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Design in a nutshell
Science, Maths & Technology

Design in a nutshell

Get the lowdown on 6 key design movements and share your design alter-ego...Want to learn about six of the most important movements in design history? Watch these short animations: Gothic revival Transcript Arts and Crafts Transcript Bauhaus Transcript Modernism Transcript American Industrial design Transcript Postmodernism Transcript
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Activity 15 mins
The evolution of English: From Romans to Shakespeare
Languages

The evolution of English: From Romans to Shakespeare

Part one: The history of colonialism was a major factor in the development of English. Follow the global spread of English starting with the Roman invasion...Scroll back and forth through the dates in the timeline below using the arrows either side. You can then read more about each time period, see images and even play videos.
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Activity 5 mins
About Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

About Earth In Vision

...history with broadcasting written into the script. To this end, we have made three ebooks which draw directly on our sample of fifty hours of BBC programmes. The ebooks will be free to download, and will link to a website holding a sample of resources and archive content for free public use. Along with the programmes themselves we have been working in the BBC’s paper...
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Article 5 mins
How does nature tell the time?
Nature & Environment

How does nature tell the time?

...history. My lifetime probably won’t last beyond 100 years if I’m lucky. But did you know that something we see nearly every day will far out live us. Not only that but it will see numerous of generations live and die - the tree. [Cathy and tree] Trees have been growing on earth since before the human population arrived. This tree is 400 years old, which means that it...
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Article 10 mins
The evolution of English: From the 17th century to the present day
Languages

The evolution of English: From the 17th century to the present day

Part two: The history of colonialism was a major factor in the development of English. Follow the global spread of English from the 17th century to the present day...Scroll back and forth through the dates in the timeline below using the arrows either side. You can then read more about each time period, see images and even play videos.
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Activity 5 mins
Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...families. The government is currently exploring amendments to existing law to create a shared understanding, which will support a clearer response to this problem. This change in the law will treat the people perpetrating the exploitation as criminals and the children and young people as victims. At the moment this isn’t always so, partly because children in this...
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Video 5 mins
The Rise of Museums
History & The Arts

The Rise of Museums

...history, of civilisation have become emblematic of modernity and rational knowledge, their majestic architecture, part cathedral, part stately home, and their neat displays of objects organised along taxonomic and/or evolutionary principles. When did the idea arise that museums and their exhibitions could be viewed as technologies themselves for self-improvement and a...
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Article 10 mins
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...family has been a key social institution across human history, and transition stages, when new family members are born or when family members die or existing family members age and change roles, are common to all societies. The marking of transition stages are vastly diverse in nature, but naming ceremonies of babies have occurred right around the world over many...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs