Curated OER
Diffusion an Osmosis
For this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the clues that relate to diffusion and osmosis. Students then complete the 20 question crossword using the given clues.
Curated OER
Does the Chicken have Anthrax (Explain I)
Students explain how each of the components of innate immunity function in the protection of the body. Following an investigation, they articulate how innate immunity functions.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Cell Membrane: Just Passing Through
This interactive feature describes some of the most important structures and functions of the cell membrane.
OpenStax
Open Stax: The Cell Membrane
Learn here about the structure and function of the cell membrane.
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Cell Membrane Tutorial
Great overview of cell membranes. The site presents the information as a tutorial with multiple choice questions to guide the learner. Very well designed site on cell membranes.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Transport Across a Cell Membrane Questions
This is an eleven-question quiz pertaining to transport across a cell membrane.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Passive Transport & Active Transport Across Cell Membrane Article
The cell membrane is one of the great multi-taskers of biology. It provides structure for the cell, protects cytosolic contents from the environment, and allows cells to act as specialized units. Learn how the membrane functions to...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: The Structure and Functions of the Cell Membrane
This resource describes the structure and functions of the cell membrane.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Cell Membranes
Diagrams and animations help you understand the basics of cell membrane structure and function.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Active Transport
Learn about gradients of molecules that exist across cell membranes, how they can help or hinder transport, and how active transport mechanisms allow molecules to move against their gradients.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Diffusion, Osmosis, and Active Transport
Have you ever wondered how important gases enter and leave cells? Take an up close tour of a pore in a cell membrane. Then explore diffusion, osmosis, and active transport through this collection of interactive models.
Other
Johnson County Community College: Cell Membrane and Transport Mechanisms
Brief overview of the transport mechanisms involved in cell transport.
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...
University of Hamburg
University of Hamburg: Membranes: Diffusion, Permeability, Osmosis, Turgor, Active and Passive Transport and Transport
This cellular biology page presents extensive detail on the chemical nature of the cell membrane. Using the Chime plug-in, students can manipulate and study models of the membrane.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: Cell Transport
Resource provides an explanation of Cell Transport. Includes many practical examples, as well as pictures. Sections include Water and Solute Movement, The Cell Membrane. Cells and Diffusion, Active and Passive Transport, Carrier-assisted...
Macmillan Education
W.h. Freeman Publishing: Active Transport
Moving materials across the cell membrane sometimes requires energy, called active transport. This tutorial covers both primary and secondary active transport with good clear animations.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: Transport in and Out of Cells
Detailed explanation, supported with numerous images, of how cells move materials across cell membranes. Terminology is linked to a biology glossary.
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...
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.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: Transport in and Out of Cells
This resource is an article about the cell membrane, and its role in water and solute movement in and out of the cell.
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Cell Biology: Passive and Active Transporters
Explanation of cell membranes and the way selective materials may move through them.
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Cell Transport
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cells are found in all different types of environments, and these environments are constantly changing. For example, one-celled organisms, like bacteria, can be...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Peripheral and Integral Membrane Proteins
Discusses the structure of a cell membrane, the role of membrane proteins, and the differences between integral membrane proteins and peripheral membrane proteins as regards to their functions, location, and relationship with the...