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Curated OER

Diffusion and Osmosis Challenge

For Students 9th - 12th
Challenge your biology class to analyze an experimental setup, in which a selectively permeable membrane separates two distinct solutions. They consider the concentration of the contents and answer ten questions pertaining to the...
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Lesson Plan
Nuffield Foundation

Effect of Size on Uptake by Diffusion

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Cell size is limited by the surface area to volume ratio, but why is this true? Scholars measure the surface area and volume of cubes before placing them into liquid. After a set amount of time, they measure the uptake by diffusion for...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Diffusion of a Drop

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Trying to learn through diffusion rather than simply studying the material rarely works for scholars. This simulation helps make learning diffusion fun. Pupils add a drop of dye to water and observe the diffusion as the molecules bounce...
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World History Digital Education Foundation, Inc.

COVID-19: Geographic Diffusion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
An intriguing instructional activity provides information to help academics understand the role of geography in the diffusion of the COVID-19 illness. Academics interpret charts and make predictions for the future. The timely resource...
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Virginia Department of Education

Osmosis, Diffusion, and Active Transport

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
No, it really is okay to play with your food! Emerging scientists manipulate popcorn, eggs, and other household objects as they demonstrate multiple cellular processes. The activity, capable of modifications, is designed to reflect the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Diffusion across a Selectively Permeable Membrane

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
Lab groups fill a section of dialysis tubing with glucose and starch solutions and suspend it in a water bath. They use iodine as a starch indicator and a glucose test strip to find out if either of the materials crossed the selectively...
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LABScI

Cell Diffusion and Permeability: The See-Thru Egg Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Create a model to study a microscopic phenomenon. The seventh of 12 lessons uses an egg (without its shell) to represent a cell membrane. Using different solutions, learners explore the concept of cell diffusion. They monitor...
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Curated OER

Diffusion through Membranes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify diffusion and its processes through experimentation and calculations. They also use a CBL and conductivity probe to measure the conductivity of various solutions and study the effect of concentration gradients on the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cell Size and Shape; Diffusion and Osmosis Processes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Use salmon eggs as a cell model for demonstrating the movement of water over concentration gradients. Junior scientists examine the same process microscopically with an onion cell. They use a thistle tube and a semipermeable membrane to...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

DIffusion and Molecular Mass

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Does molecular mass affect the rate of diffusion? The simulation allows scholars to experiment with diffusion while varying the molecular mass and temperature. The timer automatically stops when a certain point is reached, making it easy...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Diffusion and Temperature

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Diffusion rates change with differences in temperature. See it happen through a simulation that allows scholars to explore the rates of diffusion at five different temperatures. It also allows young scientists to trace the movement of a...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Diffusion Across Semipermeable Membranes

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Mitochondria use two semipermeable membranes to work properly. Young scientists adjust the pore size for two membranes. They then observe the diffusion of two different sizes of molecules.
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Lesson Plan
Coastal Carolina University

Osmosis and Diffusion Lab: Honey I Blew Up the Bear

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Beginning biologists explore passive transport through two demonstrations and a hands-on inquiry. Spray air freshener from one spot in the classroom and have class members raise their hands as the scent reaches them. Also, place a teabag...
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Curated OER

Diffusion Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners study diffusion and how it applies to the human body.  In this diffusion lesson plan students complete a lab activity and discuss what they learned. 
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Activity
Serendip

Diffusion and Cell Size and Shape

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Is your class ready to size up the topic of diffusion? Help them get cell shape savvy with a well-written handout. The resource covers how substances such as oxygen passively move through the cell membrane and how cell size and shape...
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Curated OER

Diffusion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and carry out an experiment according to the scientific method. The experiment must test the effects of time and concentration on the rate of diffusion of potassium permanganate into potato cubes. After performing the...
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Interactive
Fuse School

Quiz: Diffusion and Solubility Curves

For Students 9th - 12th
Quiz time! Part eight in a 14-part series about solids, liquids, and gases provides an opportunity to assess individual's learning. The interactive quiz covers the topics of solubility, solubility curves, and diffusion.
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PPT
Curated OER

The Cell Membrane

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Your students will love this PowerPoint! Great visuals will support understanding of membrane proteins, cell membranes, active transport, and diffusion. There are a lot of details on each page and all are relevant. The presentation could...
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PPT
Curated OER

Basic Cell Structure

For Teachers 7th
Initially, general details about cells and single cell organisms are provided. Next, the concentration becomes cellular processes such as respiration, osmosis, diffusion, fission and mitosis.  This is an attractive PowerPoint which gives...
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Curated OER

SA/V Ratio and Rate of Diffusion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate the SA/V ratio and volume of phenophthalien agar that are cut into different shapes. They then let ammonia diffuse into the various pieces of agar and determine the effect that SA/V had on the rate of diffusion.
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Curated OER

Graham's Law Of Diffusion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers demonstrate Graham's Law by observing a gaseous diffusion. After a lecture/demo, students perform an experiment then complete a write up activity which is imbedded in this plan to reinforce what they have observed during...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Diffusion Through a Membrane

For Students 9th - 12th
In this diffusion through a membrane activity, students fill in the blanks to complete 27 statements about cell membranes, the movement of molecules across the cell membrane, concentration gradients and diffusion.
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Curated OER

Diffusion

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate diffusion using different solutions of chemicals placed in agar dishes. In this diffusion lesson plan, students observe 3 demonstrations of diffusion using perfume, food coloring in water and sugar cubes in water....
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Curated OER

Osmosis and Diffusion: Egg Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine why diffusion and osmosis happen in an egg cell.  In this diffusion lesson students demonstrate a semi permeable membrane.

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