Flexible Learning is a type of curriculum design applied in formal education and training so as to offer people more choice, personalization and control of their learning to suit particular needs. This course has been developed by staff in the Educational Development Centre of Otago Polytechnic and is designed to help both formal and informal learners access and interpret models, research and professional dialogue in flexible learning.

Students acquire a basic understanding of the science and engineering of space travel as well as a brief history of space exploration. They learn about the scientists and engineers who made space travel possible and briefly examine some famous space missions. Finally, they learn the basics of rocket science (Newton's third law of motion), the main components of rockets and the U.S. space shuttle, and how engineers are involved in creating and launching spacecraft.

Students are introduced to detail drawings and the importance of clearly documenting and communicating their designs. They are introduced to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Y14.5 standard, which controls how engineers communicate and archive design information. They are introduced to standard paper sizes and drawing view conventions, which are major components of the Y14.5 standard.

Students are introduced to the unit challenge: To develop a painless means of identifying cancerous tumors. Solving the challenge depends on an understanding of the properties of stress and strain. After learning the challenge question, students generate ideas and consider the knowledge required to solve the challenge. Then they read an expert's opinion on ultrasound imaging and the potentials for detecting cancerous tumors. This interview helps to direct student research and learning towards finding a solution.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to give fourth graders an overview of length (english units).

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about using real maps (english lengths and distances).

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about using real maps (english lengths and distances).

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders an overview of elapsed time.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders an overview of telling time to 1-minute intervals.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to give fourth graders an overview of elapsed time.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about elapsed time in a sequence of events - word problems.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders about determining unknown angles in parallelograms.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders about determining unknown angles in trapezoids.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders about determining unknown angles within rectangles and squares.

In this problem-based learning (PBL) activity, students take on the role of a student research scientist and explore the role of solar energy in determining climate, focusing on the urban heat island effect. Students conduct research and compare temperatures between two cities, and determine the factors that are responsible for the difference exhibited between them. The lesson is supported by teacher notes, answer key, glossary and an appendix with information about using PBL in the classroom. This is the third of three activities in Investigating the Climate System: Energy, a Balancing Act, and serves as an authentic assessment for all three modules.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to give fourth graders an overview of capacity - word problems.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about determining the order of decimals in word problems.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders about determining the unknown angle in an isosceles triangle.

In this deterministic cellular automata model, interactions between neighboring automata are described using a prisoner's dilemma. Limiting dispersal of seeds of annual plants can permit heterogeneous co-existence, whereas thorough mixing instead allows one subpopulation to dominate quickly.