Standard 1a: Students know cells are enclosed within semipermeable membranes that regulate their interaction with their surroundings.
Membrane Structure - Text with Good Animations http://telstar.ote.cmu.edu/biology/MembranePage/index2.html
Membrane Structure Animation: formation of a bilayer http://telstar.ote.cmu.edu/biology/animation/Membranes/membranes.html
Osmosis and Diffusion - text and figures http://www.biotopics.co.uk/life/osmsis.html
Osmosis in Cells, transport in cells - good background http://www.biotopics.co.uk/life/osmdia.html
Animation of exocytosis - and good demonstration of how membranes fuse in general! http://www.stanford.edu/group/Urchin/GIFS/exocyt.gif
Why is all this important?! See this tutorial about ion transport in the heart muscle cells! http://www.ionadventure.com/
Protein Transport by ER and Golgi - FANTASTIC ANIMATION!!! http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/flashanimat/cellstructures/endomembrane%20protein%20synthesis.swf
Transport Animations. Goes all the way from osmosis to active transport - in the nerve impulse! http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/membrane_transport/membrane_transport.htm
Animations for the whole course, but.... Focus here on great animations of membrane transort mechanisms (list on middle right side) http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/biological%20anamations.html
Membrane Structure Interactive Riddle - building it from parts http://www.zerobio.com/drag_gr11/memb.htm
Cell Videos! http://www.linkpublishing.com/video-cell.htm
GREAT Animated Tutorial: Active and Passive Transport (Wish I used this one in class...) http://programs.northlandcollege.edu/biology/Biology1111/animations/transport1.html
A wonderful youtube abotu the kidney's filtration system. (Can't be viewed in school) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABsjgWSEhIg
An articifial cell membrane - by NASA. Interesting! http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/29may_polymersomes.htm?list545931
Animation: Behavior of non-polar substances in water, with apolication to protein folding http://www.indiana.edu/~oso/animations/water&oil.html
Infection by Influenza Virus: Detailed animation of the virus' penetration of the host's cell membrane. http://cbm.msoe.edu/includes/swf/HAAnimation.swf
Animations of membranes with atom by atom details. JAVA is required to download.
Animation: Why oil and water do not mix http://www.indiana.edu/~oso/animations/water&oil.html
WATER: Great animations for water dynamics. Especially I liked : - Molecular Motion in Water Freezing Dynamics in Water - Hydration Shell Dynamics of a Hydrophobic Particle http://biomodel.uah.es/en/water/extra.htm
Osmosis Simulation http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/plewis/applets/Osmosis/osmosis.html