Lichen Looking
In this outdoor activity, learners search for lichen, a combination of a fungus and an alga living together. Lichen grow where most other plants cannot, on rocks, the trunks of trees, logs and sand. As learners go "lichen looking", they investigate the numbers, locations and kinds of lichen in their area.
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"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." This is what it says in the very first Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The idea of Human Rights is one of the most important fundaments of human co-existence. At the same time human rights are subject to fierce debates and Human Rights violations are common all over the world. But what exactly are Human Rights? Who is responsible for protecting them? And do they really apply to all people? These are the ques
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From the makers of the award-winning online language course Coffee Break Spanish comes a new range of titles aimed at busy people who want to acquire the absolute basics of a language. One Minute Languages from the Radio Lingua Network will introduce learners to a new language from scratch. The course is made up of ten lessons and covers topics including basic greetings, introducing yourself, and dealing with language problems. You’ll also learn numbers and other useful words and phrases whi
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‘Up’, es un largometraje que cuenta la historia de Carl Fredricksen, un anciano de 78 años y de Russel, un joven de 8 años, cuyas vidas se cruzan y juntos comienzan una aventura de altos vuelos. Aquí te lo explican todo. (2:18)
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A better quality version of my Learning Timelines Gangnam Style music Video

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In deze bijdrage vind je een lesvoorbereiding rond het gedicht Oma's en opa's van Geert de Kockere.

  • een drama-opdracht per twee
  • een gericht luisterenopdracht (groepswerk)

De …


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This video diplays elmo and some celebrities showing the importance of brushing your teeth. It was created for toddlers from ages 3-5 in a fun and entertaining way.It is showing to brush each section of the mouth thoroughly to maintain a healthy and nice smile. (01:30)
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Nov. 26 - The Indonesian city of Surabaya has taken composting to new levels in a so far successful effort to reduce its considerable garbage problem. With rubbish piling up all over the city, a composting program was launched more than ten years ago and today, the results speak for themselves. Tara Cleary reports.
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Nov. 21 - In the western world, thousands of gallons of water are flushed down the toilet every year - valuable water that could otherwise be used for drinking or growing food. But a Canadian company is trying to minimize that waste by producing waterless, composting lavatories that not only save water, but also producer fertilizer for the garden. Tara Cleary reports.
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Het gaat om een woordpakket van over het algemeen mkm- en mmkmm- woorden met sch- (m = medeklinker, k = klinker) en met -ui /-eu- , -oe /-ie,-eeuw/ -ieuw/ uw,-ei/-ij, ou/au, -ooi/aai.  Je krijgt er ook de uitleg van het BLOON-principe …


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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The person sitting across from you on the six-hour Japanese bullet train ride has been eating Japanese snacks since you left the station. He has devoured everything the Japanese cart attendant has brought by, from Japanese crackers to fish, and he has probably eaten more than you do in an entire [...]
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2.7 Inferring relationships of common ancestry

Activity 6

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This clip addresses the question of how one might go about building a tree, or inferring relationships of common ancestry, by recognising evolutionary novelties, or share
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Introduction

This unit provides an overview of the processes involved in developing models. It starts by explaining how to specify the purpose of the model and moves on to look at aspects involved in creating models, such as simplifying problems, choosing variables and parameters, formulating relationships and finding solutions. You will also look at interpreting results and evaluating models.

This unit, the third in a series of five, builds on the ideas introduced and developed in Modelling poll
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1.1 Mathematics and you

Many people's ideas about what mathematics actually is are based upon their early experiences at school. The first two activities aim to help you recall formative experiences from childhood.

Activity 1 Carl Jung's school days

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3 Graph sketching

In Section 2 we describe how the graphs of polynomial and rational functions may be sketched by analysing their behaviour – for example, by using techniques of calculus. We assume that you are familiar with basic calculus and that its use is valid. In particular, we assume that the graphs of the functions under consideration consist of smooth curves.

Click 'View document' below to open Section 2 (16 pages, 200KB).

2.2.1 Try some yourself

1 Find the following powers by hand, as estimates for calculator work.

  • (a) 107

  • (b) 108

  • (c) 34

  • (d) (2)2
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1.2 Squaring fractions and negative numbers

You have now seen how to find squares of whole numbers and decimals. What about fractions? The rule is as before: to square a fraction, just multiply it by itself.

For example:

In Example 1, you could have used Author(s): The Open University

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2.4 Summarising conversation as what matters

Brian Wynne suggests that fundamental dichotomies associated with environmental matters underpin modern society – society versus nature, the social versus the natural, social knowledge versus natural knowledge, expert knowledge versus lay knowledge (1996, p. 45). The metaphor of conversation helps to move us beyond these dichotomous constructs and allows us to focus more on the integral relationships enmeshed in nature matters, relationships that I would argue are central to environmental r
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