Your mission to Mars: the data (part two)
Astronauts will undertake treadmill exercise for a minimum of five hours per day to reduce loss of fitness. With exercise the loss figures in the table will be reduced. When …
Course: Preparing for University
Thinking about learning independently
Here is a video of a seminar where sixth form pupils discuss with a university lecturer issues around learning independently. As you watch it, consider what your responses would be …
Astronauts data
Days into mission % Reduction in body mass % Reduction in leg strength % Reduction in cardiac output 10 -2.15% -2.50% -1.50% 20 -4.30% -5.00% -3.00% 30 -6.45% -7.50% -4.50% …
Working Independently
The aim of this week is to think about how you work as an individual, how you gather information, such as reading texts, and then working with your material to …
Understanding numbers
This video will give you the answer to the second set of fractions. Your first task is to put a series of numbers expressed in different forms in order of …
Prioritising Thoughts
In the video, Gina mentions lots of things that she could write about. However, this doesn’t mean that Gina should write about all of these ideas, because they won’t all …
Top tips from this week
Top tips from this week: Persuasive writing is concerned with getting someone else to believe or do something. It’s not about telling them everything, but about selecting the most relevant …
Summary
This week has all been about the process of asking questions. Asking questions does not come easily to many students, so if you do find it difficult you are certainly …
Self assessment questionnaire
A) Which answer reflects what you did before listening to the lecture? I didn’t do anything, I just went straight in and listened to it. I thought about the title, …
The body project
Having watched the lecture, what questions did you ask of the material and where might you go to find answers?
Top tips from this week
Top tips from this week: Lecturers value curiosity and the first step in being curious is to ask questions. Look at what the topic will be of the lecture; think …
Undergraduates talking about lectures
In this video undergraduates talk about issues relating to questioning and their approach to lectures. Have a listen to what they are saying and think about the points they make …
Inequality of wealth lecture
When the lecture has finished, look at your notes and write down all the questions that came to you when listening to the lecture. If you didn’t manage to take …
Lectures at university
Remember that the ‘Inequality of wealth’ lecture was just about five minutes long. Most university lectures are 50 minutes or longer. There will be an awful lot of information delivered …
Preparing for a lecture
Were the points raised similar to your own ideas? Has anything been left out – could you give Bob any further advice to help him prepare for his lecture?