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6 Oct 2020: Activity – Case Study - Madagascar. Madagascar has incredibly high biodiversity, and the number of species discovered on the. island is still rising. The link below is to an article in The Guardian newspaper which describes the continued.

10 Sep 2020: Activity 3 – The Tombs of the Persian Kings. Introduction. From Darius I onwards, all of the Persians kings were buried in identical tombs and each. tomb was decorated with the same relief. The relief shows the king standing on top of a. platform,

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Other Cartographical Traditions and Imaginations. This topic has largely (though not explicitly) considered maps that were produced in the. western world. The kinds of cartographic conventions that we have met here are not. necessarily

2 Oct 2020: Answer Sheet Activity 3 b) IB –IID – IIIA – IVC Activity 5 a) Vero o Falso? 1. Eleonora e Marco hanno fatto un giro in Vespa in Toscana due anni fa. Falso Hanno fatto il viaggio questa estate. 2. A Siena hanno visto il Palio. Falso Sono

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Maps and Power. We have seen how maps help us make sense of the world. We should reflect on the. importance of deciding to map something. But we must also consider how such maps were. and are produced. What became known as the Great

14 Apr 2021: Worksheet 2: The Bauhaus. Founded in 1919, the design philosophy manifested at the Bauhaus — in full, the. Staatliches Bauhaus — had been widely conceived as one of the greatest forces that. shape the twentieth century modern design. From its

7 Apr 2021: Resource Activity 2. Teaser: Renewables can generate energy in an intermittent manner, but we use energy constantly. How to match the energy demand with the available resources? Intermittent power supply and energy storage. The power supply from

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Maps and the Geographical Imagination Geography is sometimes described as earth description. But the political geographers Joe Painter and Alex Jeffrey have noted that geography is less about describing the earth as if seen through a

11 Sep 2020: Solutions. Question 1:. Let’s designate within the hose to be location 1 and the hose nozzle to be location 2. We are given the following values in the question:. 𝑉1 = 1 m/s. 𝑃1 = 350,000 Pa. 𝜌 = 997 kg/m3. 𝑔 = 9.81 m/s2. 𝑃2 =

5 Oct 2020: Activity – Seeking solutions from nature. One way of designing with biomimicry is to start with an engineering problem and brainstorm. creatures or systems in nature that have overcome a similar challenge, as they may provide. a solution. Let’s

15 Nov 2018: Activity 4: Summary Questions. Task. 1. What different theories of the body existed in early modern Europe? 2. If you had been born in the Renaissance, do you think you would have. experienced your own body differently? How could historians begin to

5 Oct 2020: Activity – Heat generation by brown adipose tissue. Brown adipose tissue is an organ specialized for thermogenesis, or making heat. Brown. adipose tissue plays a role in the overall regulation of body temperature, which is. coordinated by the

14 Nov 2018: Activity 6: Poem Comparison. Task. Compare two or three of the poems included in this resource. 1. How do your chosen poems approach strong emotions, such as:.  horror.  despair.  wonder? 2. How do your chosen poems describe nature? 3. How

5 Oct 2020: Activity - Genetic Drift. There are actually two processes by which organisms evolve at the genetic level. One is. through natural selection and you will be familiar with this through examples of antibiotic. resistance in bacteria and industrial

5 Oct 2020: Activity – Therapeutic potential of brown adipose tissue. This activity is a bit different from the rest. Now that you know about white and brown. adipose tissue, it’s time to think about how this knowledge could be applied to treat human.

27 Nov 2020: Activity: “Entrevista a Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo” and the Trial of the Juntas. 1. Watch the following video. Subtitles are provided, and don’t worry if you don’t understand everything first time around – why not watch it a few more times?

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Taking it further. Here are few more things for you to think about if this topic has interested you, and some. more resources for you to use. Biodiversity Hotspots are important in identifying areas where conservation efforts should be.

5 Oct 2020: Activity – Using Nature to Inspire. Another way of designing with biomimicry is to find a fascinating process or animal in nature. and use its features to inspire a totally new design. Let’s practice with two examples! Challenge 1: You sit

7 Dec 2018: Exercises Answers. Q1. Q2. Polar bears have a small surface area to volume ratio. They are very large, and. have been getting larger due to evolution. Due to their large size, and their small. SA/V ratio, they store heat better than something which

5 Oct 2020: Activity - Heritability. Although the nature vs nurture debate is not a useful way of considering variation, we can. find out how much of the phenotypic variation in a trait is due to genetic causes and how. much of the variation in a trait is due

11 Feb 2021: Activity Sheet no. 3 – Responses. To help you assess your own responses, you will find sample translations of the three exercises you completed. Exercise no. 1 Literal – “You descend into village to do some courses for your mother, to buy

27 Nov 2020: Activity: El rastro en los huesos by Leila Guerriero This activity challenges you to think how to translate creative, long-form journalistic pieces with a political undertone. 1. Firstly, read the following article by Leila Guerriero:

2 Oct 2020: Activity 1 – The epidemiology and classification of diabetes mellitus. Who gets Type 2 diabetes mellitus? As a clinician, it is important to know whom you are treating. The following report might be. helpful in this aspect:. http://www.diabetes.org

1 Oct 2020: Activity - Tragedy of the Commons. The resources on overpopulation helped you to consider the strain placed on resources by a. growing population. Garrett Hardin used some Malthusian-style principles to put forward his. theory of the ‘Tragedy of

10 Sep 2020: Activity 2 – The Persepolis Tribute Frieze. Introduction. Persepolis was the main capital of the Persian Empire, located in the south of modern-day. Iran close to Shiraz. The city was founded about 515 BC by Darius I, who constructed a. monumental

6 Oct 2020: Activity – Maps and Technology. Following on from our discussion of policy, let’s consider the use of technology in helping to. communicate geographical patterns to different audiences. There is no doubt that. technology has changed how we view

2 Oct 2020: Activity – The Birth of a Myth It soon became clear that Vespa was also offering the chance to be more independent not only at work, but also in spare time, enabling people to enjoy their freedom and transforming the life of many. In many ways

28 May 2019: Resource 4 – Exercises. 1. Below are listed a potential set of preference orderings for three individuals Maynard, Milton, and Milo. Can you identify whose preferences violate the assumption of transitivity discussed earlier in the resource, and

10 Sep 2020: One More Problem…. Although this MO diagram is correct for O2 and F2, we find that for the earlier diatomics in the second row there is a problem which comes about from the fact that earlier on in the period the 2s and 2p-orbitals are closer

24 Oct 2019: Activity 5 – Answer Sheet. As detailed in Resource 1, we know that higher indifference curves represent higher levels of utility. In the illustration below, U1 therefore represents the highest level of available utility. Specifically, the. level

10 Sep 2020: Exercises. Question 1:. With a 5 second time limit, try to estimate the following:. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. Would your answer be any different if you tried to estimate the following? 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. In each case, are your answers above or below the

11 Feb 2021: Activity Sheet no. 1 – “Different ways to translate” What about the first aspect, namely, selection in translation? When you tell a story, as said, you select, make choices, and so on. This is done with your audience (and the context) in mind.

10 Sep 2020: Diatomics of the Second Row. In the same way as we think about H2 we can think about diatomics of the second row. Commonly these are things such as O2 and N2, but for ease of thinking about it we’ll work from Li2 right the way across to F2. We

1 Oct 2020: Activity - Was Malthus right? In one sense, it is hard to deny that a high population could place a heavy demand on food. and other resources, so Malthus’ warning about overpopulation should not be dismissed. However, lots of scholars have found

5 Oct 2020: Activity - Continuous Genetic Variation. Throughout most A-level courses, you will be introduced to traits whose variation is. apparently controlled by one or, just a small number of genes. For instance, when you learn. about dominance, you will

7 Dec 2018: Activity 3 – Exercises. Answers to all questions are provided at the end of the worksheet. Q1. In the table below, describe what the following elements or compounds are used for. at the macroscale, and think about what they could be used for at

1 Oct 2020: Activity - Drama of the Commons. While Hardin’s theory of the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ is still widely talked about in. Geography, scholars have demonstrated that it contains several flaws. One of the most. famous scholars to criticise Hardin

5 Oct 2020: Activity – Controlling brown adipose tissue thermogenesis. Scientists have learned a lot about brown adipose tissue by studying mice at cold. temperatures. Read the sections called “Classical nonshivering thermogenesis” and “The mechanism of.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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