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24 Oct 2019: Activity 1 – What is an indifference curve? As has already been mentioned, economists are unable to quantify the utility that individuals gain. from their consumption choices in a single measure. However, what is possible is to identify the.

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5 Oct 2020: Activity - Applications of Molecular Dynamics. Molecular dynamics is an important tool because it allows us to examine systems at conditions. (temperature, pressure, etc.) that may not be feasible in a hands-on experiment. This is. important for

18 Feb 2019: Empathy - Activity 1:. Empathy is a word that we use a lot in popular culture. Parents talk and think about it. a lot, too! Read these parent advice articles to learn a bit more about how empathy and. empathy development are talked about in

This website is for students who are taking part in the HE+ project across the UK. Use the subject resources here to discover new interests and develop your academic skills.

2 Oct 2020: Activity 3 – Understanding insulin resistance. Defining insulin sensitivity. Receptors for insulin are present on target cells where insulin normally acts. Insulin secreted. by the pancreas is transported by the bloodstream to target organs, where

This website is for students who are taking part in the HE+ project across the UK. Use the subject resources here to discover new interests and develop your academic skills.

14 Oct 2020: Activity 1 – Superconductivity and Quantum Materials. 1 What is Superconductivity? Superconductivity is an active area of research that falls within the larger field of solid. state physics. This fascinating phenomenon is surprisingly widespread

1 Nov 2018: Task 1 Answers. 1. What is the earliest date layer 8 could have been formed? 2nd. century AD. 2. Which layers were formed during the Roman period? (The Roman period. began in Britain in the mid-1st. century AD). 8, 7, 6 and 5. Layer 8 contains Roman

6 Oct 2020: Activity 2 - Length Contraction. We have seen that time intervals between events appear to be different lengths depending. upon the relative speeds of observers in different inertial frames. Special relativity gets even. stranger still. If someone

24 Oct 2019: What are the benefits of vaccines? What are the risks? How do you evaluate a. vaccine and decide who should get it and when? Although 100% vaccination coverage would provide the best protection against disease,. vaccines are still effective when a

14 Mar 2021: Part 3: How do we evaluate battery performance? By using some of the electrochemical reaction tools outlined in Part 2: “How do we measure electrochemical reactions” we can gather key performance parameters of batteries and other electrochemical

24 Oct 2019: Activity 3 – Identifying the Consumer Equilibrium. Indifference curves offer an illustrative solution to the utility-maximisation problem that individuals. face. While each individual will of course have their own preferences and choices that

2 Oct 2020: Activity – The Icon The following two texts explain how the Vespa is not simply a scooter, but has become an iconic symbol of Italian design and of the particular socio-economic climate post-WWII. Please read the two texts and then move on to the

24 Apr 2019: Task Answers. 1. Psychologists measure infants’ gaze to gather evidence for their studies. Come up. with a method which could be used to measure how long an infant looks at. something (which equipment would you need? Outline all the steps you would

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Maps and Policy. Maps that show clear trends can be very useful for policy makers. It is quite common to see maps of economic and social indicators. The publication of the 2011 census, for example, was accompanied by a variety of maps (e

7 Dec 2018: Activity 2 – Instrumentation. As nanoscience or nanotechnology can’t be seen with the naked eye, specific tools. are used to be able to look at science on this scale. Examples of this are the AFM. (Atomic Force Microscopy) and the SEM (Scanning

5 Oct 2020: Activity - Gene-Environment Interactions. In the previous section, we investigated evolution in polygenic traits. Things get even more. complicated when we consider that the environment itself can influence how genes affect a. trait, causing even

14 Mar 2021: Part 4: Large scale energy storage solutions Improving energy storage on the electric grid (the grid refers to the infrastructure which provides electricity to homes in the UK) is key to improving the use of renewable energies. Figure 1 shows some

14 Mar 2021: Part 1: Batteries What is a battery? A battery is an electrochemical energy storage device. There are many types of batteries since the conception in the 1800s and they fall into two categories; primary which are single use and secondary which can

2 Oct 2020: Activity – Vespa and Cinema The following three examples will explore material from films that contributed to the popularity of Vespa over time. 1. La Vespa in Famous Films From its birth onwards, the Vespa scooter has had a main role in many

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Links between geographical knowledge and conservation science. This section assumes that you already know something about what has been described as. the current “biodiversity crisis”. If you haven’t read or heard very much about

7 Dec 2018: Activity 1 – Case Studies of Applications. 1. Medicine. Au-NP are being used in cancer therapies. They are so small they can be. delivered exactly where needed, and they can be functionalised with. antibodies/peptides/ which are overexpressed by

29 Mar 2018: So, now that you have explored the structure and basic workings of the brain, we will begin to explore how this results in one of the greatest complexities of the brain – memory. Memory. The exact nature in which we are able to recall a childhood

2 Oct 2020: Activity 2 – Understanding the symptoms and complications of Type 2. diabetes mellitus. What initial symptoms do diabetic patients report, and why? Doctors will enquire about certain symptoms when taking a patient’s medical history, to.

1 Nov 2018: Archaeologists spend a lot of time talking about ‘stratigraphy’. This means the layers of soil that. have built up over time. How the layers relate to one another can tell you a lot about what may. have happened in the past. We’ll start with

15 Nov 2018: Online. Council for British Archaeology http://new.archaeologyuk.org/. The Young Archaeologists Club http://www.yac-uk.org/. Chartered Institute for Archaeologists https://www.archaeologists.net/. The British Archaeological Association https://thebaa

24 Apr 2019: Task Answers. 1. Do you think that having a theory of mind is important? Why? List some of the. situations in which you might have to use your theory of mind. Being able to understand what another person is thinking/feeling is extremely important in.

1 Aug 2017: La “ligne claire” (clear line). Find in this text http://expositions.bnf.fr/bd/arret/lig.htm. What the “ligne claire” technique does with:.  characters.  sets.  shades.  the scenario.  speech bubbles. Recognize it: Compare

24 Apr 2019: Task Answers. 1. Watch this short clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jW668F7HdA. The baby in the video is given two tasks – firstly, her mum shows her a toy and then hides it. under a blanket. The baby lifts the blanket and finds the toy. How

18 Feb 2019: Activity 2 –. The development of empathy happens over time. Martin Hoffman (2000) has mapped empathy development across the following. stages:. 1. Emotion contagion and imitation- babies respond to other babies’ distress by. crying- they embody

24 Aug 2023: 1. Activity 1: Examine and Discuss the extracts below taken from Tenth-Century Dispute Records. How do charters tarnish the reputation of previous landowners who had their lands seized by the early English State? Consider the following:. • Why

29 Jan 2019: Task Answers. 1. Conduct your own experiment! Pick 5 brands of the same product (e.g. 5 different. brands of cereals). Ask your friends and family how much they like each product. (e.g. let them rate products on a scale from 1-10). Then ask them to

10 Apr 2019: Task. 1- Observe Figure 2 below: are the lines straight? 2- Now take a ruler or a set square and test whether you were right! Fibonacci (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Café_wall.svg), „Café wall“,

1 Aug 2017: Activity 3 : Hugo Pratt and Jacques Tardi. Hugo Pratt, Corto Maltese, Casterman, 1967-1992. Here are some examples of how Pratt uses black and white. What do you notice? How do we. interpret black stains and white surfaces to understand what the

1 Aug 2017: Activity 2: Humourous effects. Astérix in Britain, translated by Anthea Bell1:. Compare two excerpts with their English translation:. Ex.1/ Original panel: http://oi45.tinypic.com/160oe2q.jpg. translation:

14 Nov 2018: In this activity we will look at two poems called ‘Ozymandias’. You might already be familiar with this poem from your GCSE syllabus. In this sonnet, the an-cient statue of Ozymandias, the ‘king of kings’ is decapitated, and lies as a

24 Oct 2019: Figure 1. Activity 2 – Explaining the shape of indifference curves. Despite the indifference curves in Figure 1 all representing different levels of utility, each. indifference curve has a similar shape. They are downwards sloping, and they are

28 May 2019: Resource 5 - Answers to Exercises. 1. Milo’s preferences violate the transitivity axiom discussed earlier in the resource. Remember how transitivity was defined: transitive preferences can be thought of as consistent preferences. This means that

5 Oct 2020: Activity - Molecular Dynamics Simulations. How can we understand what is happening at an atomic or molecular. scale? With computers, of course! In the 1950s, researchers developed methods to study atomic. systems by representing each atom as a rigid

11 Sep 2020: Bernoulli’s Principle. Bernoulli’s principle relates the pressure of a fluid to its elevation and speed. It is named after. the Swiss scientist Daniel Bernoulli who lived in the 18th century and did experiments looking. at how fluids moved. He

25 Mar 2019: Measuring and Improving. How do we measure respiratory function in dogs? One problem with brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome is that, until recently, the. diagnosis has been made by general clinical veterinary examination, which is

14 Nov 2018: In this activity we will be looking at ‘Strange Fruit’ by Abel Meeropol and Billie Holiday. A New York poet, songwriter and teacher called Abel Meeropol originally wrote ‘Strange Fruit’. with the title ‘Bitter Fruit’ in 1930, after being

29 Jan 2019: Task Answers. 1. How could the social validation principle be used to persuade young people to. reduce the amount of alcohol they are drinking? Answer: The principle of social validation suggests that people tend to do what others. are doing.

15 Sep 2017: Why is the Number of Cases on the Rise? Currently there are over 7.4 billion people in the world. Over the time it takes you to read this resource there will have been at least another 1000 people added to the total world population. The most

23 Jan 2017: What is the Definition of Brachycephaly? All these dogs are by definition brachycephalic- with a shortened muzzle where the Skull width = 80% (or more) of length. However not all breeds are affected to the same extent. These dogs have different skull

14 Mar 2021: Part 2: How do we measure electrochemical reactions? Potentiostat A typical tool which scientists use for measuring electrochemical reactions is called a potentiostat. This tool allows you to change the voltage of your experiment while measuring the

29 Mar 2018: You were introduced in the previous activity to the basic structure of neurons and synapses. In this activity we will explore how neurons communicate with each other to send messages in the brain. Neurons are a cell type in the brain that are

15 Sep 2017: Motor Neuron Disease (MND). Motor Neuron Disease is a term commonly used in the UK for a group of disorders, the most common of which is Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In the US, ALS is used as an umbrella term for all motor neuron diseases.

5 Feb 2019: What is the Turing Test? In order to assess whether or not the intelligence of a computer is distinguishable from a human,. English computer scientist Alan Turing introduced a test in 1950; he asked whether someone. could distinguish if they are