Do cells breathe? An installment in the Fuse School series of videos describes how cells take in the nutrients they need and release the waste they don't need. It highlights the process of diffusion and osmosis.

Concepts

diffusion, osmosis, cell transport

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Before class, make popcorn and relate the smell to diffusion
• Connect the idea of equilibrium to balancing equations in algebra or chemistry

Classroom Considerations

• Music level makes it difficult to hear parts of the speech, so slow it down or used closed captioning to help

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Requires very little class time
• Works well in traditional or flipped classes

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4