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Think like a scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Think like a scientist

...data can be presented using different ways. So how do you choose the right type of graph to use? Making it all add up Since numbers first emerged people have tried anything to make maths easier, find out how these attempts have changed through time. Explaining scientific notation Find out how to write very big or very small numbers, and why it’s useful for communicating...
Have vanishing debt costs created a magic money tree?
Money & Business

Have vanishing debt costs created a magic money tree?

...data still show overseas holdings at around 27%, with insurance and pension funds’ share down to 28%, and other UK financial institutions holding around 40%. But once the store of gilts sequestered on the Bank of England’s balance sheet is excluded, overseas buyers account for 35% of gilt holdings and other central banks another 11%. Uniquely, more than 10% of the...
Euro 24: Innovation and Trends in Modern Football
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 24: Innovation and Trends in Modern Football

...data for players. According to UEFA and Adidas, this technology will help VAR officials identify every individual touch of the ball, reducing the time spent resolving handball, offside and penalty incidents. The most sustainable Euros ever? Sustainability has become an increasingly critical focus in organising international football tournaments, with the sporting world...
The ice-covered ocean worlds of the outer Solar System
Science, Maths & Technology

The ice-covered ocean worlds of the outer Solar System

...Data collected by Cassini showed that the plumes of Enceladus originate from its global subsurface ocean and are powered by interactions between the water and the hot rocky core deep within the moon. [Plumes rising from Enceladus’s South Polar Region] Figure 1: Plumes rising from Enceladus's South Polar Region. Although the ocean of Enceladus is cut off from sunlight,...
Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...analysis, where the relationships and links between the items identified are explored; diagnosis, where the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to intervention are examined...Diagramming for development 1: Bounding realities: 2.1 When to use each diagram - For each diagram description below there is a suggested Activity which is itself an animated tutorial....
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...data and space as represented on a map...Why maps are made: 1.1 What makes a map? - [Map 1] Map 1 The Millennium Dome in Greenwich, one of 56,000 photographs taken for the Millennium Map – 2000's answer to the Domesday Book (Source: The Guardian, 4 November 1999, p.1; image produced by getmapping.com PLC) During 1999 The Millennium Mapping company launched a project...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

The Moon

...data and information about the Moon interpret simple tables express, manipulate and compare very small numbers...The Moon: 1 Observing the Moon - Activity 1 Timing: 0 hours 30 minutes Try to make out features on the surface of the Moon, even if you have no optical aid available. If you have the use of a pair of binoculars you will probably be surprised by how much you can...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?

...analysis. Of course, interviews can also be properly done and lead to solid understandings of social matters. Ethnographic methods have been used to challenge stereotypes and prejudices but also to further colonial oppression. Similarly, statistical methods of investigation do not only create positivistic knowledge for regressive or conservative ends; they can be used to...