalia: The human brain mosaic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(50), 15468-15473. Jordan-Young, R. M., 2010. Brain storm: The flaws in the science of sex differences. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. This article was written with expert input from Joseph de Lappe, research student at The Open University. More on superheroes...
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Article 15 mins