TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Cell Membrane Structure and Function
Students learn about the different structures that comprise cell membranes, fulfilling part of the Research and Revise stages of the legacy cycle. Students view online animations of cell membrane dynamics (links provided). Then they...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Cell Membrane Color Sheet and Build a Cell Membrane
Students color-code a schematic of a cell and its cell membrane structures. Then they complete the "Build-a-Membrane" activity found at http://learn.genetics.utah.edu. This reinforces their understanding of the structure and function of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Cell Membrane
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] All cells have a barrier around them that separates them from the environment and from other cells. This barrier is called the plasma membrane, or cell membrane....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cell Membrane: Lesson 3
This lesson will discuss the structure and function of the cell membrane. It is 3 of 6 in the series titled "Cell Membrane."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cell Membrane: Lesson 4
This lesson will discuss the structure and function of the cell membrane. It is 4 of 6 in the series titled "Cell Membrane."
Google
Google for Education: Cell Biology: Filter Design and Construction
Students participate in a simulation which shows the movement of molecules across a cell membrane so that they understand passive and active cell transport. Students also use computational thinking skills by developing systems based on...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Cell Biology: Absorption, Distribution, and Storage of Chemicals
Explanation of the different ways the chemicals or medicines may enter the body through cell membranes.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: A Typical Animal Cell
Colorful, interactive image of an animal cell provides solid definitions of cell parts as the learner scrolls over each portion of the image or parts list. A short quiz follows the initial image to assess the learner's knowledge of cell...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: A Tour of the Cell
Imagine having a microscopic camera so small that you could travel inside a cell. This interactive site allows you to do just that. Click on any one of eight individual parts of the cell--cell membrane, nucleus, DNA, RNA, ribosome,...
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Cells, Tissues, and Membranes
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about cell structure and function, different types of tissues, and various kinds of membranes in the body. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Cells
In this module, students discover how each cell is organized to complete the function of producing and transporting proteins, and how cells relate to homeostasis of the body.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Description of "Cell Membrane Surface Area Demos"
In this hands on site, you will find several simple, fun, cheap, and educational surface area demonstrations to use when studying cell membranes.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cell Membrane: Lesson 5
This lesson will discuss the structure and function of the cell membrane. It is 5 of 6 in the series titled "Cell Membrane."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cell Membrane: Lesson 6
This lesson will discuss the structure and function of the cell membrane. It is 6 of 6 in the series titled "Cell Membrane."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Cell Membrane: Just Passing Through
This interactive feature illustrates the movement of some materials that pass through the membrane of a cell, and it describes the structures that make it possible.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Active and Passive Transport: Red Rover Send Particles Over
Students compare and contrast passive and active transport by playing a game to model this phenomenon. Movement through cell membranes is also modeled, as well as the structure and movement typical of the fluid mosaic model of the cell...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Plasma Membrane and Cytoplasm
Article takes an in-depth look at the structure and function of the plasma membrane and cytoplasm of cells, the phospholipid bilayer, and microvilli.
BioMan Biology
Bio Man Biology: Cell Defense: The Plasma Membrane
Learn all about cell membranes in this game. Build a plasma membrane and learn about the membrane's functions. Identify the parts of a membrane, and learn how diffusion, transport, and osmosis work in cells. Includes a worksheet that can...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Biology: Cell Biology
College-level course highlighting the biology of cells of higher organisms. Course topics include cellular membranes and organelles; cell growth and oncogenic transformation; transport, receptors, and cell signaling; the cytoskeleton,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Membrane Proteins
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes proteins in the plasma membrane.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Membrane Proteins
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Activity explores proteins in the plasma membrane describing their structure and function. The Fluid Mosaic Model is also summarized.
Other
Teachers First: Cell Parts Activity
Teacher lesson plan on cell organelles description and function using advertising.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Virtual Cell Web Page
A teacher- and student-contributed website of 3-D models and explanations of cell structures.
Other
University of Delaware: Cell Ultrastructure
This resource is a cellular biology course site with clickable list that provides electron micrographs of various cell organelles and the like.