Modeling Cell Transport Processes
This is a fabulous resource to help students learn about how cells transport different materials into and out of the cell. The thing I liked most about this activity is that students learn h... See More
This is a fabulous resource to help students learn about how cells transport different materials into and out of the cell. The thing I liked most about this activity is that students learn how to apply the engineering design process in their modeling; each student group will construct their own understanding of the cell transport process via their unique methods of designing and building a model. From the student examples I saw, no two student models were the same. This indicates that each group used their own reasoning to illustrate how substrates are carried across the phospholipid bi-layer. I also really liked how this guided lesson plan asks students to explain the difference between simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and active transport using their models followed by actually testing their models before the class and then responding to questions about their model to explain how different materials were moving through the layers. For these reasons I highly recommend this resource.