Historical skills : dating documents
Explains the different dating conventions employed in historical documents. For example, the system of dating by reference to a religious feast day and the year of the reigning monarch has little in common with the modern calendar. Even where a recognisable date is provided, it may not be what it at first appears.... The resource includes a glossary, bibliography and translation of relevant Latin numbers/phrases. Illustrative images of items from our collections appear throughout.
Historical skills : weights and measurements
Aims to identify and explain some common difficulties in deciphering units of weights, measurements, and money in historical documents. Explores English and Welsh measuring systems, predominantly those used from the late sixteenth and early 17th centuries onwards, and those in force after the Weights and Measures Act of 1824. The resource includes a glossary and bibliography. Illustrative images of items from our collections appear throughout.
Historical skills : dating documents
Explains the different dating conventions employed in historical documents. For example, the system of dating by reference to a religious feast day and the year of the reigning monarch has little in common with the modern calendar. Even where a recognisable date is provided, it may not be what it at first appears.... The resource includes a glossary, bibliography and translation of relevant Latin numbers/phrases. Illustrative images of items from our collections appear throughout.
Historical skills : weights and measurements
Aims to identify and explain some common difficulties in deciphering units of weights, measurements, and money in historical documents. Explores English and Welsh measuring systems, predominantly those used from the late sixteenth and early 17th centuries onwards, and those in force after the Weights and Measures Act of 1824. The resource includes a glossary and bibliography. Illustrative images of items from our collections appear throughout.
Document skills : maps and plans
As a specialist medium, maps and plans can be a challenge to use and it is not always immediately obvious just what can be learned from them. This resource demonstrates how the researcher can use these documents to gain varied insights about a particular place and aspects of its history. The resource includes a glossary and bibliography. Illustrative images of items from our collections appear throughout.
Interdisciplinary Science Man and Machines Student Document
Man and Machines covers topics from the fields of biophysics and physiology - you will research in depth the structure and function of some of the systems of the human body from biological, biochemical and physical perspectives.
Interdisciplinary Science Near Space Student Document
Near Space is an introduction to some of the scientific concepts of the global climate system, and to the concept of anthropogenic climate change. In this module we will look at physical, chemical and biological influences on the climate.
Interdisciplinary Science Braining IT Student Document
The Braining IT course brings together the topics of neuroanatomy and computational complexity allowing students to compare biological and electronic computational systems.
Interdisciplinary Science Evolution Student Document
Evolution by Natural Selection is the fundamental theorem of the biosciences, and it is a concept
which is increasingly applied to other areas including computing, economics and statistics. This
module aims to introduce the fundamental concept of evolution by selective adaptation and then to analyse an in-depth example of evolutionary change.
Interdisciplinary Science Nanoscale Frontiers Student Document
In this module you will explore basic cell biology and cell imaging techniques. using quantum dots. You will also be introduced to the flow of genetic information through the cell, whereby the DNA inherited by an organism leads to specific traits by dictating the synthesis of proteins.
Spatial Skills for Physical Geographers
• To explore alluvial fan evolution through laboratory experimentation and using digital imagery and video • To observe the experimental infrastructure in operation • To make a record of observations of fan evolution, informed by the notes below, that will assist in interpretation of imagery collected
Research Skills for BioMedicine
This is a collection of PowerPoint and Word documents used to deliver a 10 ECTS module at HE4 level to PhD students in the School of Medicine.
Enhancing oral skills
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.
As taught in Autumn Semester 2010.
Enhancing Oral Skills (EOS) is a project aimed to provide French beginners with listening activities available on the University of Nottingham (Ningbo campus) platform WebCT (Virtual Self-Access Centre) for their self-study at the very first stage of their learning.
The activities have been created taking into account the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF
Edible Cell Model Lesson Plan
Maricela Ulloa
This lesson is a fun and delicious assessment/instructional tool to be done at the end of a chapter on the parts of animal and plant cells and their functions.
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Observe y describa.
(a) ¿Qué hay en la calle? (b) ¿Cómo es el edificio?
