Explore Your Genome

A little while ago my Physics Friend sent me a link to the Open University website where you can get some free magnets. They're the set of the 46 pairs of chromosomes we have in our DNA. And they are so awesome. I was worried they would take ages to come because it said they'd arrive within 28 days, luckily I only had to wait about three :).
This is what I got:

As well as the magnets, which aren't in that photo. But i'd already pulled them apart and stuck them on my fridge :) so it was too late to photograph.

It was so confusing when they came! It was just a sheet of chromosomes and I had no idea what to do with them, but looking through the rest of the stuff I was sent, I found a sheet that had all the chromosomes numbered and in order. So I spent half an hour pairing them up. Then I stuck them on my fridge:

Voilà. Yes, I know it looks good. That is one hot fridge. But seriously, I cleaned my fridge for you, so you better be grateful!

Also, I got this sniffing experiment card, which I did on line. It wasn't measuring your sense of smell as much as I thought it would be. There were maths questions and memory tests and I was a bit confused. There was also an attractiveness test, were you were shown faces and you had to rate them on their attractiveness. Most, in fact all, were about twice my age so that wasn't much fun...

So if you would like a free set of genome magnets, click here. I can guarantee at least an hour and a half of fun :).