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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 – 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.

20 Jan 2023: Question 1. Why should emerging designers, architects, and engineers be equally concerned with the materials their buildings are made from as how those buildings look or how they work? - Remember: which 3 materials commonly used in contemporary

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

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 =

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

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 – 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

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?

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

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.

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