Public Resources

Science in the Kitchen

Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics

Useful links

New for National Science and Engineering Week 2009: "How unique are you?"

General information on DNA

Science and medicine

Teaching materials

Try it yourself:

How unique are you?

DNA extractions

Gel electrophoresis

Growing crystals

Making plastic

Making paint

Smarties chromatography

Karyotyping

Bioinformatics

Origami gene

DNA modelling

Science fair projects

Podcasts and videos

General information on DNA

http://www.abpischools.org.uk/resources/poster-series/genome/genome.pdf

http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/society/engagement/schools/resources/dna_garden/poster.pdf

http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~ajm226/mp/dna.jpg?PHPSESSID=ad561a7951bfbd66a5004e04d49c54f1

http://www.exploredna.co.uk/home.htm

Genetics

From New Scientist

Instant expert: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/genetics/dn9964

FAQs: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/genetics/dn9965-faq-genetics.html

Genetic Science Learning Centre: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

Science and medicine

From the Science Museum: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/subjects/medicine_and_biology.aspx

Oxford Science Walk:

    Buy the book http://www.huxleyscientific.com/
    Online http://www.huxleyscientific.com/
    MP3 http://www.footnotesaudiowalks.co.uk/oxford.htm

Careers information: http://www.futuremorph.org/

Teaching materials

Materials for discussions on obesity and allergies (by WTCHG)

Ethics: stem cell role play (from The ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society (Egenis)

BBSRC - recipe for life (for 9 - 14 year olds): http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/society/schools/secondary/discovering_dna/index.html

Wellcome Trust Big Picture: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Professional-resources/Education-resources/Big-Picture/All-resources/index.htm

The Great Plant Hunt (for primary schools): http://www.greatplanthunt.org/

Survival Rivals (for secondary schools): http://www.survivalrivals.org/

Teachers TV: http://www.teachers.tv/

Science Museum - classroom and homework resources: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/educatorsresources

Darwin's Birthday Newsletter: http://www.life.org.uk/downloads/darwin_newsletter.pdf

Try it yourself!

How unique are you?

'How unique are you?' ran as part of our "Science in the Kitchen" event for National Science and Engineering Week 2008. We collected data from visitors on inherited traits, such as whether or not they could roll their tongues. The data was entered anonymously into a database to find out how unique their genes were. Click here to see the results ...

More on the ability (or not) to smell freesias: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=229250

More on earlobes: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=128900

More on tongue rolling: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=189300

More on cleft chins: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=119000

More on hitchhikers thumb: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=274200

DNA extractions from fruit and veg

Recipe sheet for DNA extractions in the kitchen - by Centre members.

Make a DNA cocktail: http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/DNA50/cocktail.html

Gel electrophoresis

Recipe sheet for gel electrophoresis in the kitchen - by Centre members.

Growing crystals

Recipe sheet for growing crystals in the kitchen - by Centre members.

Information for teachers/demonstrators.

Making plastic

Recipe sheet for making plastic in the kitchen - by students from the University of Oxford Department of Chemistry.

Making paint

Recipe sheet for making paint in the kitchen - by the Oxford University Museums

Smarties chromatography

Recipe sheet for chromatography in the kitchen, using Smarties - by students from the University of Oxford.

Karyotyping

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/karyotype/

http://biologycorner.com/worksheets/karyotype/chromosomestudy-teacher.html

Bioinformatics

http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/static.do?p=education_discussion/molecule_of_the_month/pdb28_2.html

Bioinformatics tools to understand human disease - by Centre members.

Origami Gene

Template and instructions for making a coloured section of DNA origami.

Template and instructions for making a colour-your-own section of DNA origami.

By Alex Bateman of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

DNA modelling

DNA modelling recipe - by Centre members.

DNA base modelling recipe sheet - by Centre members.

http://tandem.bu.edu/knex/knex.pdf

Science Fair projects

http://www.instructables.com/id/Science_Fair_Projects/

Resources for parents and teachers

http://www.planet-science.com/sciteach/index.html?page=/experiment/index.html

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/

http://www.thinktank.ac/education/experiments.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/3353064/Dr-Roger%27s-Home-Experiments.html

http://www.the-ba.net/the-ba/Events/NSEW/GetInvolved/NSEWResources/ChallengePacks/Domesticscience.htm

http://www.chaosscience.org.uk/pub/public_html//index.php?topic=AtHome

http://www.yummyscience.co.uk/

http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/

http://www.creativekidsathome.com/kids_science.html

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/projects.html

http://www.billnye.com/

http://www.fatlion.com/science/airpressure.html

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/inchsquare/index.html

http://amasci.com/amateur/antibub/antibub1.html

http://www.madscience.org/locations/east/TRYTHISATHOME.aspx?sm=10139

http://www.funology.com/laboratory/lab_biology.htm

Games

Games devised by WTCHG members:

Biology Articulate

This game, aimed at science students, involves describing words on cards, on the topics of:
Life processes and cells
Living things in their environment
Humans as organisms
Variation and inheritance
Green plants as organisms
(Follow links to download playing cards)

Other games:

http://nature.ca/genome/04/041/041_e.cfm

http://library.thinkquest.org/20465/games.html

http://www.genetics.gsk.com/kids/heredity01.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf

http://www.routesgame.com/home/

Podcasts and videos

http://whyscience.co.uk/ - A project examining why science is important

http://www.youthhealthtalk.org/

http://www.sciencesnaps.co.uk/

http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/podcast/

http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=4110

http://www.misterscience.blogspot.com/

http://www.diffusionradio.com/

http://bds.podbean.com/

http://www.scienceinschool.org/2006/issue3/web/

http://www.krampf.com/experiment_vid.html

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/top-10-amazin-1.html

http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/media.html

http://www.youtube.com/wellcometrust - Wellcome Trust YouTube channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDX07yVaN4M&feature=related - Physics at the University of Cambridge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFoC-uxRqCg - A song about nano-technology

http://www.darwin.rcuk.ac.uk/203/all/1/Topics__Questions.aspx?topicID=29 - Several Short Films on Evolution

http://vega.org.uk/ - The Vega Science Trust

http://www.futuremorph.org/teachers/introduction_to_resources/science_teaching_resources.cfm - Careers in Science

http://www.youtube.com/sciencemadefun

http://www.sciencemadefun.org.uk/

http://www.routesgame.com/home/

http://www.wellcometreeoflife.org/ - Explore life on Earth

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=159DFEC0466DCB50&search_query=famelab - Famelab Entries 2009

www.eurostemcell.org/films - Stem Cell Research