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Topic 1 Cell Biology

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Here are some past essay questions: Topic 2 Cells essay qus

Here are video tutorials for many assessment statements in topic 1 – just click on the one you want. Thank you to Stephanie Castle (at UNIS, New York).

Zoom into Secret Universe – the hidden life of the cell & here is an excellent zoom-in animation from Utah University – Cell size and scale.

Some excellent interactive animations & tutorials on Amazing cells.

How about seeing some real cells in action? Here is a Trachelius ciliate feeding on a Campanella ciliate, and here is a Paramecium feeding.

And here is a cool animation showing the dynamic world that is the inner life of a cell (the second version is narrated):


1.3 Membrane Structure

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The endomembrane system of the cell (click to enlarge)

 

 

 

 

Bioknowledgy DP 1.3 Membrane structure from Chris Paine (at Dulwich College Shangai) – taken from his fabulous blog BioKnowledgy.

1.3 Membrane Structure notes to complete (created by Ms Green).

A 14m lesson from Dan Rott:

Many assessment statements are covered by Stephanie Castle in videos. Mr Andersen covers Cell Membranes in 11m and here is the history of membrane structure models in 11m.

A short, simple animation demonstrating membrane  fluidity (from St Olaf).

1.4 Membrane Transport

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BioKnowledgy 1.4 Membrane transport from Chris Paine (at Dulwich College Shangai) – taken from his fabulous blog BioKnowledgy.

1.4 Membrane Transport notes to complete (created by Ms Green).

A 13m 35s video lesson from Dan Rott:

Some assessment statements are covered in videos by Stephanie Castle.

Click on ‘Cellular Transport’ to see an interactive animation from Wiley that covers diffusion, osmosis, passive transport & active transport. Or here for an animated, narrated tutorial on how molecules move across the cell membrane (from Sinauer Associates).

DIFFUSION

A short, simple animation demonstrating diffusion (from St Olaf) and here are two fantastic animated, narrated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education – how diffusion works & diffusion through cell membranes.

FACILITATED DIFFUSION

Short, simple animations demonstrating facilitated diffusion with a channel protein and with carrier proteins – three types: uniport, symport, & antiport  (from St Olaf).

An animated, narrated tutorial on the three types of carrier proteins (from Sinauer Associates).

Or here are is a fantastic animated, narrated tutorial from McGraw Hill Education – how facilitated diffusion works.

OSMOSIS

A short, simple animation demonstrating osmosis (from St Olaf) or here are two fantastic animated, narrated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education – osmosis & how osmosis works.

ACTIVE TRANSPORT

A short, simple animation demonstrating Secondary Active Transport – the Na/K pump coupled with the glucose/Na symport (from St Olaf).

ENDOCYTOSIS & EXOCYTOSIS

A short, simple animation demonstrating phagocytosis (from St Olaf) or here is a fantastic animated, narrated tutorial from McGraw Hill Education – Endocytosis & Exocytosis – which includes a quiz.

And here is an animated, narrated tutorial on vesicle budding &  fusing which also includes a quiz (from Sinauer Associates).

Here Paul Andersen gives you a brief introduction to The Cell Membrane.

Mr W’s Cell Membranes rap is good revision as is his Osmosis! rap.

In Crash Course Biology #5 – In Da Club – Membranes & Transport, Hank describes how cells regulate their contents and communicate with one another via mechanisms within the cell membrane.