Young Scientists

Thirty Year 6's were lucky enough to be chosen to visit UCLAN to take part in a workshop about DNA and inheritance.  We had a brilliant morning.....

Dressing like scientists was the first order of the day!

Then we moved on to the serious stuff - spitting into a cup!  (Totally gross!!)

From this, using a range of scientific processes, everybody extracted their DNA (the stuff that makes them 'them') and put it into a necklace.

After taking a cheek swab, we were able to see what our cells actually look like.

The whole morning received a thumbs up from the Thames scientists.

Random facts to finish...

did you know your DNA is 99.5% similar to any other human's DNA,

approximately 96% similar to a chimpanzee,

approximately 84% similar to a dog

and 

approximately 50% similar to a BANANA!!!