OSMOSIS

UNIT: FOOD AN NUTRITION

LEVEL: 3 E.S.O.
SKILL: LISTENING, READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING
TIMING: 30 MINUTES
CROSS-CURRICULAR ISSUES: BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND
PHYSIOLOGY
TERM: FIRST
PEL: A1
CLASSROOM APPROACH: INDIVIDUAL

DESCRIPTOR
PEL: I can understand the key information of a video which deals with concepts I have already
seen in class

WARM UP:
HOW CAN I DO IT?:

A)Watch the video

B) Do the next activities:

1) Label the first three pictures with the words Isotonic, Hypertonic and Hypotonic.
2) Finish the fourth picture.

C) Complete the quiz to test your knowledge of the concept:

1) Osmosis is best defined as the movement of:

A) water molecules across a membrane from an area of low water to an area of higher concentration
B) water molecules across a membrane from an area of high water concentration to an area of lower
concentration.

2) If a cell is placed in an isotonic medium, there will be no net movement of water.

A) True
B) False

3) A red blood cell placed in a hypertonic medium will

A) expand
B) shrink
C) have no change in shape

SELF-ASSESMENT TEACHERS
ASSESMENT CRITERIA 1-OK ASSESMENT
2-Try harder 3- Need to improve

- I understand the key

information of the video
- I can understand what my
teacher asks.
- I can identify and use
specific vocabulary