Take on the role of a genome researcher and look at real cancer DNA datasets, taken from cancer patients, to find areas of mutation in the BRAF gene. 

Explore the features of two closely related subspecies of the bacteria, Salmonella. Find out how the differences in their genomes results in their ability to cause two very different diseases. 

Explore antibiotic resistance by taking a closer look at the genomes of two strains of the bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus.

What is the best way to eradicate malaria? In this activity you will explore how the different stages of the malaria life cycle can be targeted by different treatments and prevention strategies. 

If you were given £20 million to eradicate malaria, how would you spend it? In this activity you get to find out.

Take on the role of a programme manager for a community at high risk of malaria and, using the information provided, work out the best strategy for eliminating the disease from the area. 

In this activity you can make a bracelet of DNA sequence from organisms including a human, chimpanzee, butterfly, carnivorous plant or flesh-eating bacteria.

Discover how microbes, such as bacteria and viruses, can be spread from person to person.

Play detective and uncover how microbes spread around the surfaces you touch if you don’t wash your hands properly!

Debate current and potential issues in genetics and genomics with this card-based discussion activity.

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

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

Discover how DNA sequences code for proteins with different roles and functions. 

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

Discover more about the basic shape and structure of different bacteria through this balloon modelling activity. 

Make your own edible DNA double helix out of sweets!

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

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

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

Through this fun activity you can learn more about the spread of microbes and their potential to infect people. 

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.

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

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

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

Discover some of the most fundamental differences between living things and ask the question: what really counts for complexity?

Discover how genetics underpins adaptations that let creatures survive and thrive!

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.

Explore how genomics and DNA can be used to uncover more about the microbial world than ever before. Discover how genetic information about microbes can be used to progress biomedicine and biotechnology!

Follow the DNA clues to discover what genes an unknown bacterial sample contains!

Use a micro:bit to explore how creative coding and sensors can help scientists solve tricky problems in the lab!