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Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model
Science, Maths & Technology

Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model

...tables) the flight dynamics of aircraft to help improve their safety and operation. In 1958, she joined the newly formed NASA, where she calculated the flight trajectory for the missions of first American in space Alan Shepard and first American to orbit the Earth, John Glenn. Glenn apparently personally requested that Johnson verify the flight trajectory that had been...
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Article 10 mins
Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success?

...tables and may be a good indication of the potential benefits of being a later born child to gain sporting success. References Alleyne, R. (2008) ‘Rebecca Adlington’s swimming gold down to sibling rivalry’, Telegraph, 11 August [Online]. Available at www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/2540541/Rebecca-Adlingtons-swimming-gold-down-to-sibling-rivalry.html (Accessed 14...
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IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...table below. (The > symbol represents the small black triangle shown on the right of a menu item, which indicates a sub-menu.) STEP ACTION CALCULATOR DISPLAY 1 Make sure the Windows calculator is in Scientific mode by selecting Scientific from the View menu. 0. 2 Enter 3. 3. 3 Click the Exp button which you will find in the left half of the calculator keyboard. ('Exp'...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?

...table is essential if sports organisations are to effectively represent and engage people from all quarters of society. (Dame Katherine Grainger, Chair of UK Sport) [four women doing yoga] But the case for more women leaders is not just a business or financial one. We have an implicit moral and ethical duty to ensure that sport is diverse and inclusive for the benefit of...
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Article 15 mins
The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...table below with key details with a row for each image: note form is fine. The first one has been done for you. Figure number Description of image, especially clothing Location of image (if known) What is the image trying to convey/who might it especially appeal to? 5 The king in military uniform with lots of medals, in front of a Jordanian flag Outside a military...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...Table 1 Example answers for Activity 4 REASON FROM ACTIVITY 3 DESIGN DRIVER To contain water Problem – this is the basic problem of storing water in a way that doesn’t leak. To drink water from easily and quickly Need – this is the basic need – to drink! To be a good size and shape to be held in a hand Desire – this is something that is desirable, but it’s not...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...Table 1 below: Table 1 Comparing the medical and social models of disability MEDICAL MODEL SOCIAL MODEL Child is faulty Child is valued Diagnosis Strengths and needs defined by self and others Labelling Identify barriers and develop solutions Impairment becomes focus of attention Outcomes-based programmes designed Assessment, monitoring Resources made available...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Pain and Aspirin
Science, Maths & Technology

Pain and Aspirin

...Table 1. For convenience, and to keep the valencies correct, these are shown with a hydrocarbon chain attached. It is the shaded bit of each molecule that is the functional group. Note that functional groups are parts of molecules but they do not exist in isolation. Molecules of compounds like CH3CH2OH (Table 1) contain the alcohol functional group, —OH, but they...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs