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15 Nov 2018: A blazon is a poetic device in which the speaker of the poem catalogues each part of a woman’s body. Typically, these body parts are compared to aspects of the natural world: teeth are compared to pearls, blonde hair to gold, etc. This device

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

17 Aug 2018: In this activity we will explore the Parthenon as a religious monument. Athena Parthenos. Inside the ‘naos’ of the Parthenon, there was in antiquity a giant chryselephantine statue of the. goddess Athena Parthenos: a statue made out of gold and

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

29 Dec 2018: Activity 2. This is an exercise on morphology. What is morphology? Morphology is the study of words. More. specifically, it is the study of the different components of words, and the structural framework. within which these components are arranged

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

14 Nov 2018: Many people assume that the human body today is essentially the same as it was in the past. Is this true, though? In this activity we will look at what factors can influence the way we use our bodies and try to think about how our ideas about the

14 Nov 2018: In this activity we will look at ‘This living hand’ by John Keats. This living hand, now warm and capable. Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold. And in the icy silence of the tomb,. So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights. That

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

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