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What you need to know about carbon footprints
Nature & Environment

What you need to know about carbon footprints

...they are produced and measured, why we need to address our carbon footprints, as well as some easy and manageable steps you can make to reduce your environmental impact. The recording also features a Q&A with Jo from the OU staff audience. Transcript Questions and Answers Transcript [Aerial view of a forest] For more ideas on living sustainably, click on the banner above...
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Video 30 mins
Angel Breed
Science, Maths & Technology

Angel Breed

...OU's Biology qualification. The aim of Angel Breed is to fill your tank with as many high-value fish as possible. The rarer the fish, the more money they are worth! Are you ready to start the challenge? Select the image below to begin. [Images taken from the Angel Breed online game] Start breeding your rare fish now! Tip: If you get stuck, take a look at the helpful...
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Activity 45 mins
60 second adventures in microgravity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 second adventures in microgravity

...OU's Sabrina Gaertner's post on The Conversation, Explainer: What is microgravity? Video 1: What is microgravity? What causes that feeling of momentarily losing your stomach when you go over a hump-back bridge? Weightlessness! This video, narrated by David Mitchell, explains what microgravity is and the value for scientists of creating a ‘weightless' environment on...
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Video 10 mins
Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?
Society, Politics & Law

Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?

...become President - he would "win" against Islamic State. But if he turns his stump pledges into action, would he be breaking international law?...As a retired military officer, I do not publicly endorse candidates. But as someone who served as a judge advocate, or military lawyer, for 34 years, I do think it can be helpful to examine in a nonpartisan way the legal aspects...
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Article 5 mins
Can computers be therapists?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can computers be therapists?

...student at a laptop] People can be doubtful about the potential of computers to deliver or augment talking therapies. For instance, individuals are often skeptical about how computers could assist someone to overcome complex personal problems, and in the case of children and young people, many adults are already apprehensive about the amount of time kids spend online,...
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Article 10 mins
What is Manupedia and how do I use it?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is Manupedia and how do I use it?

...students to use as a resource while they learnt about the principles of materials processing. And it is those self-same datacards that we have translated into this web resource. Naturally we have added some new processes. There is a new section on additive manufacturing processes, which didn’t exist in the 1980s. Meanwhile some of the processes included have become...
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Article 10 mins
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...students’ mental wellbeing can impact on their experiences of climate-related education, and think about how educators might provide support. Activity 3 Tom’s story Timing: Allow about 25 minutes Part 1 Play the following audio clip in which Tom, a UK-based learner on a short online course about climate change, describes his experience and explains why he was unable...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
The science of sleep
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sleep

...becoming bored, either during sleep or with the relative lack of external stimulation within the uterus. Try proving that one. Sleep inertia That's the scientific name for the grogginess felt after waking. One to five minutes of lethargy is usual, and performance may be reduced for about twenty minutes. However it can persist long enough in some people for it to be a real...
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Article 10 mins