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TESSA: Active Learning
Education & Development

TESSA: Active Learning

...Maths Game' - engaging pupils with games; 'The Open Day Drama' - pupils working in groups; 'The Town Meeting' - interactive stories and 'Let me do the Cooking Mama' - practical tasks. These dramas are not 'perfect' lessons but raise questions about different strategies which teachers can use to enhance their pupils’ learning... TESSA - Let me do the Cooking Mama Mama...
Exploring mathematics: a powerful tool
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring mathematics: a powerful tool

...maths helps dolphins Using statistical modelling to calculate endangered species’ survival rates. Predicting climate change Why elaborate mathematical modelling is needed to predict ice break-up in Antarctica. A vibrating lake Using mathematical modeling to understand the fluctuations in the surface levels of Lake Wakatipu. Why is maths useful? How the behaviour of the...
FREE courses and content for school study
Education & Development

FREE courses and content for school study

...and videos to help you continue your studies at home...If you're wanting to learn more during the school holidays, evenings or weekends, you've come to the right place! We've pulled together some of our top courses and content across a range of subjects, including Maths, English, Literature, Science, Languages and Finance to help you continue learning at home....
Engineering your dream career
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering your dream career

...you ever considered a career in engineering? Perhaps this makes you think of dirty overalls, hard hats and a lot of maths. But in reality, engineering projects and job roles are much more diverse. Explore these 5 areas in engineering, detailing some of the unexpected roles involved and discover your dream job. Select the image above to start the interactive....
Using a scientific calculator
Science, Maths & Technology

Using a scientific calculator

...maths (Y182) and Discovering mathematics (MU123), but would also be useful for many other courses requiring the use of a scientific calculator. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course MU123 Discovering Mathematics...Using a scientific calculator: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the basic...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
15 facts about number 15
Education & Development

15 facts about number 15

...maths symbols drawn on a board] If maths feels like a bit of a mystery to you and you’re looking to improve your confidence in using maths in a variety of everyday situations, our free course, Succeed with maths – Part 1, is for you. 12: Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England on 15 January 1559 in Westminster Abbey, London Does the reality of the life of Queen...
Open door to success
Education & Development

Open door to success

...OpenLearn image] Free learning for everyone Find out how the partnership started, how the OpenLearn/DWP platform was created, and the benefits of badged courses for jobseekers. Study our free maths and English courses Expert advice on how to write your CV Develop your key skills Try positive development Take your first steps into cyber security Return to formal education...
Study online and find a subject that inspires you
Education & Development

Study online and find a subject that inspires you

...Maths Fees and funding All undergraduate and postgraduate courses with The Open University can be found here and there's information on fees, funding and bursaries here. Nearly all of our undergraduate courses have no pre-entry requirements. The PFA NI can support you through degree level study, even without the need to have studied or completed GCSEs/A-Levels (or...