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Astronomy with an online telescope Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...system. What information about an image might be useful to astronomers when exchanging images? Think about all the things that you specify when requesting an image. As well as the raw data, it would be useful to know the celestial coordinates, the date and time that the image was taken, the exposure time, and what filter was used. For this reason, astronomers use an...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...system, made up of a range of actors including states and international organisations, is only one form of how international relations are organised and understood. Throughout history, what we now see as the ‘international system’ has been organised, understood and experienced in other ways. Indeed, for much of history, different kinds of empire have predominated. The...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...Thinking Allowed, Laurie Taylor and guests discuss the role of the teenage bedroom across history - with a little help from The Beach Boys. ...[A teenager's bedroom - actually, a twentysomething's bedroom, but you get the idea] In My Room, co-written by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys [is] a song depicting the teenager’s bedroom as a safe haven, the place where they...
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Article 10 mins
Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Accessibility and inclusion in digital health

...think really that was one of the most powerful steps in the app. And so because I was guided by the therapists, they were meeting me regularly, I felt confident enough to take those steps, that if I was feeling particularly anxious or traumatised again, that I could talk it over with them. The app gets you to write a letter to a friend as if that friend was you. And so...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...systems, and fire-retardant materials. What do you think Pyne means by the ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ kinds of fire? Why does he think that too much of the ‘wrong’ kind of fire and not enough of the ‘right’ kind of fire is making the world uninhabitable? Discussion Your answer may include some of the following points. By distinguishing between the ‘right’ and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...think about the difference between philosophical and non-philosophical questions about religion; and look at the often-discussed question of whether argument and evidence are even possible when we are thinking about religion. Then we will note the variety of possible ways of arguing for or against God’s existence; distinguish three different arguments; and describe and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...system works, that you do have that capacity to think differently, to accept new data, to understand you might have very good experimental techniques to study what you’re interested in. There’s still capacity for paradigm shifting new evidence to come along, and then you have to adjust, you have to incorporate that. And actually in later years, you know, I’m pleased...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...Thinking about animal minds Timing: Allow 20 minutes for this activity Try to answer the following questions about animal minds, drawing on your own experiences and understandings. Type your responses (up to 100 words for each question) in the box below the three questions, and then select ‘Save’. Do animals feel emotions? What evidence is there to suggest that they...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs