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Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...study in Engineering...Engineering: The challenge of temperature: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: relate the temperature of a solid to the mean kinetic energy of its atoms use models for thermally induced effects that involve linear, exponential and step changes use exponentials, logarithms and graphical methods to interpret data...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision

...skill. I worked as a mentor and lecturer for Documentary- Campus (the European film initiative and training and production forum) for many years and have been involved in Wildscreen producing numerous sessions and teaching script writing and interviewing techniques since 2002." Transcript Amanda Theunissen Wildscreen, 20th – 23rd October 2014 Earth in Vision Project My...
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Video 20 mins
Aeroplane Design and Engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Aeroplane Design and Engineering

...skilled workforce to bring it all together. For the 737 aircraft, the company uses large scale systems integration to bring all of the parts and sub-assemblies together at the right time and in the right place. The production line recently moved to a Toyota-styled lean production system which means that the plane bodies glide slowly along moving about two inches every...
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Activity 20 mins
Diagrams, charts and graphs
Science, Maths & Technology

Diagrams, charts and graphs

...study in Mathematics...Diagrams, charts and graphs: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: draw and interpret scale diagrams extract information from tables draw, interpret and compare pie charts, bar charts and frequency diagrams use and interpret coordinates plot points and draw graphs, using suitable axes and scales...Diagrams, charts...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring books for children: words and pictures
History & The Arts

Exploring books for children: words and pictures

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand how images communicate meanings to the readers of children’s books understand the role of cultural knowledge in making sense of images understand how words and pictures can reinforce or contradict one another in a text, with interesting results recognise the work of some famous illustrators for children understand...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the basis of modern cosmology based on the hot big bang summarise the main candidate dark matter particles, and the prospects for directly detecting them compare models to explain the late-time acceleration of the Universe’s expansion, i.e. dark energy and the cosmological constant discuss observational prospects...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
What is a metal?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a metal?

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand metallic bonding and how it is related to metallic characteristics understand the role of metals in everyday life...What is a metal?: 1 What is a metal? - To begin, have a look at the following questions. Write down the names of as many metals as you can think of. Some you may have thought of are iron, silver, gold,...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...study this course you will find out how computers and the components within them carry out their allotted tasks, and you will also develop an understanding of how improvements in computer technologies have allowed computers to become smaller, more powerful and cheaper...Session 1: Computers and processors: 6 Summary of Session 1 - In this session you have had a brief...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs