Resource type 3: Activities

Cell size; surface area Vs. volume lab (McGraw Hill)

Cell organelle virtual lab (Glencoe)

Cheek cell lab (biologycorner.com)

Diffusion and osmosis virtual labs : two virtual labs and lab sheet that goes with it (teachersites.schoolworld.com)

Active transport lab : virtual lab with instructions (jdenuno.com)

Diffusion across semi-permeable membrane: Activity (concord consortium)

Diffusion, osmosis and active transport : Activity (concord consortium)

Cell explorer game ( Biomanbio)

Cell organelle review and practice (Biology4Kids): Page has different sybpages for each organelle)

Cell function overview (Biology4Kids): Active and passive transport, phagocytosis, pinocytosis

Cell quizzes (Biology4Kids): online quizzes on cell structure, cell membrane, cellular transport

Resource type 4: Practice

1.Introduction to cell organelle structure and function (nucleus medical media)

2.Overview of  Cell organelles (PBS)

3.Structure and function of components of cell membrane (school tube)

4.Series of lecture videos on cell structure and function (Khan academy)


5.Structure of plant cell (Crashcourse Biology)


​6. Structure of animal cell (Crashcourse Biology)


7. Cellular transport (Crashcourse Biology)


8. Prokaryote Vs. Eukaryotes (Amoeba sisters)


8. Cell membrane and cell transport (Amoeba sisters)


9. Osmosis (Amoeba sisters): Solute and solvent movement

Diffusion lab with gummy bears: lab with work sheet

Cell model worksheets (cellsalive.com)

Cell city analogy worksheet (nclark.net)

Cell size activity: Surface area to volume (biologyjunction.com)

Cell explorer game

Cell membrane/transport game 

Osmosis lab with egg (biologycorner.com)

Diffusion lab with sandwich bag (biologycorner.com)

Resource type 2: Virtual lab, activity and simulations

Structure and Function of cell

Resource type 1: Videos

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