Content Videos (Lectures and animations to supplement lessons):

• Overview of the cell membrane
• Transport across the cell membrane
• Osmosis and Tonicity
• How diffusion works (animation)
• How facilitated diffusion works (animation)
• How Osmosis works

Interactives (Online activities for student interaction with content):

• Construction of the Cell Membrane (students study the structure of the cell membrane by constructing it using the correct molecules)
• How the cell membrane organizes cellular activity (students read about how the cell membrane works)
• Cellular Transport Interactive animation (students click to review passive and active transport concepts)
• Passive Transport (students examine processes that do not use ATP, including hydrostatic pressure and facilitated diffusion with carrier proteins)
• Osmosis (students examine water molecules moving through a semipermeable membrane)
• Active Transport (students observe how ATP energy is used to move substances from low to high concentrations and when large objects are moved in/out of cells)
• Transport Across The Cell Membrane (students read about vesicle transport)
• Online Virtual Tonicity Lab (students explore hypotonic, isotonic and hypertonic solutions and their affect on cells)
• Online Osmosis and Diffusion Lab (students study some of the basic principles of molecular movement in solution and perform a series of activities to investigate these processes)
• Diffusion, Osmosis and Active Transport Models (students participate in this activity demonstrates diffusion, osmosis, and active transport through 12 interactive models)

Games (Online games for students to apply & test their content knowledge):

• Cell Defense: The Plasma Membrane (The only barrier between the cell and the dangers of the outside world is the plasma membrane.  Students defend their cell by building a functional plasma membrane and trying to thwart the evil plans of Dr. Vial to destroy all life on earth!  Students learn how the membrane works and its parts, including phospholipids, cholesterol, proteins, carbohydrates and cell transport!)
• Label the Cell Membrane (students can compete against each other in this timed game to label the components of the cell membrane)
• Label Transport Molecules in the Cell Membrane (students can compete against each other in this timed game to label the transport components of the cell membrane)
• Cell Transport (in these two learning games, students have a fun way to learn how cells transport molecules; need to think and type fast!)