Serendip
Cell Vocabulary Review Game
Can science scholars describe a nucleus without mentioning DNA, or a chloroplast without mentioning the color green? Test their organelle understanding through an exciting card game. Groups take turns guessing the correct organelle or...
CK-12 Foundation
Passive Transport
Some molecules move through a membrane with diffusion while others require protein channels. The video and interactive discuss both types of passive transport. Challenge questions allow scholars to demonstrate their understanding.
Teach Engineering
Active and Passive Transport: Red Rover Send Particles Over
I can move about freely, but you cannot. The class models the movement through cell membranes by way of passive and active transport. Members of the class play the roles of various proteins, atoms, compounds, and cell actions and mimic...
Curated OER
AP: Chapter 8: Membranes
AP biology buffs dismantle the mystery of the cell membrane by explaining its structure and function. They decipher membrane fluidity, define the roles of membrane proteins, and analyze a diagram of a selectively permeable membrane...
Coastal Carolina University
Osmosis and Diffusion Lab: Honey I Blew Up the Bear
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...
Curated OER
Cell 5 Diffusion and Osmosis
Students distinguish between active and passive transport. Students identify key words associated with active and passive transport. They draw and explain the structure f the cellular membrane. They are able to define phospholipid...
Curated OER
Diffusion
In this diffusion worksheet, students review the terms associated with diffusion and osmosis plus answer questions based on a passive transport lab they completed. This worksheet has 8 short answer questions.
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Diffusion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Tutorial defines passive transport, semipermeable, and diffusion. Students will learn the significance of a concentration gradient and be able to list the three main...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Facilitated Diffusion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this activity students will learn about facilitated diffusion and the role of transport proteins, channel proteins, and carrier proteins.
OpenStax
Open Stax: The Cell Membrane
Learn here about the structure and function of the cell membrane.
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...
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.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain College: Active and Passive Transport
Choose the chapter called "Active and Passive Transport" from the table of contents for explanations, comparisons, and examples of active and passive transport. This includes an illustrative diagram.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Cell Transport and Homeostasis
Students will be able to identify two ways that molecules and ions cross the plasma membrane.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Passive Transport: Lesson 2
This lesson introduces the process of passive transport, explaining that it is a form of transport that does not require energy, and moves molecules down their concentration gradient. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Passive Transport."
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Passive Transport Taking the Easy Road
This quick reference page explains the different types of passive transport in cells.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Diffusion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes passive transport and diffusion.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Passive Transport
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The cell membrane is semi-permeable. Sometimes molecules need the help of special transport proteins or an input of energy to help them move across it. When an input...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: The Structure and Functions of the Cell Membrane
This resource describes the structure and functions of the cell membrane.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Carrier Proteins vs. Channel Proteins
Carrier proteins and channel proteins are both involved in cell transport across the plasma membrane. Their functions, similarities, and differences are described in this resource. Includes examples for active, facilitated, and passive...
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Cell Transport and Homeostasis Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for a unit on cell transport and homeostasis.
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...