Curated OER
Gases and Chemical Reactions
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students calculate the volume or pressure for different gases. Students determine the effect of different stimuli on the rate of a chemical reaction. This worksheet has 1 short answer, 10 fill in the...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Physics: Molecular Transport Phenomena
Learn about diffusion, osmosis, dialysis, and active transport in this college textbook. Section also includes how to calculate the rate of diffusion. Section includes problems and questions for the students to answer to ensure...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Kidney Filtering
In this activity, students filter different substances through a plastic window screen, different sized hardware cloth and poultry netting. Their model shows how the thickness of a filter in the kidney is imperative in deciding what will...
National Institutes of Health
Nat. Institutes of Health: Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Hemodialysis
This site describes hemodialysis and explains its functions and procedures.
Other
Story md.com: Chronic Kidney Disease
If your kidneys are damaged and can't filter blood easily, then you may suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD). Read about the treatments available.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Molecular Transport Phenomena: Diffusion, Osmosis, & Related Proc
By the end of this section, you will be able to define diffusion, osmosis, dialysis, and active transport and to calculate diffusion rates.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Excretory System Diseases
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Kidney stones. Imagine having that travel through your excretory system. Kidney stones can be more than a few millimeters in diameter. Painful? Sometimes extremely...
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Kidney Transplant
A description of kidney transplants are provided in this encyclopedia article. Risk factors and expectations after surgery are discussed. Diagrams of the kidney are also provided.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Just Passing Through
This lesson helps students explore the functions of the kidney and its place in the urinary system. Students learn how engineers design instruments to help people when kidneys are not functioning properly or when environmental conditions...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Excretory System Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The urinary system controls the amount of water in the body and removes wastes. Any problem with the urinary system can also affect many other body systems. Learn...
Upper Canada District School Board
Tom Stretton's Advanced Placement Chemistry: Colligative Properties of Solutions
This chemistry e-textbook provides students with AP-level reading and practice material on colligative properties of solutions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.39 Excretory System Diseases
Take a look at some disorders of the human Excretory system.
Bio Topics
Bio Topics: Osmosis in Operation in Animal Cells
Want to learn more about osmosis in the animal cell? This website includes a variety of resources for you to investigate active transport, osmoregulation, and dialysis. Resources includes reference information, diagrams, and lab experiment.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Excretory System Diseases
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers some common kidney diseases and dialysis.
Other
National Kidney Foundation: Hemodialysis
When is dialysis needed? How does the dialyzer clean the blood? Can dialysis patients continue to work? Can dialysis patients travel? These questions and more are answered in this thorough site.