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Osmosis
In this biology worksheet, students determine how many solvent and solute molecules there are in the red blood cell and the IV fluid. Then they determine whether the IV fluid is hypertonic, hypotonic, or isotonic to the red blood cell.
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How do Hypotonic, Hypertonic, and Isotonic Solutions Affect the Water Movement of a Cell?
After removing the shell from a raw egg, cell biologists soak the egg in either a hypotonic, hypertonic, or isotonic corn syrup solution. They calculate the percent change in mass and compare it to the strength of the solution in a...
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Potato Lab
In this osmosis worksheet, students put a strip of potato in three different solutions and document the changes in the potato to determine is the solutions were hypotonic, hypertonic, or isotonic. This worksheet has 6 short answer...
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Keeping a Balance
In this cell fluid balance worksheet, students read about how fluids are transported in and out of a cell through the cellular membrane. Students compare cells that are isotonic, hypertonic, and hypotonic. This worksheet has 3 matching...
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Cell Transport & Reproduction
Learners are able to define the following terms: Osmosis, Isotonic Solution, Hypotonic Solution, Hypertonic Solution and Passive Transport. They read and complete a Mitosis worksheet, and play a Cell COmputer Game.
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Blood Tonic
Students investigate the process of osmosis using fresh potato cuttings in saline solution. In this biology lesson, students explain the difference between hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic solutions. They collect data from the...
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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...
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Structure and Function of Cell Membranes
Lead your high school class on an exploration inside the cell. Individuals investigate the relationships between cells structure and function given their relative locations on the cell membrane. They explore the concept of homeostasis...
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Investigating Osmosis
A thorough investigation of cell transport is provided when completing the assignment. The first half requires biology class members to answer questions about diffusion and osmosis with the aid of diagrams. Then they fashion an...
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Cell Membrane & Transport
Young scientists demonstrate their understanding of cell transport on this comprehensive worksheet. Focusing on cellular structure and the different processes that allow materials to move into, out of, and throughout animal cells, this...
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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...
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Osmosis and Dialysis
How do you engage pupils in a discussion about osmosis without leaving them overwhelmed? By providing them with the tools to perform an exciting experiment, and they will see osmosis in action! Young chemists and biologists use a potato...
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Do Salt Water Fish Drink?
Students conduct an experiment with potato cores and a sucrose solution to investigate how salt water fish process water. They develop a lab report of their experiment.
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Homeostasis and the Plasma Membrane
In this homeostasis and plasma membrane worksheet, 9th graders identify and solve 11 different vocabulary terms and definitions. They review the definitions of the words listed and then use the clues to complete the puzzle shown....
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Regulating the Internal Environment
This presentation begins with the many problems multicellular organisms which rely on diffusion encounter. There are many diagrams of mammalian organ structures, and they are labelled with their relevant functions. This an excellent...
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Kidney Structure and Function: removing intracellular waste
Your class will learn all about the function of the kidney and how it operates in animals from different habitats. The methods of absorption, filtering and excretion are detailed and pupils will learn of the different disposal methods...
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Membranes
Biology pupils take the cell membrane apart piece-by-piece as they complete this worksheet. They describe the structure of the cell membrane and explain the processes that transport materials across it. This phenomenal resource even has...
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Tissues
Complete with teachers' notes for most of the slides, this is a tremendous presentation of the four types of tissues: epithelial, connective, nerve, and muscle. Each is displayed with pertinent vocabulary and photos of microscope slides...
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Introduction to Osmosis
A chicken egg is a very large cell—perfect for investigating osmosis! Scholars conduct an experiment with vinegar and eggs that helps them understand the process of osmosis. They follow the activity with an in-depth look at osmosis in...
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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...
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Osmosis and the Cell Membrane-part 2
Young scholars participate in a review of diffusion and the basic properties of the cell membrane before exploring the process of osmosis in a lab activity. Using shell-less eggs that have soaked in various solutions, students make...
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Osmosis and Diffusion: Egg Lab
Students examine why diffusion and osmosis happen in an egg cell. In this diffusion lesson students demonstrate a semi permeable membrane.
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AP Biology Lab Review
A seventy-two slide PowerPoint that reviews several lab explorations done in an AP Biology course. For each lab there is a description, concepts, and conclusions. Many pictures and graphics make this visually appealing, but it would not...
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Vocab Chapter Seven: Transport
A note-taking resource for the topic of transport between cells. If formatting is important to you, there are some slight changes you'll need to make to this Word document to make it consistent.