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Mosquito resistance to insecticides
Science, Maths & Technology

Mosquito resistance to insecticides

...2 Distance from the Mediterranean coast plotted against frequency of the ester1 allele in mosquito populations in the south of France in the 1970s. Activity 1 In which populations was the ester1 allele most common in each of the years shown? Answer In all three years, the ester1 allele frequency was highest in the populations closest to the coast. Activity 2 Describe how...
Measure the Pulfrich Effect
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Pulfrich Effect

...2 A moving object, viewed with one eye brighter than the other, appears either in front of or behind the true track, depending upon direction of motion. Figure 2 shows the effect of giving one eye a bright view and the other a dim view of a moving object. As explained, the dim eye will produce a slightly delayed signal, compared with the bright eye (which itself must take...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...2 This was the time I have spare between meetings. SPEAKER 3 I normally eat at lunchtime. That’s when I’m hungry. SPEAKER 4 Why did – we don’t normally eat at this time, do we? SPEAKER 5 We got hungry. SPEAKER 6 Because we were hungry and a bit bored. SPEAKER 5 Hungry and bored. SPEAKER 4 Yeah. Friday. I think you eat a bit early on a Friday. [LAUGHTER] SPEAKER 7...
Simple coding
Digital & Computing

Simple coding

...2 (or another number of your choice). Also replace the 7 in the second line by the same number. Click again on ‘Run’. The message should now read “The sum of 3 and 2 is 5”, or similar. In the rest of this tutorial I won’t repeat that after you change a program you need to run it to see what it produces. I will show you various small programs with exercises for...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...2: Olivier Le Moal/Shutterstock.com Figure 3: adapted from the determinants of health (Dahlgren and Whitehead, 1993; in Dahlgren and Whitehead, 2007) Figure 4: wutzkohphoto/Shutterstock.com Figure 5: ©The Open University – for full list only Figure 6: De Agostini Picture Library\Universal Images Group Figure 7: courtesy: artwork by ©Wilhelmina Peragine Figure 8 and...
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...2: Welcome to the reflection room. STUDENT 3: We are going to interview some business employers. STUDENT 4: We did make a timelapse for a couple of shots. NARRATOR: Whether you're involved in education or youth work, this online course will support you to offer young people the benefits of taking part in RETOPEA. STUDENT 5: I didn't know that there was people like that...
Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...2. Over time, if the output from the Sun is constant, the mean surface temperature of the Earth will stabilise at a particular value. [Described image] Figure 2 The energy balance at the Earth’s surface, without an atmosphere. Solar radiation input is balanced by infra-red radiation from the Earth with a mean surface temperature of −18 °C. At what temperature would...
Intermediate German: The world of work
Languages

Intermediate German: The world of work

...2: language and culture of the German-speaking world...Intermediate German: The world of work: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand spoken German in the context of work talk about personal work history and attitudes to work refer to past events and specify lengths of time express opinions about work and the future of...