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29/07/2015
Another argument for a more holistic approach to learning: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jul/10/philosophy-for-children-pupils-maths-literacy
Philosophical discussions boost pupils' maths and literacy progress, study finds Primary school pupils across England take part in trial as part of ‘philosophy for children’ study, with pupil-led discussions on topics such as fairness and bullying
29/07/2015
Ecology, conservation and keeping the world fed: the honeybee is inconceivably important - but they're disappearing. Here's some way to explaining why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqA42M4RtxE
The Death Of Bees Explained – Parasites, Poison and Humans In 2015 the bees are still dying in masses. Which at first seems not very important until you realize that one third of all food humans consume would disappe...
11/07/2015
Geography facts http://visual.ly/highest-lowest-points-earth
The Highest & Lowest Points on Earth | Visual.ly We still know very little about our Earth, especially what lies beneath us. This infographic lists the highest on lowest known points on Earth - both
24/03/2015
Elegant, beautiful display of the basic properties of liquids - properties that govern the world's atmospheric processes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joI79LEPgNQ
The Physics of Droplets | ScienceTake | The New York Times ScienceTake explains why droplets on a glass slide move as if they were alive. Produced by: James Gorman, Sofia Perpetua and Robin Lindsay Related article: h...
24/03/2015
The benefits of multilingualism http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/24/why-i-love-living-in-a-multilingual-town
Why I love living in a multilingual town Moving to a multilingual area at first feels like playing a game where everyone knows the rules, apart from you. As a language student however I quickly realised it was the perfect place for my year abroad
08/01/2015
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07/11/2014
The gaps between languages where meaning falls: 11 untranslatable words from languages other than English
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07/11/2014
The skin is our largest organ and the things it's designed to do are fascinating: http://thumbnails-visually.netdna-ssl.com/50-incredible-facts-about-skin_50b3dc8c136a0_w1500.jpg
07/11/2014
The road to Darwin's theory of evolution started with Danish geologist Nicholas Steno.
Not that you will have heard of him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If4I3aF1PRg
The most groundbreaking scientist you've never heard of - Addison Anderson View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-most-groundbreaking-scientist-you-ve-never-heard-of-addison-anderson Seventeenth-century Danish geologist Nic...
01/09/2014
Answers about our own world found on the other side of the universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpzEsgSBUqc
What we can learn from galaxies far, far away - Henry Lin View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-we-can-learn-from-galaxies-far-far-away-henry-lin In a fun, excited talk, teenager Henry Lin looks at someth...
30/08/2014
Struggling to concentrate? Musings on the perfect daily routine for writing (thinking): http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/08/25/the-psychology-of-writing-daily-routine/
The Psychology of Writing and the Cognitive Science of the Perfect Daily Routine How to sculpt an environment that optimizes creative flow and summons relevant knowledge from your long-term memory through the right retrie
29/08/2014
'What gives poems a "vivid life" of their own, such that "nothing can be added to them or taken away without maiming and perhaps even killing them"?'
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/29/ted-hughes-alice-oswald-animal-poetry-bestiary
Ted Hughes's poetry: wild at heart Alice Oswald on compiling a bestiary of Ted Hughes's animal poems