We have some thought-provoking five minute curriculum led films that are suitable for Primary Schools ( KS – KS2) to introduce the concepts of genes, inheritance and genetic conditions to younger children and spark discussions in the classroom.
Please select the videos from the dropdown below.
KS1 and KS2 - What 'genes' means
Animation: What ‘Genes’ Means
Suitable for: KS1 & KS2
This fun and easy to understand animation explains the influence that genes have on our everyday lives, from the colour of your eyes to the way your body works, grows and develops.
KS1 and KS2 - My Genome Sequence
Animation: My Genome Sequence
Suitable for: KS1 & KS2
This short animation, aimed at young people, explains what genome sequencing is and what happens when patients have their genome sequenced.
This film was developed by researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital with funding from the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.
Introduction to DNA
Introduction to DNA
With all the billions of people in the world it is amazing to think that we are all different. When we are born, each of us grows according to a unique set of instructions that are inside every cell in our body. All living things are made of cells – they’re like small packets of life.
Inside each cell is a nucleus where the instructions are stored. This instruction manual is called DNA and contains all the information needed to make you, you. DNA provides the instructions to make proteins? which are the building blocks of life and carry out lots of different functions to make us work!
Script developed by Maria A Duque-Correa, Susanna Repo and the students of Great and Little Shelford Primary school.
Animation by Bob Banks (Bob Banks animation studio)
This resource is made available from yourgenome.org managed by Science for Everyone. It has been adapted for this website under Creative Commons license CC BY 4.0