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WHS Biology Class Completes Study of Cells & Cell Transportation Systems

Students Use Eggs to Study Diffusion/Osmosis; Agar to Create Cells

by WHS Science Instructor Steve Shannon on November 15, 2009

Katie Sloup, Kendra Pearson, Anmarie Schirmer, and Savannah DeWine calculate their cells' surface area during their diffusion/osmosis lab. (Click on the above image to view a slideshow of other images.)
Students ran a three day lab exploration on diffusion and osmosis on eggs in Biology class.
Schyler Shanahan, Cameron Walling, Nick Rogers, and Dan Clark measure the rate of diffusion on their agar cells.
The effects of diffusion/osmosis on eggs in Biology class.
Students measure the diffusion rate of hydrochloric acid into their agar cells. Cells are limited to how large they can grow by their surface area to volume ratio.
Erika Villarreal, Darcy Barry, and Peyten Foster measure the rate of diffusion of their gel agar cells.
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Katie Sloup, Kendra Pearson, Anmarie Schirmer, and Savannah DeWine calculate their cells' surface area during their diffusion/osmosis lab. (Click on the above image to view a slideshow of other images.)

Students in Mr. Shannon’s biology class finished their study of cells and cell transportation systems by studying the effects of diffusion and osmosis.

Students ran a three day lab exploration on diffusion and osmosis on eggs in Biology class.
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Students ran a three day lab exploration on diffusion and osmosis on eggs in Biology class.
In the first experiment, students ran a three-day exploration of the effects of diffusion and osmosis on eggs. On day one, students placed two eggs into separate beakers with acetic acid (vinegar) and left them to react for 24 hours. Students discovered that the hard eggshell, made of calcium carbonate, is dissolved away from the egg by the vinegar, leaving the spongy layer of the inner shell and the inner and outer membrane of the egg. These three layers are very pliable and with the liquid pressure within the egg, which gives the "rubbery" texture of the resulting egg.

On day two, students placed one of the eggs in distilled water and the second in clear corn syrup, leaving them to react for another 24 hours. On day three, students observed the eggs to see what changes occurred. They discovered that the egg placed in distilled water swelled in size, due to osmosis, which is the process when water is transferred from areas of high concentration to areas of lower concentration. The egg, having a lower water concentration, absorbed the water, causing it to swell. The second egg, submerged in clear corn syrup, experienced osmosis but in a different way. The egg, which has a higher concentration of water than the syrup, loses water to the syrup, which causes the egg to deflate.

Schyler Shanahan, Cameron Walling, Nick Rogers, and Dan Clark measure the rate of diffusion on their agar cells.
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Schyler Shanahan, Cameron Walling, Nick Rogers, and Dan Clark measure the rate of diffusion on their agar cells.

In the second experiment, students created “cells” from nutrient agar, which is used to grow bacteria. The students learned in previous chapters that the cell is limited in how large it can grow by its surface area to volume ratio. The closer the ratio gets to 1, the less a cell is able to diffuse valuable nutrients into the cell to survive. The students created four cells, each representing a different sized cell. The gel was embedded with a chemical that would change color when an acid was added to it.

The cells were submerged in hydrochloric acid for 10 minutes and the students observed the rate of diffusion of the acid into each cell. Students were able to visually see that the smaller cells were able to completely dissolve the acid throughout the cell, while the larger cells were only able to diffuse nutrients a small distance into the cell. This would limit the cell’s ability to survive due to its inability to adequately receive the nutrients necessary to survive.

WHS Biology Class Completes Study of Cells & Cell Transportation Systems

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