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Diaper-Wipe Diffusion

For Teachers K - 6th
Explore osmosis through art. Learners use paper towels and markers to create beautiful designs. Although a simple activity, the results are quite remarkable. Your class will love this lesson!
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Launch Biotechnology into Your Classroom: Drug Delivery and Diffusion

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students distinguish between diffusion and osmosis and describe ways that drugs can be administered.  In this diffusion instructional activity students research career paths and create a presentation to give to the class. 
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Sugar Solutions

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study biological systems and how they reach equilibrium.  In this system balance lesson students divide into groups and complete an osmosis lab activity.
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Osmosis and Diffusion: Egg Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Love in the Time of Cholera

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine causes and treatment options for cholera. In this biology instructional activity, students model the osmotic basis of cholera using  dialysis tubes. Students propose treatments for hypothetical patient.
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Osmosis

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore osmosis as they watch organisms divide.  In this organism lesson plan, 5th graders use potatoes to experiment with the effects of salty water in the body.  Students discuss what osmosis is and record what happens in...
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Cellular Superheroes

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders review cell information by making a comic book. In this cell lesson, 9th graders make the parts of cells into superheroes. They draw these superheroes on the computer and come up with a plot to make a comic book.
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Mystical Membrane

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate osmosis, diffusion and a semi-permeable membrane. In this cell membrane lesson plan, students observe the movement of molecules out of a bag filled with sugar and starch into a beaker of water. They test the...
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Osmosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate osmosis and diffusion in a liquid environment. For this osmosis lesson plan, students use dialysis tubing made into bags and filled with 3 different solutions. They observe the movement of water molecules into higher...
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The Effects of Osmotic Balance and Imbalance In Living Cells

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate osmotic balance in living cells. In this osmotic balance lesson plan, students use elodea leaves to study the effects of salt solutions on the cell. They compare the changes in an elodea leaf with salt water on it to...
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Dispersement of Particles: Diffusion and Osmosis

For Teachers K - 8th
Students explore the dispersement of particles. In this science lesson plan, students describe the many ways in which particles move and transfer from one source to other areas.
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Observing Osmosis

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate osmosis using egg cells with the shells removed. In this osmosis lesson plan, students remove the shell of an egg by letting it soak in vinegar for two days. They take measurements and observe the cell. They soak the...
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Cell Transport & Reproduction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Osmosis Investigation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate osmosis as they determine how carrot cells respond to two different environments. They conduct the experiment, record the data, and answer discussion questions.
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Osmosis and the Cell Membrane-part 2

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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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AP Biology Lab Review

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Blood Tonic

For Teachers 11th - 12th
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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Egging It

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover scientific processes by conducting an experiment in class. In this osmosis lesson, 6th graders utilize eggs, cooking ingredients, string and plastic cups to create an experiment in which they watch the exchange of...
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Observing Osmosis in a Chicken Egg

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders develop a hypothesis and explain what they observed on an activity.  In this investigative lesson students observe osmosis and report their data using a graph. 
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Osmosis

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover the process of osmosis. In this science lesson plan, 2nd graders learn how different kinds of solutions move through selectively permeable membranes, understand the role of osmosis in the movement of molecules,...
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Passive and Active Transport

For Students 9th - 12th
In this transport worksheet, students compare and contrast the characteristics and examples of active transport and passive transport. This worksheet has 1 graphic organizer and 11 short answer questions.
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Gases and Chemical Reactions

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
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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Potato Lab

For Students 7th - 12th
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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Cellular Transport

For Students 9th - 12th
In this cellular transport activity, high schoolers review the process of osmosis and compare passive transport and active transport. This activity has 12 matching questions.