Title: Laboratory Practicals: Osmosis and Cellular Permeability
Course: Biochemistry > Section: Week 8 - Unit 3_2: Membrane Transport Mechanism

Purpose: To demonstrate osmosis in action

Over to you: Osmosis in Elodea Leaf Cells & Human Blood Cells

Activity1

Prepare a wet mount of an Elodea leaf in distilled water and a wet mount of Elodea

leaf in salt water for microscopic observation

Observe and diagram the cells in fresh water and in salt water

Compare normal cells in aquarium water to plasmolyzed cells in salt water

Activity 2

Watch this video of virtual laboratory about red blood cell hemolysis.