Peterborough Pick n Mix: DNA Extraction and Creating Medicine

Peterborough Pick and Mix is delivered to you by ARU Peterborough. Our team of lecturers will share their knowledge and expertise in a range of 30-minute workshops offering an insight into everyday topics.

This session will explore the hidden code within everyday fruit through the extraction of DNA and why the consistency of cough medicine makes a difference to how effective it is.

Unzipping the living data in fruit

Get to know the secrets of life in our DNA workshop! Extract real DNA from fruits using simple household items, and marvel at the hidden code within. Perfect for curious minds, this hands-on experience helps you understand the wonders of biological data, and how this is present in every living thing. This session is suitable for aged 10+.

Cough syrup: what is the right consistency?

Explore the runniness of a liquid, also known as viscosity, and learn why this matters when creating medicine. Get hands on mixing the materials often used in cough syrups and observe the changes that occur with different quantities. Can you produce the correct viscosity for your cough syrup to be effectively taken as a medicine? This session is suitable for aged 10+.