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What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course S215 Chemistry: essential concepts...What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand that in drinking water anions have a beneficial range of concentration above which they may have an adverse effect on either human...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...courses. Take your studies further Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus. If you are new to university study, you may be interested in our Access Courses or Certificates. What’s new from OpenLearn? Sign up to our newsletter or view a sample. For reference, full URLs to pages listed above: OpenLearn – www.open.edu/...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...Open University courses. You may have other experiences of studying. What sort of activities do you expect to engage in when you study a course? What sorts of activities have in the past been most effective in enabling you to learn? These questions are easier to answer if you think back to a specific course or other learning experience. What did you actually do? What were...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...course, Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor, examines the differences between hibernation and torpor, and discusses the characteristic signs of hibernation behaviour. It explores the triggers that bring on hibernation, and whether internal signals or external season cues are predominant. It also examines the physiological adaptations that occur in hibernating...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K219 Critical issues in health and wellbeing...Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: outline to what extent a person’s ‘lifestyle’ impacts upon their health and wellbeing describe how psychosocial (i.e. social, economic,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...Open University course from which this course originates (S182), so I'll outline it here. The newly defined suborder Strepsirhini includes what DA refers to as prosimians, i.e. galagos, pottos, lorises and lemurs - but excludes the tarsiers. (The suborder takes its name from the features of the nose, in particular a naked area (the rhinarium) surrounding what are often...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses. This free course is adapted from a former Open University course called 'The ......
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses This free course is adapted from a former Open University course DD307 Social psychology: critical ......
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs