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Everyday maths: using our visual skills to navigate a data and image-rich world
OpenLearn Ireland

Everyday maths: using our visual skills to navigate a data and image-rich world

...believing - or can it help with maths as well? Complete this interactive activity to find out how to use your visual skills to help you estimate and make calculations...[A photograph of a man sitting on a cliff. In the distance, there is a lighthouse. This is the banner image for the activity.] Select the image above to start the interactive activity, or click this link....
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Article 5 mins
Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris
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Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris

...des concours difficiles pour être admis dans les grandes écoles. Je suis nul en maths. D’un autre côté, on ne peut pas tous être mathématiciens, hein ? Pour indiquer une idée de restriction ou d’opposition, utilisez « en fait, en réalité, or, certes… (mais), en revanche / par contre / au contraire, cependant / toutefois / pourtant/ néanmoins, cependant...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Sounds harmonious
Science, Maths & Technology

Sounds harmonious

...can be applied to pretty much everything in existence, and music is of no exception. Across this album, The Open University's Alan Graham shares his wealth of knowledge on the relationship between music and math, demonstrates many easy-to-follow theories and examples, and performs several pieces of traditional music with his band Betty's Kitchen. This material forms part...
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Audio 24 mins
Online mathematics discovery centre
Science, Maths & Technology

Online mathematics discovery centre

...maths with our free learning resources - including courses, videos and games...Mathematics is important across many disciplines: science, medicine, engineering, technology, communications, AI and Big Data, finance, economics and more. It is a fundamental tool enabling us to analyse and comprehend the world around us, and to solve some of the most urgent problems facing...
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Article 5 mins
Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)
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Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)

...math cudromach mar fhear de na h-ùghdarrasan nàiseanta far am bite a’ cleachdadh a’ chànain ann an suidheachadh àrd-chainnteach. Bhon 17mh linn a-mach, rinn an Eaglais oidhirp gus ministreachd Ghàidhlig a chur an sàs air a’ Ghàidhealtachd, ged a bha duilgheadasan aca le gainnead mhinistearan. Ge-tà, bha mòran le àrd-dhreuchdan air a’ Ghalltachd fada an...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta
Society, Politics & Law

Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta

...math ri dòighean eile air atharrachadh a dhèanamh. Cuid de na prìomh sgilean is eòlas a dh’fheumar gus atharrachadh a dhèanamh aithneachadh is a chleachdadh ann an suidheachaidhean fìor-bheatha...Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta: 1 A bhith nad neach-atharrachaidh - Tha sinn beò aig àm làn dhùbhlain - àrainneachdail,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The Wizard of Oz: From Fractions to Formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

The Wizard of Oz: From Fractions to Formulas

Maths in movies has often been used creatively as a method by which to engage students in formulas and numerical theory. The 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz features a maze of potential mathematical problems – not least the Scarecrow’s incorrect pronunciation of Pythagoras’ theorem. Presented by The Open University’s David Brannan and Phil Rippon, ‘From Fractions to...
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins
TESSA: Active Learning
Education & Development

TESSA: Active Learning

...Maths Game' - engaging pupils with games; 'The Open Day Drama' - pupils working in groups; 'The Town Meeting' - interactive stories and 'Let me do the Cooking Mama' - practical tasks. These dramas are not 'perfect' lessons but raise questions about different strategies which teachers can use to enhance their pupils’ learning... TESSA - Let me do the Cooking Mama Mama...
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Audio 24 mins