Something in the Water
Today's podcast features a jug owned by a man who was a frequent visitor to a Kansas sanitarium. Was he a victim of bizarre water treatments or a resort playboy who enjoyed a good bath?
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Water: The Flow of Women's Work
helps students compare the division of labor around water-related work in their own homes to families in rural Lesotho to gain an understanding of the multiple factors influencing gender role formation.
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Water Safari, A Journey of Life
invites students on a virtual safari through African countries using the Water in Africa Web site. They can then create a water journal that demonstrates how water affects the cultural and physical features of each location.
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Precious Drops: The Value of Water
offers students the chance to learn the value of water by reading stories by Peace Corps Volunteers in Kenya and Ghana. They compare their own community to what they learn from reading.
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Bringing Water to a Lesotho Village
invites students to conduct research and then simulate a Lesotho village water committee that is designing a water supply system to improve living and health conditions.
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Looking at Learning...Again, Part 1: Workshop 8. The International Picture
This workshop offers an opportunity to investigate various aspects of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), other than the test scores themselves. Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology William Schmidt presents differences in curricula, textbooks, and teaching practices around the world, and a group of community members discuss how the TIMSS results reflect societal and cultural values.,Dr. William Schmidt introduces the nature of education in this country by
Author(s): Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

ASSIMILATE project - exploring assessment at Masters level
Key things about assessment - exploring assessment at Masters degree level in the UK and internationally. Assessment driving learning -Assessment is the major driving force on learning for most students. If assessment is well-designed, there are positive effects on how students go about their learning. Global literature has confirmed this over the last 30 years. (Boud, Mentkowski, Knight and Yorke and many others). -The design of assessment shapes students patterns of studying (marks as m
Author(s): Sally Brown,Phil Race

The Tough Get Growing: How to Succeed in a Down Economy
Stay calm, stick with your vision and business fundamentals, and you’ll survive and perhaps even thrive in rough economic times, counsel these entrepreneurial aces. In a conversation with the Kauffman Foundation’s Bo Fishback, panelists reflect on their experiences bringing novel tech products to market and new compan
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2.8 End of unit question
Climate change is a key issue on today’s social and political agenda. This unit explores the basic science that underpins climate change and global warming.
Author(s): The Open University

2.5 A ‘collective picture of a warming world’
Climate change is a key issue on today’s social and political agenda. This unit explores the basic science that underpins climate change and global warming.
Author(s): The Open University

2.4 The meaning of ‘consensus’: peer review and the IPCC process
Climate change is a key issue on today’s social and political agenda. This unit explores the basic science that underpins climate change and global warming.
Author(s): The Open University

2.3 Contested science: a case study
Climate change is a key issue on today’s social and political agenda. This unit explores the basic science that underpins climate change and global warming.
Author(s): The Open University

1.2.2 Bringing in the atmosphere: the natural greenhouse effect
Climate change is a key issue on today’s social and political agenda. This unit explores the basic science that underpins climate change and global warming.
Author(s): The Open University

1.6 The human impact on the atmosphere: the coming of the industrial age
Climate change is a key issue on today’s social and political agenda. This unit explores the basic science that underpins climate change and global warming.
Author(s): The Open University

1.4 An overview of the global energy budget
Climate change is a key issue on today’s social and political agenda. This unit explores the basic science that underpins climate change and global warming.
Author(s): The Open University

America's Leadership in Clean Energy
In welcoming President Obama, MIT President
Susan Hockfield summarizes the vast array of energy innovation at MIT, including the MIT Energy Initiative and the student-led 1700 member Energy Club, and declares, "We share President Obama's view that clean energy is the defining challenge of this era."

In his
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Workbook contents
This unit looks at complex numbers. You will learn how they are defined, examine their geometric representation and then move on to looking at the methods for finding the nth roots of complex numbers and the solutions to simple polynominal equations.
Author(s): The Open University

9 Notes to help you complete your assessment
Skills in information technology (IT) cover a broad range, from using software packages effectively to developing a critical understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of IT solutions. Developing your IT skills means planning your work, practising your skills, seeking feedback from others and reviewing your approach. In developing and assessing your IT skills, you will learn to use and adapt your skills effectively and confidently in different situations and contexts. This unit is designed to
Author(s): The Open University

7.4 Evaluating your strategy and assessing your work
Skills in information technology (IT) cover a broad range, from using software packages effectively to developing a critical understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of IT solutions. Developing your IT skills means planning your work, practising your skills, seeking feedback from others and reviewing your approach. In developing and assessing your IT skills, you will learn to use and adapt your skills effectively and confidently in different situations and contexts. This unit is designed to
Author(s): The Open University

7.3 Monitoring your progress
Skills in information technology (IT) cover a broad range, from using software packages effectively to developing a critical understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of IT solutions. Developing your IT skills means planning your work, practising your skills, seeking feedback from others and reviewing your approach. In developing and assessing your IT skills, you will learn to use and adapt your skills effectively and confidently in different situations and contexts. This unit is designed to
Author(s): The Open University