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Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...work. When we bring the cores back from Antarctica or from the Arctic, we actually cut and subsample the ice here. So what I've got over here is actually one of the cores that we've drilled. And this is from a particularly deep core that we retrieved. And this is actually the bottom core. And we estimate that the age down at the bottom is 140,000 years. TAMSIN EDWARDS: So...
Moons of our Solar System Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of our Solar System

...work your way through this image gallery to get a taste of some of what’s to come. We start by giving you a sense of scale (Figures 3 and 4), then you look at some of Saturn’s moons, which are a particularly spectacular and varied family, and then you whizz past just a few of the other moons in our Solar System. The top of Figure 3 has a view of the Solar System...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...worked in senior positions in the UK television industry. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Computing & IT...IT: Information: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate a knowledge of the different types of storage media for digital data understand the basic concepts of electrical voltage and resistance,...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare

...work as well as your academic work. There are quizzes to evaluate your learning as you progress through the course. Many of the resources are from sources from across the globe, reflecting the significance of simulation and digital simulation within healthcare practice education. This free course is related to the Open University qualification R39 BSc (Honours)...
Additive manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Additive manufacturing

...work. The key point is that once the design is finalised, the cost and effort required to make a single instance of that design versus a large batch are similar. This is almost unheard of in manufacturing and could be called a paradigm shift...Additive manufacturing: 6 Finished parts - The advent of AM was essentially the improvement of RP to produce a functional part. RP...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...works understand that there are simplified and traditional forms of Chinese characters and have an awareness of how they are combined together to form new meanings demonstrate basic vocabulary and pronunciation related to greetings, numbers, names and nationalities demonstrate a cultural understanding of how professional titles are used to address people...Beginners’...
Particle physics
Science, Maths & Technology

Particle physics

...works, how it began, and how we came to be here. Before embarking on this course, you should note that it is assumed you have a basic understanding of the concept of energy and electromagnetic radiation. You should be aware that atoms consist of central nuclei surrounded by a cloud of electrons. You should also be aware that atomic nuclei comprise various numbers of...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...work out its weight as a percentage of the mother’s weight. But to compare ‘like with like’ you first need to express each measurement in the same units, in this case grams (g). 8 kg is equivalent to (8 × 1000) grams = 8000 g, so 0.5 g as a percentage of 8000 g is (0.5/8000) × 100. This calculation comes to a little over 0.006% – compared to the mother, the...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs