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Thank you for joining us for the very first #BeCuriousGoesVirtual!
Here's just a peek at the 3 weeks of exciting and inspiring family friendly resources and video content we shared,  exploring just some of the world-leading research happening at the University of Leeds!
Want to see more? Just carry on scrolling!

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Thank you for joining us for #BeCuriousGoesVirtual!

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Look out for yellow posts:
Delve into the world of DNA, deepen your understanding of archives, and immerse yourself in objects from the University’s Museum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine during Demonstration Week!

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Look out for pink posts:
See if our researchers can rise to the challenge of answering our burning questions in under 2 minutes.

They'll be covering everything from the weather in outer space, to medieval quarantine in Question Week!

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Look out for green posts:
Get crafty and curious from home, with research-inspired resources. Save your toilet rolls and prepare to meet (and make!) the #LOOminaries (people who inspire or influence others, crossed with the humble loo roll) and so much more in Arts and Crafts Week!

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We were all very sad when Be Curious couldn't happen on 28 March in the Parkinson Building because of Covid-19.

While you can't come to us on campus we thought about other ways to bring this fantastic event to you.

We also think that this on-line presence of Be Curious allows people to come and see what's going on every day and not just on one day in March, when you have a really important football match to go to.

Click your way through our content. There are over 100 postings here! You'll find something you will like. Admire our staff how they managed to film themselves at home, hit the like button and just BE CURIOUS!

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Is the Earth's magnetic field about to flip?

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Is the Earth's magnetic field about to flip?

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It's been 780,000 years since it last happened...but should we be on the look out? Is the Earth's magnetic field about to flip?!

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Is the Earth's magnetic field about to flip?

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It's the annual research open day at the University of Leeds since 2016!

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Can we forecast volcanic eruptions? Let's have a closer look (and listen!) with Professor Jurgen Neuberg from  the University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment!

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Leave some feedback or ask a question to our researchers

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Leave some feedback or ask a question to our researchers

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Hopefully we'll find someone to answer your question!

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What are you hoping to gain or learn from today's session?

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Craig Poku from the University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment is here to explain just how lovely fluffy clouds can lead to bolts of lightening hitting the Earth's surface!

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Finally we've got a question for you: what question would you ask in a trial of your own?

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What is a Clinical Trial? Part 4: summary

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It takes a lot of different people to make a clinical trial work! Let's meet some of the team from Leeds Clinical Trials Unit!

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What is a Clinical Trial? Part 3: the trial team

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So what actually happens in a clinical trial? Kara-Louise explains the different stages of a trial and what each one involves.

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What is a Clinical Trial? Part 2: the stages

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This afternoon we're sharing a brilliant series of videos created by Kara-Louise Royle, Senior Medical Statistician at Leeds Clinical Trials Unit, for this year's #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay
explaining why and how we do clinical trials. First, an introduction!

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What is a Clinical Trial? Part 1: introduction

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Why can't we use antibiotics to treat a virus infection? 

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Why can't we use antibiotics to treat a virus infection? 

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Another very topical question today: why can't we use antibiotics to treat a virus infection? Dr Morgan Herod from the University of Leeds School of Molecular and Cellular Biology is here to explain!

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Why can't antibiotics be used to treat a virus infection?

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Do states of emergency enhance sovereignty?

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Do states of emergency enhance sovereignty?

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It's Question Week and we're asking, do states of emergency enhance sovereignty? Sam Mace from the University of Leeds School of Politics and International Studies explains!

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Do states of emergency enhance sovereignty?

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Did medieval people quarantine or social distance?

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Did medieval people quarantine or social distance?

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We're getting quite used to it now, but did medieval people ever quarantine or social distance?

Victoria Yuskaitis from the University of Leeds School of History provides the answer to this very topical question!

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Did medieval people quarantine or social distance?

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Champagne, fizzy drinks, chocolate bars... we find air bubbles in lots of popular foods! So what are the benefits & can we put air bubbles in all foods? Let's find out withLorenzo Metilli from the University of Leeds School of Food Science and Nutrition!

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We *might* have been eating a few too many of them during lockdown... so we're asking: how are sugary sweets made?  Dr Elena Simone from the University of Leeds School of Food Science and Nutrition shows us how!

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We're used to a mixed bag weather-wise here on Earth, but what exactly is space weather and how does it affect us? Associate Professor Phil Livermore from the University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment is here to explain!

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Small rocky planets, gas giants, the vast expanse of space and ventures into the unknown... So why is our Solar System so weird? We're exploring space and Dr Catherine Walsh from the University of Leeds School of Physics and Astronomy has the answers!

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Our colleagues in Special Collections working on the Dialect and Heritage Project used a local recipe to make a Mell Cake while telling us about their world class cookery collection ! Why not give it a go yourself?

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What wildlife is present on campus and how is it monitored?

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What wildlife is present on campus and how is it monitored?

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We've been missing our beautiful University campus! Whilst we can't be their physically, we were wondering what wildlife is present on campus and how is it monitored?Holly Smith is here to explain!

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What wildlife in present on campus and how is it monitored?

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It's Question Week and we're asking, why are pollinators important and how can we help them? Pollinator Project Ambassador and Student Sustainability Architect Karolina is here to explain!

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Why are pollinators important and how can we help them?

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How can trees help us to manage climate change?

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How can trees help us to manage climate change?

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It's Question Week and we're asking, how can trees help us to manage climate change? Hazel Mooney, Science and Communications Officer working with The Leeds Ecosystem, Atmosphere and Forest (LEAF) centre and the United Bank of Carbon, is here to tell us!

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How can trees help us to manage climate change?

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It's Question Week and our colleagues from Leeds University Library Galleries are joining us to explore archives! For the final video in this series, Zoe and Caroline are to here to answer, and show you what archives can be used for!

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How do you decide what goes in an archive?

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How do you decide what goes in an archive?

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For the second in this series, Karen is here to explain how you decide what goes in an archive.

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How do you decide what goes in an archive?

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Our colleagues from Leeds University Library Galleries are joining us for the first of 3 videos exploring archives! First up, Sarah is here to answer 'what is an archive?' and explain some of the things we can find in one!

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What is an archive and what kind of things can you find there?

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It's Question Week and we're asking, how do cats get their colour? Dr Huda Alfardus from the University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences has the answer!

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HOW do cats get their colour? DID medieval people social distance? And just WHY is our solar system so weird?! Welcome to #BeCuriousGoesVirtual Question Week where our brilliant researchers have the answers to these questions and many more!

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PlacentART was a hit with Professor Lorna Dougan's house!

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PlacentART was a hit with Professor Lorna Dougan's house!

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Have you seen the brilliant series of Meet and Make videos from Leeds Museums and Galleries? Each week you can create your own art inspired by works in their exhibitions or collections! We can't wait to try crafting our own paper flowers!

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It's time for this week's #SketchClub with Leeds University Libraries and Galleries! Follow them on Twitter for the latest themes: https://twitter.com/LULGalleries

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Wow, who knew that heterochromia (having different colour eyes) is more common in dogs and cats?! This might make our DNA bracelet activity a little bit more challenging... why not try it at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/775/dna_bracelets_activity-be_curious

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Stories read by Jacqueline Wilson: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9kwtmy0r71n4taNpnFG2j9DWERLbltJ_

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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Elevenses with David Walliams: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

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'Stay at home story time' with Oliver Jeffers: https://www.oliverjeffers.com/books#/abookaday/

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Are you home-schooling 7-11 yr olds? REACHprimary has put together lots of activities and an original story you can use to support children in developing their reading skills! Let's foster a love of stories and language. Available to download at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/781/reach_primary_activity-be_curious

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Some brilliant #NightJarNights made at home!
Get the template to make your own: https://landlinesproject.wordpress.com/nightjar-nights/

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Inspired by the weekly ‘Museum Window’ displays created in Leeds City Museum from 1933-1954,

Leeds Museums and Galleries are challenging you to curate your own #MuseumWindow at home, with weekly themes! Why not give it a go and share your display?

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During the current healthcare crisis, as many of us live, work and educate ourselves at home, we want to support people to share stories, stay connected and learn a bit about each other.

From 1933 - 1954, Leeds City Museum had a weekly "Museum Window" display. Each week an object was chosen to be displayed in a window facing the street. An accompanying story was also featured in the Yorkshire Evening Post.

Now, we'd like to start this again and ask you all to get involved. We'd love to see people across Leeds creating their own Museum Windows for themselves and others to enjoy and to help Leeds City Museum collect new Leeds stories.

Each week we'll highlight one key object from our collection to tell you a little bit about, and for you to theme your window around or make objects in response to. If you'd rather do your own thing and make a museum window that isn't linked to our theme, that's fine too!

We've put together a guide to creating your museum window:

1. Choose your objects. Your objects can be anything that's important to you, or something you've made in response to the theme (though perhaps nothing too valuable or anything that reveals personal information). They could have an interesting story behind them, be something you use every day or spark joy. Use as many or as few things as you like.

2. Find some object stands. Have a look around for things to prop objects up. Things like egg boxes or plastic containers could work well for smaller objects.

3. Write some object labels (if you want to). Labels will help people find out about your objects. For tips on writing your label, see our how to guide below.

4. Display your objects. Start with the biggest items, working down to the smallest. You can order your display however you like, perhaps by date, story or which objects you think look best together.

5. Label your objects. Put the labels near the objects, making sure they're easy to see from outside and not blocking anything important.

6. Final check. Are you happy with your display? Can you see everything clearly? Do you want to change anything?

7. Safety first! Make sure that what you've chosen to display in your window isn't highly valuable, and doesn't divulge personal information.

8. Share your museum window. Share photos of your window with us on Twitter and Facebook. We'd also love it if you could film a video of yourself talking about your display and share that with us, too.

Here's some examples made earlier:

Here are some things you might want to put in an object label. Again, these are just suggestions, you can include anything you like - maybe even a drawing illustrating how the item makes you feel.

1. Object name - let people know what they're looking at

2. Date made - when did this object come from?

3. Maker - who made this item? Where did they make it?

4. Description - A few lines describing the object. Why did you choose the object? Are there any surprising details? Do you have any background information? Try to keep the description to 50 words or fewer.

Some examples of labels for items found around the home:

Do you want to share something that you cherish? Do you have something with an interesting story? Is there an item which always brings you joy?

In this time of isolation, let's get to know each other.
By Catherine Robins, Projects Curator.

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Make your own Museum Window - Leeds Museums and Galleries

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During the current healthcare crisis, as many of us live, work and educate ourselves at home, we want to support people to share stories, stay connected and learn a bit about each other. From 1933 - 1954, Leeds City Museum had a weekly "Museum Window" display.

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Can you work out what eye colour this bracelet represents? (psstt... check  http://www.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/775/dna_bracelets_activity-be_curious for some help)!

And did you know: if you have green eyes, you are among only 2% of people in the world who have this rare eye colour!

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Learn how eye colour can vary by making a DNA bracelet!

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How do we get our eye colour?

Let Katy Walsh shows you how to make a bracelet inspired by the DNA sequence for eye colour and learn how genes are passed on to a baby from both the mother and father! http://www.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/775/dna_bracelets_activity-be_curious

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This mono-print was created by Rachel, whose research looks at molecules found in the mother’s blood to see how they influence the growth of the placenta & foetus. These molecules could be potential targets to help treat pregnancy complications, such as gestational diabetes!

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This mono-print was created by Dilasha. Dilasha’s research looks into how gestational diabetes effects the mother, fetus and the placenta, specifically looking at a molecule known as Fetuin A, found in the maternal blood.

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This mono-print was created by Jacob. Jacob’s research uses a technique called patch clamp to study the movement of ions, molecules with an electrical charge, through channels found in cells (kind of like a cellular electrician!)

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This mono-print (inspired by PlacentART) is by Lauren. Lauren’s research looks into how cardiovascular disease can change the bone marrow (spongy tissue found in the middle of your bones)

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Some examples of placenta prints! Find out how to make your own: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/780/placentart_activity-be_curious

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Some examples of placenta prints! Find out how to make your own: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/780/placentart_activity-be_curious

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Create some placentART!

Abigail Byford shows you how to make a unique mono-print inspired by the tree-like blood vessels in the placenta using household items! Give it a go to learn more about research in this area!

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Make your own flower fold artist's book!

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Make your own flower fold artist's book!

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Do you have a budding artist, writer or maker at home? The Leeds University Library and Galleries team have created easy to follow worksheets that show you how to make your very own sketchbook or a special flower fold artist's book!

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Do you have a budding artist, writer or maker at home? The Leeds University Library and Galleries team have created easy to follow worksheets that show you how to make your very own sketchbook or a special flower fold artist's book!

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Arts & Crafts Week already had us feeling creative, but we're absolutely in awe of & inspired by our graduating BA Fine Art students who have taken their 2020 Degree Show, Simmer, virtual! Immerse yourself at simmerleeds.com

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'Neighbourhood Watchtower', wood, PVC, inspection lamp, 5.05x1.2x1.5m, Imogen Dawe

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Arts & Crafts Week already had us feeling creative, but we're absolutely in awe of & inspired by our graduating BA Fine Art students who have taken their 2020 Degree Show, Simmer, virtual! Immerse yourself at simmerleeds.com

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Arts & Crafts Week already had us feeling creative, but we're absolutely in awe of & inspired by our graduating BA Fine Art students who have taken their 2020 Degree Show, Simmer, virtual! Immerse yourself at simmerleeds.com

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Georgina Montague + Daisy Baker - Simmer Leeds

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'Stuck in Bricks', bricks, tights, stuffing, latex, silicone, 142x77x65cm,...

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Put #PentoPaper with a new writing theme released from our colleagues at Leeds University every Wednesday at 12:30pm! This week it's #ActiveAnywhereAnytime. Follow them on Twitter for the latest themes: https://twitter.com/LULGalleries

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'Find the Artist' lets you peek inside the art studios of Leeds & encourages children & adults alike to match an artist with their place of work! Featuring Serf Leeds, Assembly House,  CLAY: Centre for Live Art Yorkshire and many more! Try it at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/777/find_the_artist-be_curious

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We experience the work of artists everyday, but where are the artists in our city? Discover what it's like to be an artist in Leeds by playing 'Find Artist', a game available to download at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/777/find_the_artist-be_curious

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And check out Leeds Museums'

My Learning platform. With stories and activities on everything from the history of Percy Pigs to prehistoric Leeds and the legend of the Armley Hippo they've got KS1-KS4 (and parents!) covered! https://twitter.com/mylearning_org

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(At Least) 50 Fantastic Ideas to Try at Home

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(At Least) 50 Fantastic Ideas to Try at Home

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Included in the recommendations is "(at least) 50 fantastic ideas to try at home" - a bank of simple and fun things to do with children: https://abcdoes.com/home-learning/

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Are you home schooling? Dr Judy Sayers & colleagues from the School of Education have compiled a list of recommended resources for all ages to help parents and teachers manage learning whilst schools are closed!

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Recommended resources for parents and teachers home-schooling during Covid-19

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recommended resources for parents and teachers homeschooling during covid19

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Here's our addition to the #LOOminaries: English singer, dancer, songwriter and record producer Kate Bush (Wuthering Heights era)

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Explore the achievements of our existing #LOOminaries and get more inspiration for creating your own, with this downloadable worksheet from the Science and Technology Facilities Council!

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...athletes, pop stars, authors, inventors, your nana! Who inspires you? Why not turn them into one of the #LOOminaries to add to our growing gallery?

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Check out the growing #LOOminaries gallery and help us to add more!

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Who inspires you? Who inspires other people? Introducing the #LOOminaries - People who inspire or influence others, made using a cardboard toilet roll tube. The project began in March 2020 as a partnership between Professor Lorna Dougan (Physics) and Dr Paul Beales (Chemistry). With the help of the public, the #LOOminaries are growing! Check out the gallery of #LOOminaries below and the people who created them. If someone is missing, please join in!

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Who inspires you? Who inspires other people? Introducing the #LOOminaries - People who inspire or influence others, made using a cardboard toilet roll tube. The project began in March 2020 as a partnership between Professor Lorna Dougan (Physics) and Dr Paul Beales (Chemistry). With the help of the public, the #LOOminaries are growing!

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Pioneered at home by Professor Lorna Dougan and Dr Paul Beales, the #LOOminaries are people who inspire or influence others, made from the humble loo roll  Check out the growing gallery: https://dougan.leeds.ac.uk/contact/loominaries/ Why not make your own for the bunch?

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We have our kit ready for day 2 of Arts and Crafts week!

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Your finished lantern should look something like this! https://landlinesproject.wordpress.com/nightjar-nights/

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All this week the Land Lines project are running #NightJarNights, celebrating the elusive and mythical bird, the night jar! Click below to download a beautiful paper cut lantern design and colouring page. Full instructions available at: https://landlinesproject.wordpress.com/nightjar-nights/

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Batteries powered by bacteria and energy created from mud... What a way to power your art work! See the finished work from in person at the next Be Curious or read more about it at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/776/energy_and_life_information_sheet

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The research group of Professor Lars Jeuken studies how life deals with energy. In 2019, science collided with art when the Jeuken research group came together with light-sculpture artist Jessica Lloyd-Jones to make an artwork that visualised their research on Life & Energy. Find out how they did it: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/776/energy_and_life_information_sheet

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Wilfred the worm!

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Herbert, Tom, Bob & Charlie the worms by M (aged 6)

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Margo, Sophie, Sophia, Lorna the worms by M (aged 3)

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The science of wiggling  - make an origami worm!

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Follow along with the YouTube video or download an instruction sheet to make your very own origami worm!

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Researchers in the University of Leeds School of Computing want to find out more about how worms move by wiggling. Can you help them by making your own origami worm? Let Dr Thomas Ranner show you how!

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The Electrifying Women project looks at the long and important role women have played in engineering. In this video, Dr Emily Rees looks at how women collaborated in the male-dominated industry. For more videos, resources and activities visit: https://electrifyingwomen.org

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Electrifying Women: 5 Key Themes - 1. Collaboration

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A great further reading suggestion from the Research Support Teams at the University Libraries: a blog about Florence Bell, a PhD student of William Astbury's in the 1930s, who was another important figure in the story of DNA research here at Leeds! https://leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2018/10/22/florence-bell-a-phd-student-with-x-ray-vision/

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Finally, Louis Compton Miall and the magic lantern (an early form of projection equipment). His innovations were crucial to the development of projection - pioneering it's use in the lecture theatre! The LC Miall Building (home to our Faculty of Biological Sciences is named after him! Find out more: https://museumofhstm.wordpress.com/2018/11/30/leeds-hidden-visionary-louis-compton-miall-and-magic-lanterns/

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This is William Astbury's x-ray camera. Through his work at Leeds, crucial steps were made in understanding the molecular structure of proteins. Today, this research continues through the University's Astbury Centre. Find out more: https://museumofhstm.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/hps-in-20-objects-lecture-11-astbury-camera-or-from-dark-satanic-mills-to-dna/

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Drawing, gaming, creating, repurposing, reading and curating... It's #BeCuriousGoesVirtual Arts and Crafts Week! Join us for 5 packed days of exciting resources for children and adults alike and explore what our researchers get up to at the University of Leeds!

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First up, some unusual members of the collection: a one-eyed piglet (the result of gene underexpression) and a two-headed fish (the result of gene overexpression). Monsters or modern science? Find out more: https://museumofhstm.wordpress.com/2016/03/09/hps-in-20-objects-lecture-2-two-headed-fish/

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History and Philosophy of Science in 20 Objects

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History and Philosophy of Science in 20 Objects

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This afternoon, we're sharing some of the fascinating objects from the University's Museum of the History of Science, Technology & Medicine used in the free online course: History and Philosophy of Science in 20 Objects. Find out more about the course below!

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This free online course offers an introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science.

The course is informal, with no exams and no certificate at the end. But anyone, aged 16 and up, who is curious to know more about the subject will find it presented in a lively, accessible and unusual way.

At the core of the course are 20 films from a public lecture series given in 2016-7 by staff and graduate students in the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds. Each lecture uses an object from the University's Museum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine as a jumping-off point for explorations of major themes in the historical development and philosophical interpretation of science.

The opening lecture shows how an ancient Cypriot horse-and-rider figurine can serve as a point of entry to the long run of the study of the human mind, from Plato to Freud. The second lecture uses a two-headed fish, preserved in a jar, to look at the question of monsters and monstrosity, emphasizing the challenge that deformity posed for pre-Darwinian science, when God's good design-work in organisms was taken for granted.

From there, the objects and topics examined cover a wide range. Some objects are emblematic of the history of science as anyone would tell it, such as an air-pump (in a lecture on physics and the laws of nature), a microscope (in a lecture on observation and its relationship to theory), and a stethoscope (in a lecture on medical diagnosis and the shift in emphasis, around 1800, from outward symptoms to inner causes).

Other objects are more surprising: a nineteenth-century Biblical herbarium, stocked with specimens of plants named in the Bible (in a lecture on science and religion); an X-ray camera used in the 1930s to take the first X-ray photograph of DNA (in a lecture on molecular biology and its little-known industrial beginnings); and the prototype Newlyn-Phillips machine, which in the late 1940s used flowing water to model, and even compute, the flow of money in national economies, making it the world's first economics computer (in a lecture on models, mathematics and economics). Most surprising of all, perhaps, is a perpetual motion machine...

The course is self-paced. But beginning on Friday 15th May 2020, and continuing for the next month, current and former members of the Leeds Centre for History and Philosophy of Science will be hosting online discussions of the lectures.

To join the course:

(1) Go to openeducation.blackboard.com
(2) Search for "History and Philosophy of Science in 20 Objects" via the search window (where it says "Find the Right Course for You")
(3) Click on "Enroll"
(4) At the bottom of the pop-up window, click on "Don't have an account? Create one here." (If you don't see that, click on "Enroll" again, or -- if that doesn't work -- use a different internet browser)
(5) After you've created an account, you'll be given a link that will take you to the course homepage

For further information, please email Gregory Radick

For more on MA and PhD programmes visit the website for Leeds Centre for History and Philosophy of Science.

For more on Undergraduate courses, please visit the University of Leeds coursefinder.

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Free online course: History and Philosophy of Science in 20 Objects

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Seeing things we can't see... with sound we can't hear! Part 3

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Research in electronic sensing is helping to develop technology to better support people with visual impairments. Can we use ultrasonic sensing technology to enable visually impaired people to ride a solo bike? In the final instalment of 3 videos, Professor Brian Hoyle would like to introduce you to the UltraBike!

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Seeing things we can't see... with sound we can't hear! Part 3 #BeCuriousGoesVirtual

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Our baked potato biodiversity experiment worked! We spotted snails, ants, worms, and (lots of) woodlice. Why not try this out in your garden?

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Seeing things we can't see... with sound we can't hear! Part 2

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Seeing things we can't see... with sound we can't hear! Part 2

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How can we communicate info from ultrasonic sensing devices like the UltraCane to a user's brain? Find out in the second of 3 videos from Professor Brian Hoyle, this time with a very special guest!

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Seeing things we can't see... with sound we can't hear! Part 2 #BeCuriousGoesVirtual

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Seeing things we can't see... with sound we can't hear! Part 1

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Seeing things we can't see... with sound we can't hear! Part 1

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Research in electronic sensing is helping to develop technology to better support people with visual impairments. Find out how in the first in a series of 3 videos from Professor Brian Hoyle.

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Seeing things we can't see... with sound we can't hear! Part 1 #BeCuriousGoesVirtual

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Engaging communities in Nepal with the issue of antibiotic resistance 

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Engaging communities in Nepal with the issue of antibiotic resistance 

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The Community Engagement for AMR research team worked with HERD International to use film-making to get communities in Nepal interested in the topic of antibiotic resistance. See one of the films they made below and hear more from the team in Question Week!

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Did you know that the University of Leeds is home to an International Textile Collection? This beautiful haori is one of the many items in the collection. You can explore more at: http://emuseum.leeds.ac.uk/objects/viewcollections/Objects?t:state:flow=0b9975fc-e13a-4a7e-a247-f5812b6cd1c2

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We're trying out the baked potato biodiversity experiment for ourselves!

Stay tuned in to see if it's a success!

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How to encourage biodiversity in your garden

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How to encourage biodiversity in your garden

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How can you encourage more biodiversity in your garden? Grab a baked potato and let Beth, a volunteer with the Campus Pollinators, show you how!

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How to encourage biodiversity in your garden #BeCuriousGoesVirtual

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Join Maddie Moate and 2020 Be Curious performer Greg Foot on weekdays at 11am for #LetsGoLive! It's theme park week: spend five days thinking like designers, storytellers and engineers to create 4 themed lands and some awesome rides to go in them! Greg will be taking us on a journey to his Deep Ocean Lab at Be Curious in October - not to be missed!

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How To Make A River Rapids Ride & Ghost Scope! | Theme Park Week | #41 LET'S GO LIVE w Maddie & Greg

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Science Communicator and former microscopist Marty Jopson took us on a journey from everyday life down into the realm of microscopical wonders as our performer at Be Curious 2019. Now you can explore the world of the very tiny from home with Marty in #microminute every Monday, Wednesday and Friday!

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First up, we'd like to introduce you to DNA nanotechnology with a little help from Dr Andrew Lee! Watch to see how researchers can build shapes with DNA.

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Building shapes with DNA #BeCuriousGoesVirtual