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Resources for various F2 topics

F2 English

Articles from The Day to help with research for the Global Young Journalist Awards.

  1. Before clicking on the links below, visit the Subscription Databases page and open The Day so it knows you are from Oakham School.
  2. Then return here and use the links below.

 

Climate 

Record amounts of sewage pumped in UK rivers - The Day

The gentle giants saving planet Earth - The Day

COP28: 'Ruthless' fashion needs urgent change - The Day 

Arctic drilling: should oil and gas reserves remain untapped? | FT Energy Source - video 

Mental Health 

Gloom kills. Time to cheer up, formula proves - The Day 

We must re-learn how to rest, author claims - The Day

Health 

Obesity now greater global risk than hunger - The Day 

Warning bells as school absences skyrocket - The Day 

Equality 

Imagine every nation on Earth run by a woman - The Day 

Growing gulf between genders, academics warn - The Day 

Tears of a sports genius hounded for his race - The Day

Science 

Lockdown aged teenagers’ brains, study finds - The Day 

Medical maggots and traffic-jam busting ants - The Day

Technology 

End ‘phone-based childhood’ now say experts - The Day  

Can we solve the plastic problem? - The Day - video 

The man with no phone, no email, no computer - The Day

Media 

USA moves to ban TikTok for security reasons - The Day 

Social media giants to label AI-made content - The Day

Sports 

‘It’s fine. This is fine. Everything is fine’ - The Day 

First woman completes world's hardest race - The Day

Financial 

Behold, Earth’s third richest country by 2027 - The Day 

World’s five richest men double their money - The Day 

Politics 

Hunt claims budget giveaway is ‘moral duty’ - The Day 

Children's ideas should be part of election - The Day

F2 Science

Resources to help with the F2 Health and Disease topic:

 

Britannica

https://school.eb.co.uk/levels/intermediate/article/smoking/277100 - smoking

https://school.eb.co.uk/levels/intermediate/article/drug-abuse/398709 - drugs

(If you are not on the school network, you will need to log in from the subscription databases page and then come back here to gain access)

 

BBC Bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zb62jsg - smoking

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvrrd2p/articles/z3tb3j6#z9yk96f3 – effects of smoking (etc) on breathing

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztnnb9q/articles/zrs44xs - drugs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zpn9q6f/revision/1 - drugs - but start with the one above

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