Posts tagged SSE2012
Mini motors
Nanoscale biological motors
Here’s some video footage of our stand at the exhibition taken by Rob Cross.
We designed the scale poster on our stand ourselves so is not commercially available. If you would like a high resolution file to print out yourself do get in touch by following this link.
Where we got our DNA models from...
Lots of people wanted to know where we got our DNA models from so here’s the link!
Future experimental scientist at the Mini Motors stand - curious minds and a hands on approach!
This post is by Annabel Slater, one of our digital volunteers, who spoke to Katherine Dunn about the Nano-scale transport exhibit.
Here’s a video of Katherine explaining the DNA motor on the Mini Motors stand.
The view from inside the stand.
The demonstration of what it feels like to swim when you’re as small as a bacteria is proving popular with young & old alike!
Team kinesin swings into action!
Explaining how our man-made mini motor works.
New team members are doing a great job!
A little cartoon of kinesin wandering down a microtubule track.
Our model on the BBC website!
They borrowed it for the intro to the genetic maps stand.
Resources for Teachers
Here are some activities and materials for teachers to adapt and use in their classes. They cover scientific ideas which are demonstrated by the Mini Motors stand at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2012. We hope to inspire students by showing them Physics and Biology in action, and the link between the two.
There are two packages of resources. One is primarily intended for use at GCSE level and one for A-level, but content from either package could be adapted for use at either level or for use with students following different programmes of study.
Recreating the Watson & Crick eureka moment with models of DNA!
