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Evolutionary tree of mammals
Nature & Environment

Evolutionary tree of mammals

...think is the ‘odd one out’? To help you to think about the differences, try answering the following two questions. Note to facilitators if using this as a hands-on activity. This activity is more popular if model animals can be used. SAQ 1 Question 1: Which one is most different from the others in its appearance? Answer The whale is the most different in outward...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...think about the effects of bullying. Make two lists – one of the possible physical effects and one of the psychological effects. In his article, Olweus concentrates largely on boys, but think back to the previous section where the differences between girls' and boys' experiences and ways of showing aggression were mentioned. Do you think that there would be any...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...think, what might have caused some of his sample to die and the rest to live? After a lot of time and effort in his lab, Fleming worked out that some of his sample had been contaminated by a particular fungus, which he then managed to grow himself. As an ex-soldier in World War I, he'd seen hundreds of soldiers die due to bacterial infection. And he figured that if the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...system of the arts detached it. 4 The hierarchical distinctions of the canon have come to seem out of tune with our own cultural hybridity in an epoch of globalisation. That said, no one could sensibly argue with claims for the relevance of an understanding of Renaissance art to the subsequent western tradition. 5 What stands at issue are the terms of that understanding....
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
White dwarfs and neutron stars
Science, Maths & Technology

White dwarfs and neutron stars

...system on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) show that many of the asymmetries in planetary nebulae derive from structures that first formed while the star was on the AGB. They appear to be the result of orbiting companions, either a binary companion star or a massive planet (see Figure 2c). These can either transfer angular momentum to the ejecta and form a constraining...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...thinking of the nucleus + cat system as a superposition of those extreme states is absurd. Surely it’s absurd to believe that a cat is well-described by a state vector ( vertical line alive mathematical right angle bracket or vertical line dead mathematical right angle bracket ), and surely the cat is in the definite state ‘alive’until it definitely dies (or better,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...systems and cause these changes. You will consider flows of water, heat and even pollution around the planet and look at how, through positive feedback processes, the flows that are affecting the Arctic are already changing the whole planet. There will be further changes, with an impact on us all. The Arctic is often considered a victim of climate change – and it...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...think it gives majesty. I do not praise it … for there is more admiration and praise for the painter who imitates the rays of gold with colours’ (Alberti, 1966 [1435], p. 85). Here Alberti confronts the mentality that looked to precious materials for ostentation, and suggests that prestige lies in the prowess of the artist alone. Alberti goes further, however, in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs