Skills 1 & 2 - Fluid mosaic model

Vocab Guesstures and Pictionary (Class activity)

Count off by 3's to get into 3 teams.

Take the card on the top and act it out or draw it on the whiteboard.

The next team member takes the next card. Everyone must participate equally.

If your team guesses the term without cheating, put it in the 'win' pile. If not, mix it back into the stack to try again.

Skill 1: Differentiate between active and passive transport.


Click here to watch the Crash Course video and answer the questions below.

1. Does passive transport require energy?

2. What is diffusion of water called?

3. Why is it so important that water can move across the cell membrane?

4. What allows water and ions to move across the membrane?

5. Does active transport require the cell to use energy?

6. What is exocytosis?

7. What is endocytosis?


Sample analogy: socks : feet :: gloves : hands

Explanation: The analogy above is read, "Socks are to feet as gloves are to hands." The analogy means that the two pairs have something in common, even though socks and gloves don't seem to be related at first glance. Socks keep feet warm, just as gloves keep hands warm.

Analogy 1: Swimming upstream : active transport : : floating downstream : passive transport

Explanation: Swimming upstream means the swimmer uses energy, much like a cell uses energy to pump solutes in or out. Floating downstream is going with the current and does not require the swimmer to use any energy, much like water can diffuse into or out of a cell without the use of energy.

Analogy 2: Toll roads : active transport : : regular highways : passive transport

Explanation: You must pay to use the toll road just as a cell must 'pay' with its energy, ATP, to use a protein pump. Both are faster, but 'cost' more. You can drive on a regular highway, like Route 7, for free, but it takes longer to get where you are going.

Create your own analogy for active and passive transport. Record it in your notes.

Skill 2: Name the functions of the four main structures of the cell membrane.

This is what the lipid bilayer would look like, making up a cell membrane.

This is a cutout of a small section of the cell membrane including other components that make up the fluid mosaic membrane.

Macromolecules in the cell membrane

Using the diagram above, tell which part(s) of the cell membrane are made of each macromolecule.

Phospholipids - make up the bilayer (two layers); the hydrophilic heads face the inside and outside of the cell where there is water, while the hydrophobic tails face inward to stay away from the water inside and outside the cell. Very small, nonpolar molecules can pass directly through. This is called diffusion, or simple diffusion.

Protein channels - allow larger or polar substances to pass through the cell membrane, into or out of the cell. This can be active transport, such as protein pumps, or passive, such as osmosis or facilitated diffusion.

Cholesterol - helps keep the cell membrane fluid and flexible. It's kind of like adding butter to cooked pasta; it keeps it from all sticking together into one big clump.

Sugar side chains (carbohydrate markers) - mark the outside of the cell to share information with other nearby cells. They are on our red blood cells to tell our blood types.

Permeable

Cell membrane

(semi-permeable or selectively permeable)

Structure - tightly packed lipids and protein channels

Function - allows certain substances through, but blocks others

In your packet, explain how the structure of the cell membrane is related to its function.

Selective permeability red rover - class activity