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Category: Education & Development
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Go on an adventure with Swallows and Amazons as you make a map and set sail for Wild Cat Island.
Category: History & The Arts
Planning to share your heritage on our map? Here's what you need to know
Category: History
Saving Britain's Past asks you: what do you value of your heritage, and what would you save?
Category: History
We've put locations relating to Northern England's slave past onto our map. Find out more about the people involved in the north's slave history as you move around the map.
Category: History
Travel right around the world in the company of books.
Category: Literature
One of the most important maps of the UK ever made – described as the ‘Magna Carta of geology’ – is to go on permanent public display in Cambridge after being restored to its former glory.
When people began to travel long distances over deserts or seas, they needed a way to fix their position. Accordingly, a global grid was developed, incorporating lines of latitude and longitude.
Paper and ink – we take them for granted, but how easy would it be to make them on a Caribbean island?
Category: Natural History
A German team have created a tool to show the scale of effort required to beat climate change - and to help stakeholders understand challenges and responsibilities.
Category: Environmental Studies
The Caribbean was hit by two powerful hurricanes in quick succession - Irma and Maria. Citizen scientists were amongst those who swung into action to help, explains Rebekah Yore.
Category: Engineering & Technology
Mike Bullivant's Mapping it Out diary, from the BBC/OU series Rough Science 2
Category: Chemistry
Geology is the scientific study of the Earth, its origin, structure, processes and composition. This album is mainly concerned with the interpretation of geological maps and the relationship between the landscape and underlying rocks. The Open University's Dr Iain Gilmour talks us through the geological landforms of Dorset and the Isle of Skye, using geological maps and actual footage of the locations to illustrate his points. This material forms part of The Open University course S260 Geology.
Category: Geology
Geology is the scientific study of the Earth, its origin, structure, processes and composition. This album is concerned mainly with the interpretation of geological maps and the relationship between the landscape and underlying rocks. It reveals how the geological history of any area can be interpreted from a geological map. Dr Andrew Bell visits Morecambe Bay and the 'special' Siccar Point to investigate the rocks and stones in the area. This material is taken from The Open University course S260 Geology.
Category: Geology
A guide to the what's happening in the night sky in April.
Category: Astronomy
A guide to the what's happening in the night sky in August.
Category: Astronomy
A guide to the what's happening in the night sky in December.
Category: Astronomy
A guide to the what's happening in the night sky in February.
Category: Astronomy
A guide to the what's happening in the night sky in January.
Category: Astronomy
A guide to the what's happening in the night sky in July.
Category: Astronomy