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Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...Write a description, in about 200 words, of how marmosets use their claws and teeth to obtain food and explain why their methods of obtaining food differ from those of other monkeys. Answer Marmosets are tiny, enabling them to venture onto thin twigs that cannot support the weight of larger monkeys. Their light body enables them to walk along twigs without shaking and...
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...writings about music, you will often find a distinction made between historical musicology (the history of music and musical practices), music theory (the study of how music is constructed) and ethnomusicology (the study of music cultures). You may also encounter the term ‘systematic musicology’, frequently used in central Europe, which refers to a range of...
Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America

...Write a few sentences using the words and phrases given below. Discussion Respuesta posible Quizás la gente tiene que usar muy poca agua para lavar la ropa o los platos. Tal vez hay cortes de agua y solo se pueden duchar a unas horas determinadas. Probablemente no puedan leer o ver la televisión por la noche para no usar electricidad...Intermediate Spanish: A trip...
Prices, location and spread
Science, Maths & Technology

Prices, location and spread

...write each value as the symbol x plus a subscript number in brackets, where the subscript number shows the position of that value within the ordered batch. Figure 2 shows the 15 prices written out in ascending order using this subscript notation. [Described image] Figure 2 Subscript notation for ordered data The lower extreme, uppercase E subscript uppercase L end , is...
Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...writing pitch using staff notation, and learn to perform short musical extracts from notation...In this free course, you will explore the concept of musical pitch by working with examples of folk, popular, and classical music from several world traditions. You will learn how pitch is represented using staff notation and other forms of illustration. You will also practise...
Introduction to Spanish
Languages

Introduction to Spanish

...writing on the front of the fire engine? It is BOMBEROS. As well as saying what you do and where you work / who you work for, you might want to give some details about the activities that you carry out as part of your job. In this activity you will learn how to say a little about what a job entails. Paso A Write full sentences in the first person (yo) using ser and...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research
Languages

Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research

...ideas and sources. So, I will turn to my desk to write, just like Bowie sighs and sings I will sit right down, waiting for the gift of sound and vision - Sound And Vision Transcript Further reading Jean Racine, Andromaque in Œuvres complètes, edited by Raymond Picard and published by Gallimard, 1990. The play was written in 1667 and first performed the same year....
Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...writing software for the program. Her programming skills led to her promotion to head of the Apollo Software Engineering Division, where she and her colleagues wrote and developed code for the guidance and control systems of the in-flight command and lunar modules of the Apollo missions (McMillan 2015; Spicer 2017). In the process, Hamilton and her team established the...