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The oceans
Science, Maths & Technology

The oceans

...et al. (2005) 'Recent climate change in the Arctic', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 342, no. 1-3, 15 April 2005, Elsevier Inc. Video 1: Using Google Earth to look at the ocean with Mark Brandon : © content: Google Earth/Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO. https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/earth/ Video 2: Using Google Earth with a file containing information...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...Edition, Oxford University Press (this edition 2008). Davis, R. W. et al. (1999), ‘Hunting Behavior of a Marine Mammal Beneath the Antarctic Fast Ice’, Science, vol.283, no.5404, pp.993–6. Available at https://doi.org/10.1126/science.283.5404.993 (Accessed 22 January 2019). Eldredge, N. (1991) Fossils: The Evolution and Extinction of Species, London, Aurum Press....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...et al. (1998) Life, the Science of Biology, 5th edn, Sinauer Associates Inc; Figure 14: Dr Richard Kessel and Dr Gene Shih, Visuals Unlimited/Science Photo Library; Figure 16: Photo printed with permission from O. L. Miller, B. A. Hamkalo and C. A. Thomas Jr; Figure 21a: CNRI/ Science Photo Library; Figure 21b: Dr Don Fawcett/Science Photo Library; Figure 22c: Dr Gopal...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...et al., 2017). Luckily, the spread of the malware was significantly slowed down by a security researcher, Marcus Hutchins, who accidentally discovered and activated the ‘kill switch’ of the malware the next day, on 13 May 2017. When inspecting the malware’s code, Hutchins noticed an unusually long internet domain name in the code. He checked and found out that the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...et al., 1980). The law, as it stood then, would see the crime not the child. In this section you’ll explore the limits of that vision and how it has been changed. Activity 3 Criminal responsibility Timing: Allow approximately 30 minutes for this activity To find out a bit more about the legal background to the age of criminal responsibility, read this article on the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Languages

Describing language

...et al., 2020), the languages spoken by the largest number of people in the world are (in alphabetical order) English, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. The actual number of speakers of each language depends on who you count. Box 1 Before taking a closer look at how many people speak these major languages, it is important to understand some of the terminology used to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...et al., 2011). They didn’t like the word ‘complete’ – who is ever completely healthy? Furthermore, just because test results show some abnormality, this doesn’t mean it will ever make you ill. They questioned how health is measured: what is important, how many years you live, or how fully you can take part in society until you die? Their suggested definition of...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...et delectare and the sentiment it embodies can be traced back to the declaration by the Roman poet Horace (65 BCE–8 CE): Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci (‘He who unites the useful with the pleasant is praised’). Moreover, the identification of a close connection between textual and visual sources was a mainstay of classicist art theory, which frequently...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs