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The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...work out a representative value for the temperature for each month, an average is used to give an idea of a ‘typical’ or expected value. There are different ways of expressing an average value but the most common is the mean (which is often referred to as the average, as done here). The average (or mean) is obtained by adding up all the values of a set of data and...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Diagrams, charts and graphs
Science, Maths & Technology

Diagrams, charts and graphs

...work with a diagram length of 1 cm. As 2 cm represent 1 m, 1 cm will represent 0.5 m. Then 6 cm represent 0.5 × 6 m = 3 m, 0.2 cm represent 0.5 × 0.2 m = 0.1 m, 3 cm represent 0.5 × 3 m = 1.5 m, 3.6 cm represent 0.5 × 3.6 m = 1.8 m, 0.5 cm represent 0.5 × 0.5 m = 0.25 m. (b) Here 1 m in reality is represented by 2 cm on the diagram. So 2.3 m are represented by 2.3 ×...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...Work out the missing letters, from the following options:-o, -a, -os, -as, -es. Complete las frases. (a) La Catedral de Burgos es un edificio antigu___. (b) El puente de Calatrava es una construcción modern___. (c) La Sagrada Familia es una iglesia inacabad___. (d) Las fiestas de Valencia son espectacular___. (e) Los jardines del Turia son precios___. (f) El Museo de las...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Getting started with German 3
Languages

Getting started with German 3

...working on separable verbs – a new area, but not completely. For example, anprobieren is a separable verb. Before moving on though, reflect a little on what you’ve been learning. In the box below, note down what you’ve found easy, useful or fun, and what was more difficult this week. Week 1 Reflection What was easy, useful or fun this week? What was more...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...working or resting, in his bath or in bed, he can be inspected without warning and without knowing that he is being inspected. Nothing that he does is indifferent. His friendships, his relaxations, his behaviour towards his wife and children, the expression of his face when he is alone, the words he mutters in sleep, even the characteristic movements of his body, are all...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...work of careless people. They occur naturally. The spark that regularly sets fire to these forests is lightning. In this part of the southern states, violent thunderstorms are common. And lightning often strikes the taller trees, scoring a deep groove down the length of the trunk as it flashes down to Earth. And this, at my feet, is the tinder which set it aflame. These...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Exploring ancient Greek religion
History & The Arts

Exploring ancient Greek religion

...working with both ancient texts and visual source material to answer questions about ancient Greek religion use Amphiaraos’ sanctuary as a case-study for understanding the broader political and personal aspects of ancient Greek religion...Exploring ancient Greek religion: 1 Religion in the ancient Greek world - The sanctuary of Amphiaraos, which lay about 55 kilometres...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The body in antiquity
History & The Arts

The body in antiquity

...working day; our clothes would tell about which parts of our body we considered proper to cover, what it was acceptable to reveal, and how we constructed gender and other identities in appearance. Our plates, cutlery, tables and chairs would tell them we ate communally, but from separate vessels; they might guess that meals were social occasions over which we talked about...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs