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Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...cast new light on these issues. Interested in taking your learning further? You might find it helpful to explore the Open University’s Religious Studies courses and qualifications. Resources for teachers There are discussion questions and a classroom activity suggested at the end of this course...Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture: Learning outcomes -...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Getting started on classical Latin
History & The Arts

Getting started on classical Latin

...sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree. ‘Now, my dears,’ said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, ‘you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor. Potter, 1902, pp. 7–11 Answer time, Rabbits, names, Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, Peter, Mother,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...sand or volcanic ash. From these tracks it is possible to measure the foot length and the length of the stride. These measurements can be used to estimate both the height of the person who made the footprint and also whether the person was walking or running by using the following three formulas: Note that no units have been included in these formulas, so it is important...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...sand, crystal water and blue skies, sounded a bit like a Disney cartoon. Perhaps you mean ‘your family come from Jamaica’ my teacher had said, that’s in the Caribbean. Eager to move on, I had agreed, but that left me in a sticky position when a friend with Jamaican parents asked me where about in Jamaica my family had come from. Since I hadn’t been educated on any...
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Article 5 mins
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...aluminium molybdenum zinc slightly toxic >1000 sodium iodine calcium potassium relatively harmless Certain inorganic substances, such as cyanides, fluorides, sulfides, sulfites and nitrates, may be classified as toxic. Compounds of cyanide and sulfide interfere with the use of oxygen in respiratory reactions in cells. Excess fluoride can lead to mottling of teeth and...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...aluminium and, with the use of computer chips, are much more personalised, enabling amputees to enjoy greater quality of life (Norton, 2007). Present-day scientists are now working on prosthetics which can be controlled by the brain. Ultimately, it could mean that losing a limb can be a temporary loss because due to increasing sophistication, personal identity can be...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...cast in the role that people cast you, right? In the beginning of the interview, we talked at length about how I would organise climate policy and that I think it's a problem and that I think it's really human-made and that I advocate a carbon tax, which sort of makes me the bad guy in both camps, right? because on the one hand, I argue for climate policy and...
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Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...cast doubt on the dependability of his narration. At one point we are presented with a prolonged and heated argument between Stevens and the housekeeper Miss Kenton about the butler's ailing father, also a member of the staff of the same country house. The argument is narrated in direct speech, suggesting an authentic recreation of the actual incident, but is followed by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs