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Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...simple word formulas, for example for use in a spreadsheet use doing and undoing diagrams to change formulas round...Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas: 1 Exploring patterns and processes - Suppose you are tiling a bathroom or kitchen and the last row of square tiles is to be a frieze made up of blank tiles and patterned tiles as shown below. [Figure 1] Figure 1 A...
Primary science: supporting children’s learning
Education & Development

Primary science: supporting children’s learning

...simple terms. 9. The smallest portion of a substance that is capable of existing independently and retaining the properties of the original substance. True, but not useful because it is too complicated. 10. Group of two or more atoms bonded together. A molecule of an element consists of one or more like atoms; a molecule of a compound consists of two or more different...
Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...simple, but we’d find literally anything that was lying around the house and create some kind of game out of it. And I started to sort of jot them down, and when I spoke with RBS about it who have sponsored the boys for a long, long time now and been very instrumental in their career. They came in to help us at time when we really needed some help with, when, you know,...
The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...code (Moodle) with a series of modifications to meet the needs of independent learners and OU branding. It functions as both a learning management system (LMS) as well as a content management system. Moodle is an open source LMS with over 100 languages that can be deployed through so-called ‘language packs’, to enable the publication of content using a variety of...
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...codes which prescribed much more lenient penalties...Diversity in religion: Islam: 2 Internal diversity in contemporary Islam - Lesbianism has rarely been illegal in Muslim-majority countries. But things have changed for men since the early nineteenth century. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, during the European ‘Age of Empire’, in many colonised...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...Introduction - The fundamental principles of signalling can be illustrated by a simple example in the yeast S. cerevisiae (Figure 1). In order to sexually reproduce, a yeast cell needs to be able to make physical contact with another yeast cell. First, it has to ‘call’ to yeast cells of the opposite mating type. It does this by secreting a ‘mating factor’ peptide, an extracellular signal, which can also be called an ‘......
Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...simple table, perhaps on a spreadsheet (you can download an example here). For any documents you find, you’ll also find it useful to keep records of: the name of the author(s) when it was published the title of the article, report, book or chapter where it was published – i.e., the title of the journal, book or website a link to the document or its DOI (digital object...
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...simple. Our power stations tend not to have sufficient local opportunity for heat use (e.g. Torness is a long way from housing), and the cost of installing the necessary infrastructure is high. In addition, the waste heat would need to be extracted at a higher temperature to be useful, which marginally reduces the efficiency of electricity production. There is, of course,...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs