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Explore the amazing adaptations all around us in the natural world! Many of these are the result of creatures having specific instructions in their genetic code allowing them to live how they do.

Genomics and Genes Pack

What is genomics? Explore this world-changing area of research and how the DNA code found in all living things impacts on our world.

DNA Discovery Pack

What is DNA and what does it do? Discover more about this marvellous molecule and how it has an impact on the world around us.

Whose Poo?

Some animals can be hard to find even when they are living right under our noses! However, the things they leave behind can often provide useful clues for understanding what creatures are living in a particular habitat.

Creature Report

Share your research like a scientist would. Research your favourite animal or plant and create a poster to communicate your findings.

Classify!

What makes a bird a bird or a mammal a mammal? Grouping creatures together can show what links different creatures together.

Sequencing at Speed

This 3D animation gives a simple overview of next generation DNA sequencing, known as massively parallel sequencing.

What does DNA do?

This animation explains what DNA does in our bodies and how it makes us the unique individuals we are.

Microbe Maker

Discover how DNA can provide clues to how microbes work and whether they are ‘good’ or ‘bad’.

Marvellous Microbes Pack

Genome Generation Express

What are microbes and what do they do? Discover more about the marvellous microbe world and how it has an impact on how we live our lives.

Explore current and potential ethical issues in genetics and genomics with this discussion-based activity.

Recreate A Face

Discover how DNA can provide clues to recreate the faces of people from the past.

Code Crackers

Discover how DNA sequences code for proteins, giving animals different adaptations for survival.

Mindfulness Colouring

Extracting DNA from Fruit

This mindfulness activity helps you explore your creativity whilst creating a calm atmosphere.

All living things have DNA. This hands-on activity will enable you to extract DNA from fruit, such as strawberries, using everyday household items.

Investigate!

Life in the Lab: working in a malaria genome modification pipeline

What makes us similar and what makes us different? Carry out your own genetic variation investigation using a selection of household items.

Life in the Lab: working in a DNA sequencing pipeline

This film shows how computer software is used to create DNA sequences that can modify the DNA of malaria parasites.

Life in the Lab: working in a malaria lab

This film shows all of the processes involved in sequencing a DNA sample; from receiving a sample DNA to releasing the assembled DNA sequence data.

Life in the Lab: working with human gut microbiota

This film shows how scientists work with malaria parasites in the lab; culturing parasites and preparing them so they can be seen using a microscope.

This film shows how lab scientists work safely with human gut bacteria; culturing them on agar plates and extracting DNA for genome sequencing.

DNA sequencing

This 3D animation shows the basic steps in the method of DNA sequencing that was used during the Human Genome Project.

You vs. Machine

Are you faster than a machine? Compete against the computer to sequence DNA from a capillary sequencing machine.

Function Finders: BLAST!

Decode DNA sequences and discover the proteins they code for using online scientific databases.

From DNA to protein

This 3D animation shows how proteins are made in the cell from the information in the DNA code.

Origami DNA

This hands-on activity allows you to create your own paper model of a DNA double helix.

Cell Snap

This computer game allows you to explore the key features of a human cell. The aim of the game is to match pairs of components from within a human cell.

Malaria Challenge

In Malaria Challenge you can explore the different stages of malaria and how scientists are trying to find new ways of preventing and treating this deadly tropical disease.

Saving the Devil