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Island Arc Magmatism: Santorini
Science, Maths & Technology

Island Arc Magmatism: Santorini

...of Fira. Explaining the 'air fall deposit'. Patterns in volcanic eruptions Richard Thorpe and Steve Blake travel to the Kameni Islands to look at craters from volcanic eruptions. How a lack of pattern makes predictions impossible. . The Crystal Fractionation experiment Simulating a magma chamber in a laboratory to show how the process of Crystal Fractionation works....
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Audio 39 mins
Nouvelles mises au point
Languages

Nouvelles mises au point

...working of the Science Museum in Paris. They look at the way the exhibits are created, displayed and stored as well as giving an insight into creating and maintaining interest in key areas. Material is taken from The Open University Course L310 Nouvelles mises au point... Introduction Introduction to the series of tracks Caribbean French People talk about the special...
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Audio 33 mins
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...and weaving methods to the local people and how they incorporate new designs into their work Ghana: Kumasi Market John Picton goes to the market in Kumasi to look at factory printed cloth to see how it is still influenced by traditional designs. He also looks at the history of the modern printed cloths and how manufacturers try to keep pace with changing societies...
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Audio 48 mins
An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language
Education & Development

An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language

...working through these videos and that it gives you some confidence to communicate with a deaf person. The alphabet Right handed finger spelling Days of the week Months Colours Weather Greetings Animals Emotions Five Ws and one H Summary We hope the short videos have been a useful resource and inspire you to go on and learn more. Additional resources and acknowledgements...
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Video 20 mins
3D printing
Science, Maths & Technology

3D printing

...works similarly to traditional 2D printing. Material is added drop by drop rather than layer by layer, by controlling the flow of material using piezoelectric flow restrictors similar to those used in standard desktop inkjet printers. As drops are deposited on top of previous drops, three-dimensional structures can be formed. [Images to demonstrate '3D printing' - see...
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Article 10 mins
Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
History & The Arts

Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts

...work of Virginia Woolf, one of the most significant modernist writers of the twentieth century. You’ll read about the historical context that led to the writing of this novel, which was written during the late 1930s, and published during the Second World War. You’ll explore Woolf’s views on the role of this novel, and the wider significance of literature and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...work just as well for adding together two numbers or indeed any number of numbers.) [Described image] Figure 2 Instructions for column addition (Gough, 1767) Explain whether this textual description is an algorithm according to the following description of an algorithm. An algorithm is a solution to a problem which has three properties: an algorithm consists of a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Biofuels
Science, Maths & Technology

Biofuels

...working together? CS Yes it's a combination of things. We need to use every - every renewable technology we possibly can to make change. Many students ask me how they can work on bioenergy. And while it's certainly possible there's many ways to work on plants in that context, I actually think it's important to remember that ultimately the land that we need to produce...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs