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Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon
Languages

Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon

...Introduction - This course helps you to acquire the basic language to find your way around a French town. You will learn how to understand and give directions, ask about accommodation, book a hotel room at the tourist information office and get information about what to see and do in the local area. You will visit some museums in Avignon and buy a film for your camera....
Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...Introduction to Week 1 provides a full equipment list. This OpenLearn science course was produced with the kind support of Dangoor Education, the educational arm of The Exilarch's Foundation....Week 2: Unique properties of water: Introduction - JANET Welcome to Week 2. Your experiments so far have shown us two important things-- water can make up a large amount of the...
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...Introduction - Many people believe that grammar matters hugely. For some, grammar matters principally because it is important to adhere to standards of accurate, clear and correct usage. Some people believe that the presence or absence of grammatical errors says a lot about the writer (for example, errors can signal ‘laziness’) and can provoke strong reactions....
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Exploring books for children: words and pictures
History & The Arts

Exploring books for children: words and pictures

...Introduction - Pictures have played an important role in books for children ever since there have been publications produced particularly with children in mind. But how do stories and picturebooks encountered in childhood fire young imaginations? In this free course Exploring books for children: words and pictures you will learn how children’s fiction, ranging from...
Electronic applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Electronic applications

...Introduction - The modern world would not be able to function without electronic systems. Using a variety of teaching material, including videos and interactive activities, this free course, Electronic applications, will show you how electronic systems can be found everywhere in communications, control and signal processing. It focusses on electronic filters, particularly...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...Project My name is Tim Scoones, I’m an Executive Producer at the BBC Natural History Unit; an Executive Producer runs the team. I like to think that when things are going well I describe my job as someone who supports a fabulous team of people doing wonderful things; when things don’t go so well, it’s all my fault. You can find me on Twitter @natureboytim I’ve...
Doug Allan - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Doug Allan - Earth in Vision

...Project My name’s Doug Allen and I’m a wildlife filmmaker. How I got started That interest kind of came last, my first passion was for diving, I got into that when I was really at school, in fact 10 or 11 years old, snorkelling, that led to scuba, that led to an interest in marine biology, which took me to a degree. That then took me to some travelling with diving and...
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...Introduction - This is the second in a series of three courses on Animals at the extremes. In order to get the most from it, you should have previously studied Animals at the extremes: The desert environment (S324_1). After completing this course you might like to complete the series by studying Animals at the extremes: Polar biology (S324_3). This OpenLearn course...