How can blood stains be made to fluoresce under ultraviolet light, and what can they tell us about a crime scene?
Subjects: Biology
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What is a DNA Fingerprint?
How is a DNA fingerprint created and what does it show? The forensics experts at Trent University help us unravel the science of DNA analysis.
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Darwin’s Natural Selection
Natural selection is the process by which favorable heritable traits become more common in successive generations of a population, and unfavorable heritable traits become less common. We run a little demonstration to see how natural selection plays out o
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Lifting Fingerprints With Superglue
Forensic investigators have a secret weapon in their quest for fingerprints – cyanoacrylate, commonly referred to as ‘superglue’!
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Walk Like a Dinosaur
Did dinosaurs walk around with their big tails dragging on the ground, or did they serve a more functional purpose? Explore how the dinosaur’s tail kept T. Rex on its toes
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Body Heat
Our body creates heat through the chemical reactions required to move muscles. With the help of some candy, we can illustrate just how much heat is available when we break apart sugar molecules!
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Making Silk and Nylon
Silk has been a valuable fibre for over 5000 years. Nylon was developed as the modern synthetic substitute. It’s remarkably easy to create fibres of both!
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Simple DNA Extraction
Using simple materials and tools, extract visible strands of DNA from fruit cells.
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Dissecting an Owl Pellet
Explore the ingredients of an owl’s last meal by exploring its regurgitated stomach contents. Yuck! But amazing, too!
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Balancing Bodies and the Centre of Gravity
Put your balance to the test to see if there are differences in centre of gravity between men and women.