
Osmosis Virtual Lab: The Mystery of the Changing Cell
Why do cells swell or shrink? Investigate osmosis in an interactive life science model, compare solution concentrations, and explain your evidence in the comments.
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Why do cells swell or shrink? Investigate osmosis in an interactive life science model, compare solution concentrations, and explain your evidence in the comments.

Explore why seedlings bend toward light. Use an interactive model to compare growing conditions and explain your observations with evidence.

Investigate why water collects outside a cold cup. Compare virtual cups, test competing explanations, and use evidence to explain the puddle.

Research why the human body needs salt and what happens when we get too much. Build an explanation using the evidence you find.

Reflect on your sheep eye dissection: surprising structures, challenging moments, and what you learned about how eyes work.

Imagine something familiar suddenly disappeared. Explore the consequences and explain how its absence would change everyday life.

Plan a movie celebration for 27 students with $24.50. Compare supply prices and defend a shopping plan that includes everyone.

Feed eight people a spaghetti dinner for $9. Compare prices at five stores and explain which shopping plan makes the most sense.

A mysterious note in your own handwriting warns you not to choose blue. Explore a writing prompt about a message that seems to come from the future.