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Advancing Teaching: Online Interactive Lessons
Learn about how to create interactive online lessons in this Advancing Teaching article and video.
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Lesson Share: -ed and -ing adjectives
Véronique Ward wins this month’s Lesson Share with a lesson to help you teach the difference between -ed and -ing adjectives.
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31st December 2020: “Big cat” country? New Zealand’s obsession with giant feline sightings
Since the 1960s, there have been reports of a mysterious, monstrously big cat in the south of New Zealand.
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10th December 2020: Ecotricity founder to grow diamonds “made entirely from the sky”
The world’s most environmentally friendly diamond using carbon dioxide taken straight from the sky.
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3rd December 2020: Into the night: why walking in the dark is good for the soul
Walking in the dark can awaken your other senses and bring you closer to nature.
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Live from London: Business — Emails
Watch authentic London office workers explain how they use emails and phones to communicate in their companies.
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26th November 2020: Viral sensation Doggface on the video that gave 2020 some joy
Read how a video of one person finding a moment of joy in a terrible day has made millions of people happier in 2020.
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19th November 2020: Cluttercore: the pandemic trend for celebrating stuff, mess and comfort
In 2020, one of the messiest years in recent memory, the world creates a new word for finding comfort in mess—Cluttercore.
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12th November 2020: How The Flintstones set the stage for the adult animation boom
Read about the direct relationship between the dark humour of adult cartoons like Family Guy and a much older member of the family—The Flintstones.
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5th November 2020: They hate each other’s political views – so why have they become friends?
Is this what our divided world needs? An organization to help people make friends despite their different political opinions.
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Live from London: Business — Reports
Watch authentic London office workers explain how they use reports in their companies.
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29th October 2020: Billionaire Chuck Feeney achieves goal of giving away his fortune
At the age of 89, Chuck Feeney finally achieved his life’s ambition—giving away all of his $8 billion fortune.
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22nd October 2020: Face masks pick perilous path from health protector to fashion accessory
As face masks become fashionable, the fashion industry wonders how to make the necessary become the desirable.
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15th October 2020: Ami, the tiny cube on wheels that French 14-year-olds can drive
Why is an electric, tiny car with a top speed of 45 km/h so incredibly popular with the teenagers of Paris?
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8th October 2020: The signs revamping low-traffic neighbourhoods
Road signs are normally used to stop people and cars. Now, road signs are starting a new, positive use of roads in the UK.
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1st October 2020: Why do authors get a pittance for film rights?
Film and television writers dream of becoming rich, but it doesn’t always come true.
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24th September 2020: Rescue pet shelters emptied by surge in demand during pandemic
All across Australia, there is a huge demand for pets as people spend more time indoors.
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17th September 2020: Meet the man spending billions on old hits
As we increase our use of streaming music services, could music become even more valuable than gold?
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10th September 2020: What a 200-year-old experiment teaches parents about home schooling
Could parents learn something about teaching kids at home from an 18th-century French schoolmaster?
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Online Education: Bridging the gap—No learner left behind
Joanne Ramsden provides strategies to help young learners and teens bridge the knowledge gap resulting from the closure of schools due to the pandemic.