Computer Accuracy
Accuracy of measurement in navigation depends very much on the situation. If a sailor’s target is an island 200 km wide, sailing off center by 10 or 20 km is not a major problem. But, if the island were only 1 km wide, it would be missed if off just the smallest bit. Many of the measurements made while navigating involve angles, and a small error in the angle can translate to a much larger error in position when traveling long distances.
Introduction The case studies in this unit introduce various typologies of heritage and the methods used to study them. The case studies help to draw attention to the fact that the heritage traditions in England, Scotland and Wales are not the same and are enshrined in slightly different legislation. Every study of heritage requires an understanding of the legal context and the traditions and history governing the object of heritage. This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from <
Bay of Pigs Invasion - Khan Academy
Bay of Pigs Invasion (13:41)
SFU Softball and the NCAA
Head Coach Mike Renney talks about the transition into the NCAA.
7.5 More revision questions
Hearing is a familiar and important human sense that is a topic naturally of interest to those who are curious about human biology. This unit will enable you to relate what you read to your own sensory experiences – and indeed many of the questions asked have exactly that function. This unit will be best understood by those with some biological understanding.
Introduction This unit will help you to understand how major art collections are brought together over long periods of time and why particular pieces gain notoriety. This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Art and its histories (A216) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore other courses we offer in this Author(s):
Beginner S5 #24 - Latin American Wardrobe Malfunctions
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! When you come home from your shopping trips, you’re always happy with what you purchased, but you never hear the end of it from your significant other. The shirt is too tight, the tie is too loud, the pants are too short—complaint after complaint in Spanish is all you hear. This [...]
1.3 MacLean's Celtic roots MacLean was born in 1911 in Osgaig, a small township on the Isle of Raasay, adjacent to Skye, the larger island where he went to school. His childhood was dominated by a majestic landscape. The woods of Raasay and the peaks of the Cuillin Hills on Skye are as central to his poetic universe as the hills of Cumbria to Wordsworth's. His father and mother combined work on a small croft with a tailoring business. The latter was severely hit by the great depression of the 1930s, and the family's re
Introduction Sorley Maclean (1911–1998) is now regarded as one of the greatest Scottish poets of the twentieth century. However, until the 1970s, his verse was known by very few people. In that decade, publication of English translations of his work and the impact of his public readings established him in the eyes of poetry lovers in Scotland, Ireland and England, as well as further afield, as a major poet. This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Literature in the moder
L150U7A02
L150U7A02
Introduction This unit introduces key terms that are essential for understanding the Classical Roman world. This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Culture, identity and power in the Roman empire (AA309) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore other courses we offer in this subject area
STS-134 Tribute to Endeavour
STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly pays tribute to space shuttle Endeavour and the spacecraft's contribution to human spaceflight. Mission specialists Andrew Feustel, Mike Fincke, Roberto Vittori, Greg Chamitoff and Pilot Greg Johnson also share their thoughts and impressions of Endeavour.
Introduction Historians on both sides of the Atlantic have argued that the empire was not an issue of popular interest in the late nineteenth-century Britain and the United States. This unit examines some of the evidence available to assess the truth of this claim. More broadly, the unit raises questions related to evidence: is it possible to discover what ‘ordinary’ people thought about expansionism? ‘I couldn't give a damn’; ‘I don't know anything about politics’; ȁ
Roasting Pumpkin Seeds
This is a simple and straightforward video showing how to roast pumpkin seeds. This would be a fun fall project for a classroom studying pumpkins and how they grow. (01:10)
Learning space evaluation
The subject of physical learning space has in recent years become increasingly complex This reflection examines what evidence exists in this area
Morehouse College Founder's Day Convocation 2015
Speaker: Dr. Cornel R. West
Professor of Philosophy
and Christian Practice
Union Theological Seminary
New York, New York
HUM310 Session 10 (071512rev) Summer 2012
The Power of Masks with Bill DeLuca
Lady Gaga gagged in Indonesia - Global Roundup with the Airport Economist.
Airport Economist and visiting fellow Tim Harcourt tells a timely cultural tale about doing business in Indonesia.
From UNSW's regular Global Roundup series with former Austrade economist Tim Harcourt, aka the Airport Economist.
Virtual Maths Data Handling - Light Survey
Exercises and resources for conducting a Light Intensity Survey.
"To measure the levels of light in a particular area, we need to use a device called a Light Meter, which measures the intensity of light in the vicinity of the sensor and displays the reading."
