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In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...work out how far north you are. JANET SUMNER: So would people have used that to navigate then? PHILLIPA SMITH: Yeah, absolutely. The days before GPS and radar people would use this to navigate at night, sailors, things like that. Yep. JANET SUMNER: Is there another easy one to recognise? PHILLIPA SMITH: Another famous one is just above us, actually. Cassiopeia. It looks...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...works, manufacturing and industrial plants, the farming and animal husbandry sectors, landfill sites and urban surface water run-off). It considers the major water pollutants and describes the effects they have on water...Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment is a free course. It begins with an introduction to water and goes on to briefly outline the major...
Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...work with numerical data...Financial methods in environmental decisions: 1 Financial assessment techniques - The for-profit sector survives by generating profits. Profits fund the development of the next generation of goods and services that a firm supplies. The shareholders, who are the owners of the business also demand that a firm makes a profit. If a company is unable...
Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain

...working will look like in 2022 a myfyriwch ar unrhyw feddyliau neu bryderon sydd gennych chi fel arweinydd yn ymwneud â gweithio hybrid gyda’ch tîm/timau. Sut mae dewisiadau merched a phobl o gefndiroedd Du a Lleiafrifoedd Ethnig a nodwyd yn y fideo yn cyd-fynd ag amrywiaeth eich sefydliad? Sut mae ailddylunio ffyrdd o weithio i gynnwys opsiynau hybrid yn gwneud i chi...
Electronic applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Electronic applications

...work in the Firefox and Chrome browsers, so you will need to use one of these browsers if you want to access the interactive content. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course T312 Electronics: signal processing, control and communications...Electronic applications: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to:...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
A Victorian Christmas: Christmas in Dreamthorp
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Christmas in Dreamthorp

...work; when evening comes, I have my lighted room and my books. Should black care haunt me, I throw it off the scent in Spenser's forests, or seek refuge from it among Shakspeare's men and women, who are by far the best company I have met with, or am like to meet with, on earth. I am sitting at this present moment with my curtains drawn; the cheerful fire is winking at all...
Neighbourhood nature
Nature & Environment

Neighbourhood nature

...work out how humans changed this landscape, I need to find out what it looked like when they first arrived and that is what botanist Steve Clifton is going to help me do. Wendy There's something really magical about it. How can I begin to tell how old it is? Steve One of the first things to do in a place like this is to look at the vegetation: the trees, the wildlife, in...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...work out how many occurrences we should expect of things happening. For example, you saw in Figure 4 the density at 14°C temperature was approximately 0.18. But because there was one measurement per day in the data set, the distribution is made up of 365 measurements. So, The number of times we expect to get a temperature of 14°C = number of measurements* probability...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs