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Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...attention of their readers, on or around that date. Is the Human Genome Project ‘the breakthrough that changes everything’ (Figure 1.3), and, if so, how will it? Does the draft sequence really have implications for ‘every person on the planet’ or just for scientists and doctors? [Figure 1.3] Figure 1.3 A collage of newspaper headlines, published on or around 26...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Evolution through natural selection
Nature & Environment

Evolution through natural selection

...attention of, and stimulate, females. Commonly, females are more effectively attracted and stimulated by the most brightly coloured males, giving such males an advantage in terms of enjoying a higher mating success. For example, peacocks with the greatest number of 'eyespots' in their tails mate with more females than those with fewer eyespots. Likewise, male guppies with...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...attention, perception and memory...Critically exploring psychology: 1.2 Social psychology - Social psychologists are interested in the interaction between individual psychological processes and the broader contexts in which they unfold. This includes phenomena such as collective norms and values, relations between groups, conflict and cooperation, social attitudes, and...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...attention to ads for unhealthy items; they rate people their age more positively when they see unhealthy food ads in their social media feeds, and they are more likely to share this content with their peers. Finally, they remember these unhealthy food brands more than other brands when asked about them afterwards...Children and young people: food and food marketing: 5...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...attention to Reading for Pleasure pedagogies. Activity 1 Reflecting on your reading curriculum Timing: Allow approximately 10 minutes for this activity Have another look at Table 1 and think about the activities in the reading curriculum during an average week in your classroom. In your learning journal, make a note in two columns of activities that are oriented toward...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...attention of those who work on post-traumatic stress disorder. And some of their insights, according to Bill Deakin, Professor of Psychiatry at Manchester University, are relevant to both conditions. Professor Bill Deakin: The three general ideas that we are interested in, are that firstly, some people may inherently be more sensitive to rewards in the environment. So,...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...attention to several important characteristics of an organisation. Let me explain further. First, an organisation consists of people. An organisation is not defined by a building or a website or a product or some other representative item. They might be aspects of an organisation and evidence of its functions and activities, but fundamentally, an organisation is a group...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...attention as well as bringing in additional authorities in support. It is interesting to note, though, that Gorgias, like Meno, eventually slips into a monologue. The use of devices such as these can be seen in two ways. Sometimes you might use those devices to try and help with understanding, for example, to give a different perspective or illustrate the form of an...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs