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Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...footprints coming all across the page, but where do you think it's gone? Here it is. One. One famished fox. Oh, famished. That's a good word. It shows that the fox hungry. Maybe it's looking for something to eat. Two. Two sly eyes. What's that fox looking at? A feather. I wonder where that's come from? It looks like that feather we found on the egg. Three. Three plump...
Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...carbon dioxide, but it has two parts. The upper respiratory tract includes the nose, mouth, throat and sinuses (air filled spaces above and behind the nose). The lower respiratory tract is made up of the voice box (larynx), the windpipe (trachea), the airways (bronchi) and the lungs. When you breathe in, you take in oxygen. In the lungs, oxygen is diffused into the blood...
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...carbon dioxide. Leukocytes, or white blood cells, are involved in immune defence against infection. There are a variety of different types of leukocytes, all with distinct functions. You will learn more about these cells, and how to identify them, later on in the week. You might like to keep the virtual microscope open as you work through the week...Week 1: Histology: 2.3...
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...carbon dioxide when it is burned. That is part of the idea behind a ‘hydrogen economy’ – a future in which hydrogen, which can be produced from renewable sources, takes over from hydrocarbons as the world's principal fuel. Several of the world's car makers – notably Ford, DaimlerChrysler and Honda – are studying fuel cells. These react hydrogen and oxygen...
Advanced German: Fragen der Identität
Languages

Advanced German: Fragen der Identität

...footprints image: Pruzi/Pixnio. This file is licensed under CCO Licence. https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ Section 3 – Rheinland-Pfalz word cloud: © Zukunftsinitiative Rheinland-Pfalz (ZIRP) e. V. Section 4 – logo: Typisch Deutsch e.V. Section 5 – Vielfalt banner image: permission from https://de.linkedin.com/company/charta-der-vielfalt...
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...Carbon-14, used in dating ancient materials). It is the weak force that allows the heavier quarks to decay into the lighter quarks...Week 2: Particle physics: 3.4 The strong force - The current theory of electromagnetic, weak nuclear and strong nuclear forces (but not gravity) in the world of subatomic particles is called the ‘Standard Model’. It is based on three...
The science of nutrition and healthy eating Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...carbon dioxide gas at the same time, which may cause wind (flatulence)...Week 2: What happens to the food we eat?: 2.2 Measuring pH - The next activity gives you the opportunity to measure pH by looking for a change in colour of a solution that you can make from red cabbage. First, watch the following video to see how to carry out the experiment. Please note this video...
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...footprint carved in the rock on the top of Dunadd in Argyll was used in the ceremonies to inaugurate the Gaelic kings of Dál Riata. The nearby inscription in Ogham, long thought to be Pictish, is in fact Gaelic. The Scots came across other linguistic groups as they extended their influence across Scotland. The dominant people in the north were the Picts, who are thought...
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