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Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community
Science, Maths & Technology

Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community

...open for weather experts, people passionate with weather, and people having an interest in weather. You can sign up with the online Weather-it community, create and join weather missions (investigations), collaborate with weather experts or help non-experts, meet and discuss with the other community members, and you can also win prizes every month (top contributor, best...
OpenLearn and schools
Education & Development

OpenLearn and schools

Most of our resources are suitable for young people and they can all be used for free in schools. ..._Find out more about The Open University's Open degree. _ Whether as a pupil, teacher, or parent, why not visit our Schools hub to start studying with OpenLearn? Anyone can study an OpenLearn course, read an article or watch a video without creating an account. However,...
The importance of planning a musical performance
History & The Arts

The importance of planning a musical performance

...Open University's Music courses Sean tailored his music with the changing nature of the environment ­– from darkness to dawn, as the sun rose over the mountains. Hear all about his experience and DJ set in this short video. Transcript Want to learn more about and develop your music performance with world renowned experts? Our Certificate: The Practice of Music Making...
The Arts Past and Present: Diva
History & The Arts

The Arts Past and Present: Diva

...Open University unpicks some of the issues emerging from Catherine's story, and suggests that it's not good for one's reputation to develop a diva-like personality! This material forms part of The Open University course, A100 The arts past and present... The Arts Past and Present: Diva A short introduction to this album Catherine Rogers: future diva? Introducing Catherine...
Support for you and your mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Support for you and your mental health

...opening up. This is sometimes due to the stigma or fear surrounding mental health. Time to Change Wales tackles this stigma and acknowledge that though many of us are likely to be affected by mental health problems discussing mental illness can still be considered a taboo. Time to Change Champions lead the campaign and you may find it useful to read their stories and how...
Infographic: 12 things to know about Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Infographic: 12 things to know about Einstein's Theory of Relativity

...Source: SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration. This infographic was created by Space.com. Read more about 100 years of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity on their website. 12 Things to Know About Relativity Einstein’s theories of relativity revolutionised how the world thinks about space, time, mass, energy and gravity. Prior to...
Battle of Thermopylae
History & The Arts

Battle of Thermopylae

...open with data from the Histories, which will enable you to search for any place that Herodotus mentions and find out what he has to say about it. To take your exploration of mapping further, look up some sources to explain what's happened to the coastline at Thermypolae in the last 2,500 years. What could the coastline have looked like when the battle took place? Compare...
Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?

...source other than colliding black holes. Now we can finally confirm that we’ve observed such waves produced by the violent collision of two massive, ultra-dense stars more than 100m light years from the Earth. The discovery was made on August 17 by the global network of advanced gravitational-wave interferometers – comprising the twin LIGO detectors in the US and...