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Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...creative. It taught maths outside of the classroom and it made it fun for the children as well. It’s something that I wouldn’t thought of if I hadn’t have come across that resource on TES. As a professional you’ve got to be time efficient and you’ve got to be a lifelong learner yourself as well. Part of this as a teacher is utilising the skills of other people....
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds
History & The Arts

The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds

...Creative Industries at King's College, London. It is difficult in a way, George isn't it to start off with to think about the garden as being radical? I mean let's talk about its general image. Generally it's suburban, it's restful. George McKay: Look at that song you've just played. They want to go down to a farm, back to the garden. Why do they want to go there? In...
Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...write an algorithm to solve it." [Described image] Figure 3 (a) Human computers working on test flight calculations at the predecessor of NASA in 1949 (b) two NASA employees in 1990 programming a computer so it can automatically calibrate aircraft equipment Having met the ideas of algorithms and computational problems, let us state what computational thinking is not:...
David Bowie and science fiction
History & The Arts

David Bowie and science fiction

...London Falling, New Worlds and its writers were part of the make-up of Swinging London, and, under the influence of psychedelic drugs, bands such as Pink Floyd (of which Bowie was a fan) were taking sf imagery into their work. As with so much else in the late twentieth century, it will be impossible to write the history of sf without mentioning Bowie. More on David Bowie...
Election days: 1908 - Churchill challenged by the women
History & The Arts

Election days: 1908 - Churchill challenged by the women

...writes from the office of the National Women's Social and Political Union: "Except that we regard it as a sign that our campaign against the Government is having its effect, we attach no value to Mr. Churchill's assertion that he will use his influence with the Government in the interests of women's suffrage. "Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is in favour of 'votes for...
Live long and prosper?
Science, Maths & Technology

Live long and prosper?

...It’s been estimated that around 30 per cent of Sun-like stars may have Earth-like planets in their habitable zones. At the time of writing, astronomers don’t yet know of any Earth-sized, Earth-mass planets in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars, although it may be only a matter of time until some are found. Perhaps we do live in the Star Trek universe after all?...
Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist

...write: "Haunted", "He hangs out with a taxidermist", "A quarrel in Bahia Harbour". Out of Africa The Aftrican scientist Sheila Ochugboju reveals the vital importance of Charles Darwin to her own work. In the last century his ideas have been appropriated by a variety of different people for sometimes very different ends; today in Africa he is an inspiration for a new...
Think like a scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Think like a scientist

...write very big or very small numbers, and why it’s useful for communicating your results. Explaining negative numbers Negative numbers can seem hard to understand, but looking at different temperatures around the world shows that it's not that difficult. Why keep a journal Keeping a lab notebook is a vital skill for any scientist and beginners to the subject often...