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How to celebrate Halloween with young children
Education & Development

How to celebrate Halloween with young children

...simple ways you can sensitively celebrate Halloween with children, either at home or in the classroom. Focus on fun not fear [Young child carrying a pumpkin at a pumpkin patch] Halloween can be about blood and gore but it can also be about imagination, play and creativity. Some ways to enhance these elements are through thinking about costumes, decorations and making the...
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"I was so depressed yesterday..." - or were you?
Languages

"I was so depressed yesterday..." - or were you?

...simple and fleeting and everyday. They are complex illnesses that require treatment. But when the technical terms for them begin to mean something everyday, it becomes harder to express when something is really, seriously wrong. If everyone regularly claims to be depressed, then ‘depressed’ becomes normal. It potentially makes it more difficult for someone with real...
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Andante: beginners' Italian
Languages

Andante: beginners' Italian

...simple Italian, including expressions for greetings, ordering food and drinks, booking into a hotel and talking about a recent holiday. The tracks contain sample recordings with suggestions for how to pronounce Italian sounds, along with some activities to help improve your listening and speaking skills. This material forms part of The Open University course L195 Andante:...
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Audio 27 mins
DIY: Generate your own electricity
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Generate your own electricity

...simple generator. Although it will only be powerful enough to light a small torch bulb, it works on the same basic principles as the power station generators that supply domestic electricity. How a generator works When an electric current flows through a wire, it generates a three-dimensional magnetic force field around the wire, similar to that surrounding a bar magnet....
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Article 10 mins
Why is Enceladus a possible home for life - and should we visit to find out?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is Enceladus a possible home for life - and should we visit to find out?

...simple organic molecules and salts. [Enceladus cutaway, as described in the text] Cutaway view inside Enceladus, showing where hot water and rock interact below the ice Eventually, in March 2015, it detected microscopic particles of silica. By then, the composition of the plumes showed almost every sign that ocean water had reacted chemically with heated rock – altering...
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How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?

...simple wooden seat in Harare is allowing people to open up and share their problems. It's getting results, reports Anita Makri...Talking to a trained community health worker once a week, on a simple wooden seat in a health clinic, can make a difference to the lives of people affected by mental disorders such as anxiety or depression, according to a clinical trial in...
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How can I cope with exam stress
Education & Development

How can I cope with exam stress

...simple and very practical step is to develop a plan of action by preparing well and organising your time and workloads. This will help address that “out-of-control feeling”. A second step is to begin to understand the physiological responses going on in your body and try to adjust them. As its name suggests, the automatic nervous system is not under your direct...
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Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...code to create your own wallpaper patterns and be part of contemporary design practices. Through hands-on graphical experimentation using p5.js JavaScript, you'll get to experience concepts like repetition, serendipity and modularity. The algorithmic wallpaper you create will allow you to demonstrate your newfound design skills and make something beautiful for your...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs