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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cell Membrane Questions
This study resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the MCAT. "Cell membrane" questions are provided on this resource.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Cell Membranes
Diagrams and animations help you understand the basics of cell membrane structure and function.
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.
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.
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.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: University of Colorado: Membrane Channels
Insert channels in a membrane and observe what happens. See how different types of channels allow particles to move through the membrane.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Diffusion Demonstration
An interactive demonstration where students make observations of the process of diffusion. Students draw and record observations, make predictions, and make comparisons between what they're observing and how a cell membrane works.
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.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Biology: Unit 3: Cell Structure
In this third unit of a Biology course, students learn about cells and cell structure. They compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and learn about the specialized structures in a cell and what their functions are. They will also learn...
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.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Transport Across Cell Membranes
This site has information on how facilitated diffusion of ions takes place through proteins, or assemblies of proteins, embedded in the plasma membrane. Includes a helpful diagram.
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...
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...
Bryn Mawr College
Serendip: Diffusion Across a Selectively Permeable Membrane
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Diffusion across a Selectively Permeable Membrane lab, along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF or Word formats. Main teaching points include...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Diffusion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes passive transport and diffusion.
Other
Biology Mad: Getting in and Out of Cells [Pdf]
This seven-page Biology course handout gives a detailed explanation, accompanied by many illustrations, of the various processes by which substances travel across the membranes of cells.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: What Is Facilitated Diffusion?
Explains the process of facilitated diffusion which allows selective movement of materials across the cellular membrane.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Facilitated Diffusion: Lesson 3
This lesson explains the process of facilitated diffusion, explaining that it is a passive form of transport which uses protein channels to move larger molecules down their concentration gradient. It is 3 of 9 in the series titled...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Facilitated Diffusion: Lesson 4
This lesson explains the process of facilitated diffusion, explaining that it is a passive form of transport which uses protein channels to move larger molecules down their concentration gradient. It is 4 of 9 in the series titled...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Facilitated Diffusion: Lesson 5
This lesson explains the process of facilitated diffusion, explaining that it is a passive form of transport which uses protein channels to move larger molecules down their concentration gradient. It is 5 of 9 in the series titled...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Facilitated Diffusion: Lesson 1
This lesson explains the process of facilitated diffusion, explaining that it is a passive form of transport which uses protein channels to move larger molecules down their concentration gradient. It is 1 of 9 in the series titled...